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World Cancer Day - Celebrating a Decline in U.S. Cancer Mortality

By Jean-Marc Fix |February 04, 2020|English

When the Cancer Statistics, 2020 report was released a few weeks ago, the press rightfully basked in the great news: In the U.S. there were 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than there would have been if the historically increasing cancer rates had remained...
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Sugar and Fat – and Diet Research

By Jean-Marc Fix |July 12, 2018|English

While we know that sugar is a key element of the obesity equation, it’s difficult to design a perfect diet because biochemical pathways and their communication with the brain do not necessarily translate to the combination of motivation and weight...
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The Rise in Sugar Consumption in the U.S. – and the Obesity Equation

By Jean-Marc Fix |June 05, 2018|English

For years, sweets were marketed as innocuous treats for kids whose only drawback was cavities if you did not brush your teeth properly. A more nefarious role was alluded to much earlier: in the early 1900s, a British physician stationed in India, Sir...
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Stroke Reduction Advice – Take It Without a Pinch of Salt

By Ross Campbell |August 04, 2015|English

Dietary risk comes primarily from processed foods that contain high levels of sugar, saturated fat and salt. People are aware of messages to lower saturated fat intake. Much has been said to highlight the contributory role that excess sugar consumption...
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Do Genes and Microbes Drive Obesity?

By Ross Campbell |July 16, 2015|English

The increasingly obesogenic environment has amplified the underlying tendency for people to gain and retain excess weight. We can point to plentiful food, sedentary work and low levels of exercise as reasons we are all becoming heavier. It is easy to...
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Why Surgery Isn’t Always a Silver Bullet for Obesity

By Dr. Ian Cox|June 21, 2015|English

Obesity is both preventable and reversible. But for those whose weight has spiralled out of control into severe obesity, controlling it and losing it through diet and exercise alone often proves ineffective. A growing number of people are being judged...
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