Eat, Sleep, Repeat: How Kids' Daily Routines Can Help Prevent Obesity
A new study finds that preschool-age children who didn't have a set sleep routine were more likely to be overweight by the time they hit the preteen years.
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Chew On This For Earth Day: How Our Diets Impact The Planet
The foods we choose to put on our plates — or toss away – could have more of an ecological impact than many of us realize.
Juicero CEO Says Luxury Juicer Is 'Much More' Than Juice; Internet Is Unimpressed
The company says its $400 machine cold-presses juice out of packets sold via subscription. Then a Bloomberg News video showed people didn't actually need the press to get juice from the packets.
Vegan Cookbooks Spill The Beans About Aquafaba, The Eggless Egg White
The discovery that the liquid from canned beans can be whipped into an egg white substitute has taken the vegan world by storm. Now DIY recipes are being codified into cookbooks.
When Active-Duty Service Members Struggle To Feed Their Families
About 23,000 military families rely on food stamps, according to Census figures. But advocates say that number is only a partial picture of the need among people who are currently serving.
'Powwow Sweat' Promotes Fitness Through Traditional Dance
Native Americans are 60 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic whites. The Coeur D'Alene Tribe in Idaho is using traditional dance to get fit and lose weight. They call it "Powwow Sweat."
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Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas
How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."
When Gluten Is The Villain, Could A Common Virus Be The Trigger?
About 30 percent of Americans are predisposed to celiac disease, but only 1 percent get the disease. A new study finds that a common virus may play a role in determining who gets the disease.
Bison Or Brian? From A Calorie Perspective, Cannibalism Didn't Pay For Paleo Humans
Archaeological records show ancient humans sometimes ate each other. A new study suggests that hunting and eating other humans cost too much effort to be a regular thing. So why'd they do it?
How Diabetes Got To Be The No. 1 Killer In Mexico
Diabetes has become a public health crisis in Mexico. The government is struggling to pay for care and slow the rate at which people develop the life-threatening metabolic disorder.