Just as additives help gasoline burn cleaner, a research report published in the January 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal shows that the food industry could take a similar approach toward reducing health risks associated with fatty foods.

In a finding that defies conventional culinary wisdom, researchers in Italy report that cooking vegetables can preserve or even boost their nutritional value in comparison to their raw counterparts, depending on the cooking method used.

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High-calorie foods tend to cost less than lower-calorie items and are less likely to increase in price due to inflation – a possible explanation for why the highest rates of obesity are seen among people in lower-income groups, according to researchers at the University of Washington.

A study by a South Australian university has found that it might be too expensive for low-income families to eat healthily.

Many families on a tight budget are struggling to fill their shopping trolleys with healthy foods, placing them at high risk of poor nutrition, including overweight and obesity, a study in Nutrition and Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Dietitians Association of Australia has found.

In a recent academic review, a University of Minnesota professor in the School of Public Health has concluded that food, as opposed to specific nutrients, may be key to having a healthy diet.

Foregoing food for a day each month stood out among other religious practices in members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormons), who have lower rates of heart disease than other Americans, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.

The weight of our children has become a political issue of late, with one in four Australian youngsters now classed as obese or overweight.

Americans are less willing to pay more for healthy dishes, less knowledgeable about healthy menu items, and more likely to consider healthy items bland tasting, finds a Temple University analysis.

Some health experts are calling for more regulation of advertising in children's magazines after a study found a high number of ads for junk food.

A healthy, natural alternative to energy bars was found by an American-Indian company: the Tanka Bar, made with bison meat and cranberries. The company, based on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, came up with the Tanka Bar as a modern-day spinoff of a traditional food of the Lakota tribe called "wasna" that sustained Great Plains Indians during long trips centuries ago.