News articles tagged with 'consumption' (Page 8)
Beverages may be contributing to increasing obesity rates
— 2 Jun 2008 18:56 | HealthA recent study published in Pediatrics and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are an increasingly…
For healthy liver - a daily glass of wine
— 20 May 2008 15:14 | HealthResearchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are challenging conventional thinking with a study showing that modest wine consumption, defined as one glass a day, may not only be safe…
Aerodynamic truck trailer cuts fuel and emissions by up to 15%
— 19 Apr 2008 18:35 | TechnologyCreating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much as 15%. Earlier promising predictions,…
Electricity and gas consumption at a glance
— 9 Apr 2008 10:24 | EnvironmentOnce a year, someone from the electricity or gas works comes to read the meter. Soon afterwards, the customer receives an invoice listing the power consumption for the whole year. It…
New evidence into cocaine-related deaths
— 21 Feb 2008 15:01 | HealthA paper by Professor Fabrizio Schifano at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Pharmacy, which has been published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, indicates that 1,022 people…
Reducing kids' salt intake may lower soft drink consumption
— 21 Feb 2008 13:08 | HealthChildren who eat less salt drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks and may significantly lower their risks for obesity, elevated blood pressure and later-in-life heart attack and stroke,…
Why high-protein, low-fat, and low-carbohydrate diets suppress hunger
— 17 Jan 2008 20:13 | HealthMany popular diet plans are based on changing the proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats one ingests as a method to promote weight loss. There has been some controversy regarding…
EU economies living beyond ecological means
— 19 Nov 2007 20:01 | EnvironmentThe growing economic strength of the European Union has doubled the ecological pressure on the planet in the past 30 years, according to a WWF report. Despite technological advances,…