http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury. http://www.physorg.com/news177342237.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:02 EST news177342237 (PhysOrg.com) -- Current state taxes and levies on soft drinks are slowing consumption and resulting in slimmer waistlines, but the effect is generally small in magnitude, newly published research by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study appears in the journal Contemporary Economic Policy. http://www.physorg.com/news174915906.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:10:01 EST news174915906 A team of pharmacists from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has established that the levels of vitamin C in many fruit juices and soft drinks are far higher than those indicated on their labels by the manufacturers. This finding has been possible owing to a new technique developed by the researchers to determine the content of vitamin C in these kinds of drinks. http://www.physorg.com/news173954456.html Chemistry Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:41:57 EST news173954456 Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America`s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). http://www.physorg.com/news172342585.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:10:01 EST news172342585 Current primary care policies aimed at reducing obesity and increasing physical activity in children do not work and are very costly to run, according to research published on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news171273304.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:55:38 EST news171273304 Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears in the current issue of ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could also help keep the substance out of soft drinks and dozens of other human foods that contain HFCS. The substance, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), forms mainly from heating fructose. http://www.physorg.com/news170502342.html Chemistry Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:00:06 EST news170502342 (AP) -- A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says. http://www.physorg.com/news170349891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:30:01 EST news170349891 (AP) -- Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that. http://www.physorg.com/news161409791.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 May 2009 05:03:43 EST news161409791 Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, is the lead author of a research paper showing that weight gain and obesity are more linked to an increase in liquid calories, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages, than calories from solid food. To our knowledge, this is the first study to document the relative effects of calories from liquids compared with those of calories from solid food on weight loss in adults over an extended period. The study is published in the May 1, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. http://www.physorg.com/news159632501.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:22:09 EST news159632501 At Experimental Biology 2009, Dr. Maureen Storey, senior vice president of science policy for the American Beverage Association, today briefed colleagues on her new analysis indicating that consumers of all ages are drinking more lower-calorie beverages than they did several years ago. The data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - the largest and longest-running national, publicly available source of health and nutrition data in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news159446132.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:35:58 EST news159446132 Fast food and soft drinks may be making children fatter but they also make them happy. Programs aimed at tackling childhood obesity, by reducing children's consumption of unhealthy food and drink, are likely to be more effective if they also actively seek to keep children happy in other ways, according to Professor Hung-Hao Chang from National Taiwan University and Professor Rodolfo Nayga from the University of Arkansas in the US. Their findings are published in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news158927962.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:39:42 EST news158927962 (PhysOrg.com) -- At a time when many of us are thinking about how to get rid of a few extra pounds, research at Newcastle University has shown that even the magazine you read may affect how healthy your diet is. http://www.physorg.com/news151593915.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:25:42 EST news151593915 New knowledge: Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children and young people love fish and do not think of themselves as being fussy eaters. Boys have a sweeter tooth than girls. And teenagers taste differently. http://www.physorg.com/news148653888.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:44:48 EST news148653888 In the first worldwide study of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks, researchers in Spain are reporting relatively high levels of pesticides in drinks in some countries, especially the United Kingdom and Spain. Drinks sampled from the United States, however, had relatively low levels, the researchers note. Their study is scheduled for the December 15 issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news148566374.html Chemistry Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:26:14 EST news148566374 The consumption of soft drinks is generally considered to be a contributing factor in childhood obesity. Because children spend a substantial amount of time at school, the school food environment plays a central part in shaping eating behaviors. While the availability of soft drinks in middle and high schools has been investigated previously, a study published in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association systematically assesses how the availability of soft drinks in elementary schools across the United States relates to school-based and overall consumption. A broader question raised by this investigation is how limiting soft drink availability at an early age may alter eating behaviors over time. http://www.physorg.com/news139571559.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:52:39 EST news139571559 Boston, MA -Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that regular consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and fruit drinks is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in African-American women. These findings appear in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news136482703.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:51:43 EST news136482703 Drinking more sugar-sweetened beverages or eating fewer fruits and vegetables both may be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, whereas eating a low-fat diet does not appear to be associated with any change in diabetes risk, according to three reports in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news136482238.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:43:58 EST news136482238