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Dairy plea to parents in obesity campaign
A LEADING coronary heart disease prevention charity is urging parents in Halton to swap from full-fat to low-fat dairy products. Full-fat dairy products are the biggest source of saturated fat in children's diets, accounting for 23% of all children's fat intake, claims Heart of Mersey. A total of 95% of children are eating too much saturated fat, which can lead to high cholesterol and clogging of the arteries as well as coronary heart disease and obesity. To help parents make healthier choices, Heart of Mersey has launched a campaign using a team of super-fit low-fat heroes to spread the message across Widnes. Youngsters at Oakfield Primary School were the first in the borough to receive tips and advice from experts and now children say they are urging their parents to count the calories.
Warning: Flu can kill!
A recent report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States stated that an annual average of 36,000 Americans die from complications of influenza. This has surpassed the death toll from AIDS. Records show that the mortality quadrupled during these periods: 16,263 deaths in 1976-77, and 64,684 in 1998-99. The remarkable decrease in deaths is attributable to the greater acceptance of the flu vaccine, but general compliance is still lacking. In the flu pandemic of 1918, more than 20 million people died all over the world, half a million in the United States. What is Influenza? Commonly known as "Flu," "Grippe" or "Grip," influenza is a specific acute viral respiratory disease characterized by fever, chills, coryza (cold or "sipon"), cough, malaise, headache, inflamed respiratory mucous membranes, and some muscles aches.
Closure leaves holes in doughnut lovers' hearts
Jason Dorn got the news recently, and it wasn't good: He'll have to look elsewhere for the aromatic pastry he's grown to love in the past few years."I don't know what I'm going to do," Dorn said this week. "If Krispy Kremes were illegal, I'd be in jail."Dorn is one of scores of local residents mourning the loss of Roseville's Krispy Kreme this month.The legendary doughnut seller turned off its "hot now" sign for the last time Oct. 1, the latest casualty in a string of closures across Northern California.Fans can blame the company's troubles on slowing sales, an accounting scandal that's rattled investors and over expansion. In the past three years, it's shrunk from 437 stores worldwide to 385. .
Oregon Study Identifies Basic Link Between Age, Cardiovascular ...
CORVALLIS, Oregon - Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered a fundamental mechanism that causes aging blood vessels to lose their elasticity - a literal "hardening of the arteries" that is often a prelude to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
An understanding of this mechanism, scientists say, provides an important new target for both drugs and dietary changes that might help prevent or treat atherosclerosis and heart disease. This is a leading cause of death around the world that, in some form, affects about 80 percent of older Americans. The findings were just published in Aging Cell, a professional journal. The study was funded by the National Institute on Aging, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the American Heart Association.
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