Tag: Risk Factors

  • Nation & World

    Kids are what they eat

    Sugary cereals, oversized soft drinks, and quarter-pound cheeseburgers are among the unhealthy food choices kids face daily. Junk food, most of it highly processed, and sugar-sweetened beverages are major contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Inklings of suicide

    Two new computerized tests, developed at Harvard, show promise in predicting patients’ risk of attempting suicide.

    3 minutes