Archive for April, 2009

Class in Howell teaches about diet to fight cancer - MLive.com

Class in Howell teaches about diet to fight cancer
MLive.com, MI - Lisa Carolin
The Cancer Project believes that eating a healthy diet can help prevent the disease. Beginning Thursday, the Washington-based nonprofit group will offer a four-week Cancer Prevention and Survival Cooking Course at the First Baptist Church of Howell.

Local weight loss guru enters The Dragon's Den - Dundas Star

Local weight loss guru enters The Dragon's Den
Dundas Star,  Canada
Hamilton weight loss guru Lee Fairbanks will enter The Dragons' Den this fall. The Keep Canada Slim president has been chosen as a contestant for the CBC television reality program. Filming for next fall's series begins in May.

Folate an essential part to every diet - Edmond Sun

Folate an essential part to every diet
Edmond Sun, OK
Janice Hermann, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist, said folate is a water soluble vitamin that helps make the genetic material in every cell, works with vitamin B12 to make red blood cells, assists in preventing

McCamey hopes weight loss takes him to next level with Illini - Freeport Journal-Standard

McCamey hopes weight loss takes him to next level with Illini
Freeport Journal-Standard, IL
Weight loss is the just the beginning of the offseason makeover for McCamey, a third-team all-Big Ten pick who averaged a team-high 11.5 points and ranked first in Big Ten play with 4.94 assists per game. But his up-and-down performances left Weber

Exclusive Interview with Filipe Fa of The Biggest Loser: Couples - Realitywanted


BuddyTV
Exclusive Interview with Filipe Fa of The Biggest Loser: Couples
Realitywanted, AZ
Ron lost 9 pounds, giving him a 3.02% of weight loss while Filipe dropped 10 pounds, which gave him a 4.10% of weight loss. After Ron pleads with his teammates to keep him in the game so that he can finish with his son, Filipe was voted out and sent
Biggest Loser Recap: Filipe Misses Final Four People Magazine
'The Biggest Loser: Couples': Notes from the Journey Zap2it.com
The Biggest Loser's Filipe Trash-Talks About Friendly Competition Seattle Post Intelligencer
TheReporter.com - Reality TV World
all 37 news articles

Bill to expel junk food from schools - United Press International


Orange County Review
Bill to expel junk food from schools
United Press International
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, have introduced legislation requiring nutrition standards for food sold in school vending machines. "In all but a handful of cities and states, junk food is still out of control in schools," Margo G.
School Nutrition Association Salutes Professionals Who Promote Medical News Today (press release)
NEW YORK TIMES: Selling obesity at school Santa Rosa Press Democrat
School Lunches Should Have Healthier Options TriCities.com
Woodbury Bulletin - South Alabamian
all 30 news articles

Report Says Bank's AIDS Efforts Are Failing - New York Times


Economist
Report Says Bank's AIDS Efforts Are Failing
New York Times, United States
“It's true, and we agree, that too often in the projects, we had overambitious objectives, given the capacity of the country and sometimes our own,” said Julian Schweitzer, the World Bank's director of health, nutrition and population, the division
Promising to try harder Economist
Watchdog gives World Bank mixed review on health Reuters
all 22 news articles

No shortage of storylines here - ESPN


National Post
No shortage of storylines here
ESPN - Jay PrivmanMike Welsch
Jenny Craig, the weight-loss icon, owns Chocolate Candy, a name not often considered part of anyone's diet plan. Trainers Kelly Breen (Atomic Rain and West Side Bernie), Tim Ice (Summer Bird), Derek Ryan (Musket Man), Gary Stute (Papa Clem),
Video: Unlikely Rookie Crashes Derby CBS
A Castoff Turns into Derby Favorite and Major Investment American Chronicle
Derby 135 has an international flair Voice Tribune
Austin American-Statesman - The Canadian Press
all 1,734 news articles

Promising to try harder - Economist


Economist
Promising to try harder
Economist, UK
Between 1997 and 2008 the bank provided $17 billion for government-run projects in the fields of health, nutrition and family planning. Over the same period its associate invested $873m in health-related private-sector activity.

Fat-rich equine diet may reduce stress, accidents - Horsetalk

Fat-rich equine diet may reduce stress, accidents
Horsetalk, New Zealand
A diet rich in fat may help to reduce stress in horses and cut the risk of accidents, according to research from the University of Cordoba in Spain. Dr Alberto Jose Redondo and others compared the behaviour of horses fed a standard starch/sugar-based

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