Preventive medicine

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Traffic-light labeling increases customers’ attention to the nutritional quality of their food choices, according to a study from Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.

How ‘traffic light’ labels promote healthier eating

Study shows labeling increases customers’ attention to the nutritional quality of their food choices

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DateOctober 17, 2013May 2, 2019

Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine Christine Seidman (in red) and Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Karlson (far right), co-authors of a study called OurGenes, OurHealth, OurCommunity, eventually want to enroll 100,000 patients in a lengthy, longitudinal study of the causes of illness, which could help link genetic background to lifestyle and environmental factors.

Hunting the missing health link

Brigham study of 100,000 seeks the genetic roots of illness

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DateOctober 4, 2010June 6, 2019