Chronic Diseases
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Philadelphia Medical Schools Integrate Nutrition Education
Diet-related chronic diseases cost billions annually, yet most medical school graduates historically received minimal formal nutrition training.
What is the science behind lifestyle habits and long-term health?
Over an 11-to-20-year period, the prevalence of overweight more than doubled from 12% to 26% in a recent study, while obesity quadrupled from 2% to 8%.
What Are Healthy Fats and Why Do They Matter for Your Diet?
Despite decades of broad dietary advice to simply cut fat, a comprehensive review of systematic reviews found largely no association between total fat, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, or saturated f
What is daily movement's impact on metabolism and health?
Approximately 2 million deaths per year are attributed to physical inactivity, a preventable tragedy affecting up to 85% of the global population, according to the World Health Organization .
Ultra-processed foods now make up over half of U.S. diets
More than half of all calories consumed by Americans aged one and older now come from ultra-processed foods, a dietary shift observed between August 2021 and August 2023, according to the CDC .