JACKIE WARNER Health and Nutrition
Navigating Nutrition Labels: Tips to Fill your Grocery Cart with Healthy Options (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Members of the food industry, ranging from government organizations to grocers and food manufacturers, are filling supermarket shelves and food and beverage labels with various health claims and nutrition quality rating systems.
Young fans round health bases with Rox insiders (Denver Post)
For the wide-eyed kids who had just spent the entire morning at Coors Field, the day was all about health, nutrition, exercise and the horrible consequences of taking illegal steroids.
Digging Deep Into Pet Nutrition - Advances In Understanding The Dog And Cat Genomes (Medical News Today)
While it's no secret that proper nutrition usually means a healthier pet, advances in understanding the dog and cat genomes have opened new doors for veterinarians and scientists who are constantly looking at how nutrition can help improve the health and quality of lives of our pets. Their efforts are beginning to pay dividends in studying everything from arthritis to obesity and aging.
Nutrition 21 to Supply Four New Products to Walgreens (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Nutrition 21, Inc. , a developer and marketer of nutritional supplements that help consumers manage blood sugar levels, improve cardiovascular health, enhance memory and address chronic joint pain, today announced its agreement with Walgreens to supply three new chromium picolinate products for the Finest Natural® retail brand and one product for the Walgreens Gold Seal Private Label.
All creatures great and small (Granite City Press-Record)
The phrase "we consider our pets to be members of the family" has been uttered so often by so many people that it might be dismissed as a cliche. But for thousands of entrepreneurs in the United States, it's the philosophy and the sentiment on which their business is based.
Health calendar 7/22/08 (Southeast Missourian)
CalendarThursdayn Nitty Gritty on Nutrition: 5:30 p.m. in the Health and Wellness Center Conference Room.
Food Lion Gets Three Gold Stars With Nutrition System (GroceryRetailOnline)
Food Lion LLC announced that the Guiding Stars Nutrition Navigation System has officially launched in all of its Food Lion stores. Developed by an independent scientific advisory panel of experts, Guiding Stars is the first system of its kind in the United States and follows a specific algorithm for labeling food items based on their nutritional content
Residents' Input Leads to Better Health in North Carolina Community (Newswise)
Community involvement was the key to success for a program that helped reduce risky health behaviors in a largely African-American area of Charlotte, N.C., according to a new study in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
St. James scholar adds to St. John family resources (L'Observateur)
Cynthia Lewis Clifton, a native of St. James Parish, is currently the Associate Extension Agent FCS for St. John Parish. Her focus is in the areas of child and family development, family resource management and nutrition and health.
Feds fund labs to study links in diet-health (C-Health)
The federal government has invested $800,000 in studying the relation between diet and health.