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11 January 2017 - Eurekalert - Study explains how western diet leads to overeating and obesity

UC Riverside researchers identify peripheral endocannabinoid signaling as a pharmaceutical target for overeating associated with diet-induced obesity.

11 January 2017 - Eurekalert - The Lancet: Study unveils how stress may increase risk of heart disease and stroke

11 January 2017 - Eurekalert - Study first to connect stress-associated brain activity with cardiovascular risk

For the first time in humans, study links activity in a stress-sensitive structure within the brain to the risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease.

10 January 2017 - MedicalXpress - Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumps by 200 percent in US children

Study shows big increases in consumption of artificial sweeteners in recent years

3 Jan 2017 - Psych Central - Parents’ Obesity May Slow Child Development

3 Jan 2017 - ScienceDaily - Zinc eaten at levels found in biofortified crops reduces 'wear and tear' on DNA

5 January 2017 - The Guardian - Is sugar the world's most popular drug?

4 January 2017 - The Guardian - Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table

There’s a reason that the World Health Organisation and the United States Department of Agriculture have provided upper limits of sugar – because dietary sugar fries your kids’ liver and brain; just like alcohol.

3 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast - study

Public Health England launches barcode app after finding that under-10s consume three times the recommended limit

3 January 2017 - The Guardian - No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study

2 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - The Case Against Sugar review - an unsweetened attack on diet myths

29 Dec 2016 - MedXpress - Omega-3 supplements can prevent childhood asthma

27 Dec 2016 - Am Pharm Assoc - Omega-3 fish oil dietary supplements contain saturated fats and oxidized lipids that may interfere with intended benefits

23 Dec 2016 - The Huffington Post - Don’t Tell The Truth About Organic Food?

23 Dec 2016 - Farming UK - New report concludes eating organic food brings a variety of health benefits

22 Dec 2016 - FoodNavigator - Obese parents triple obese offspring risk, experts warn

21 Dec 2016 - Science Daily - Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome

20 Dec 2016 - EPRS - Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture

20 Dec 2016 - Daily Mail - Folic acid in flour 'would potentially save HUNDREDS of babies from spina bifida', says top professor

20 December 2016 - Food Navigator - Consumers assume food must be expensive to be healthy: Study