Food & Health

Food & Health
Huh? Teens, tweens suffer hearing loss A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found. Some experts are urging teenagers to turn down the volume on their digital music players, suggesting loud music through earbuds may be... - Posted on August 18, 2010
Senate passes healthy school lunch bill Pizzas and hamburgers in the school lunch line would be healthier under child nutrition legislation passed by the Senate Thursday, a key part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity. The $4.5 billion legislation passed by voice vote would create new standards for a... - Posted on August 10, 2010
New law would make school lunches healthier House Democrats are moving forward on first lady Michelle Obama's vision for healthier school lunches, propelling legislation that calls for tougher standards governing food in school and more meals for hungry children. New standards would not remove foods like pizza or hamburgers from sch... - Posted on July 19, 2010
Study: Teens benefit from more sleep. Duh. Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found. The results mirror those at a few schools that have delayed starting times more than half an hour. Researchers say the... - Posted on July 7, 2010
Michelle moves to fight childhood obesity First lady Michelle Obama didn't just talk. She moved, too. After announcing plans for a summer of activity on the South Lawn to encourage kids to exercise more, Mrs. Obama shed her sweater and got down on the plush grass Tuesday with groups of 8- to 10-year-olds to do stretches, squats, l... - Posted on May 26, 2010
Oregon tweens are lean, Mississippi's tip scales Oregon has the nation's lowest rate of hefty kids, according to a new government study, which found big gaps between regions and ballooning obesity rates in many states from 2003 to 2007. Mississippi topped the nation with more than a fifth of its kids obese. More than 16 percent of Americ... - Posted on May 4, 2010
Get smart: Exercise and get off computer People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn't get any smarter. More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 ... - Posted on April 21, 2010
Does your cafeteria put America at risk? School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat. That's not a reference to the mystery meat served up in the cafeteria line either. The retired officers are saying that school lunches have helped mak... - Posted on April 20, 2010
Plentiful pollen is wicked bad Pollen: It's on your car, in the air and especially in your sinuses. From Florida to Texas to Colorado, 2010 is shaping up to be a monster of an allergy season. The words "pollen" and "allergy" are among the top 10 trending topics on Twitter in several U.S. cities. Everywhere, it seems, is... - Posted on April 12, 2010
Fight fat tween gene with 1 hour of exercise One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname "fatso," according to a new European study. The message for adolescents is to get moving, said lead author Jonatan Ruiz of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.... - Posted on April 6, 2010