Tag: Frank Hu

  • Nation & World

    An egg a day is OK

    A new study that includes up to 1.7 million participants, found eating up to one egg per day is not associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

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    Eggs stacked up.
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    5 healthy habits to live by

    A Harvard study has found that people who practice healthy habits at age 50 lived more years free of chronic diseases compared to those who did not practice any of these habits.

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    An older man jogging.
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    Is eating red meat OK, after all? Probably not

    Red meat recommendations and meat from plants: Chan School Nutrition Department head Frank Hu talks about recent developments in diet.

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    Plant based burger on plate
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    The vegans are coming, and we might join them

    Led by vegetarian tech companies looking to mimic and replace meat and other animal products, going vegan is on the verge of going mainstream.

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    Package of lab-grown meat.
  • Nation & World

    Put down those cold cuts

    Longitudinal study associates increasing consumption of red meat, especially processed meat, over eight years with a higher risk of death in the subsequent eight years.

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    Meats on a charcuterie board
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    The unsavory side of sugar

    “Epidemiologic, Physiologic, and Policy Considerations of the Sugar Epidemic” brought health and science experts together at Harvard Medical School to discuss sugar’s effects on health and public policy.

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    Sugar.
  • Nation & World

    Five healthy habits to live by

    A new Harvard study has found that by following five healthy lifestyle habits during adulthood, your life expectancy may increase by a decade or more.

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    ‘Best diet in America,’ but who knew?

    The Harvard Chan School welcomed Lawrence Appel of Johns Hopkins to discuss his work testing the DASH diet.

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    To age better, eat better

    Much of life is beyond our control, but dining smartly can help us live healthier, longer

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    Unsaturated fats linked to longer, healthier life

    A three-decade study conducted by Harvard Chan School lends further support to recent findings on fat intake and long-term health.

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    Positive sign in America’s food fight

    Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the principal investigator of the diabetes component of the landmark Nurses’ Health Study, responded to the latest Center for Disease Control and Prevention findings in an interview with the Gazette.

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    How coffee loves us back

    Research at Harvard and elsewhere has repeatedly tied coffee consumption to health benefits.

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    Butter’s benefits melt away

    Harvard researchers take a 2014 paper to task and find that butter isn’t one of the good guys. Get your fats from nuts and vegetable oils instead.

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    Too sweet for our own good

    Even the “healthy” fruit drinks that Americans sip are packed with the amount of sugar contained in six cookies. That love affair is making us sick.

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    Skip the juice, go for whole fruit

    Harvard researchers have found that people who ate at least two servings each week of certain whole fruits — particularly blueberries, grapes, and apples — reduced their risk for type 2 diabetes by as much as 23 percent in comparison to those who ate less than one serving per month.

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  • Nation & World

    Probing sleep’s drowsy mystery

    Harvard researchers have worked for years to understand better the familiar mystery of sleep, highlighting not only what happens when we close our eyes, but also the effects on us when we don’t.

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    Red meat raises red flags

    A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers has found that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality.

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    Bleary America needs some shut-eye

    Cranky, sleep-deprived America got some advice from experts at a Harvard School of Public Health Forum: Get some rest, and reap the health and productivity benefits shown in numerous scientific studies.

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    Obesity? Diabetes? We’ve been set up

    The twin epidemics of obesity and its cousin, diabetes, have been the target of numerous studies at Harvard and its affiliated hospitals and institutions. Harvard researchers have produced a dizzying array of findings on the often related problems.

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    Risky eating

    A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers finds a strong association between the consumption of red meat — particularly when the meat is processed — and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

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    Grant backs study of cancer-obesity link

    The Harvard School of Public Health has been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute for a new research center to study the relationship between obesity and cancer.

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    TV time tied to diabetes, death

    People who spend more hours in front of the television are at greater risk of dying, or developing diabetes and heart disease…

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