| (Chicago Tribune) -- Over the last decade, the nation's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda.
(USA TODAY) -- Taking a calcium supplement to help stop bones from thinning puts people at a greater heart attack risk, a report in the journal Heart said Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Pink slime" was almost "pink paste" or "pink goo."
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) -- A California lettuce grower has expanded a recall of some bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination. No illnesses have been reported.
STUTTGART (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- The children of parents suffering from gluten intolerance may inherit the condition. For this reason parents who are sufferers should monitor their children carefully, in the view of Sofia Beisel, a German expert on coeliac disease.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.
(USA TODAY) -- Despite a breast-feeding brouhaha kicked off last week by a Time magazine cover photo of a mom nursing her 3-year-old son, that's actually the norm worldwide, experts say. But in the United States, breast-feeding children that old is practiced among a tiny sliver of mothers.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls' soccer team passed around when they shared cookies.
(USA TODAY) -- Probiotics -- or live microorganisms intended to boost health, such as the bacteria in some yogurts -- have become popular items in vitamin stores and even many supermarkets. One of probiotics' most popular uses is in preventing and treating digestive problems.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Schools should be a cornerstone of the nation's obesity battle, but to trim Americans' waistlines, changes are needed everywhere people live, work, play and learn, a major new report says.
BANGKOK (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Economic development and aggressive marketing of infant formula has led to a dramatic decline in breastfeeding in East Asia, threatening the cognitive development of children in the region, UNICEF has warned.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- New research sends a stark warning to overweight teens: If you develop diabetes, you'll have a very tough time keeping it under control.
(The New York Times News Service) -- (Moving in the "l" lifestyle news file)
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