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'Gateway' Foods Like Candy, Pastries And Frozen Treats May Lead To Unhealthy Teen Eating

“Ultra-processed foods are designed to be hyper-palatable, or engineered to be as addictive as possible,” said Maria Balhara News Release Highlights: A study of adolescent eating habits found that certain ultra-processed foods, such as candy, prepackaged pastries and frozen desserts, may act as a “gateway” and lead to increased intake of other unhealthy foods. 43% …

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Diets High in Fat Raise Stroke Risk in Older Women

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Postmenopausal women who consume diets in fat are at increased risk of ischemic stroke. Sirin Yaemsiri, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (North Carolina, USA), and colleagues analyzed data collected on 87,230 women, ages 50 to 79 years, enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study.  At the study’s start, none of …

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