Healthy Eating

Walnuts Penn State

Snacking on walnuts improves gut and heart health, Penn State study finds

Whole wheat pizzas offer a slightly more nutritious pie

Is Whole Wheat Pizza Healthy?

Children's Health

Children who watch healthy cooking shows are more likely to eat nutritious foods, study says

Cooking shows healthy food children

U.S. News ranks Mediterranean, DASH and Flexitarian as best diets for 2020

U.S. News releases 2020 Best Diets

In one afternoon, sample different classes offered by Philly Dance Fitness

Philly Dance Fitness workshop featuring ballet

Intermittent fasting may help you live longer, healthier life, new study finds

Person eating a healthy meal

Should you avoid meat for good health?

Is meat healthy?

Vitamin B12 deficiency a serious risk for vegans, experts say

Vegan Vitamin B12

Here's how to stick to a weight loss plan in the new year

Weight Loss Plan

Two apples a day may keep the heart doctor away

Apples Bad Cholesterol Heart Health

'Organic' label doesn't guarantee that holiday ham was a happy pig

Organic Farms Don't Guarantee Animals Happiness

Some foods are designed to keep you eating – even when you're full

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vitamin K may be unheralded but it plays an important role

Vitamin K broccoli

You don't gain as much weight during the holidays as you might think

Holiday eating guide

Is spot reduction a myth or a feasible way to lose weight?

Spot reduction: Fact or Myth?

A psychologist's guide to holiday eating

Thanksgiving dinner

Flip holiday rituals into a motivator for healthy behavior

Healthy holiday dinner

What's all the beef with red meat? Cardiologists explain

Red Meat guidelines controversy

How many artificial sweeteners are in your child's food? It's unclear

Diet Coke Artificial Sweetener

Healthier diets are usually also better for the environment, study shows

Food fruit vegetables environment study

Children's Health

Pennsylvania youth rank among the most obese in the country

Pennsylvania Childhood Obesity Rate

Three weeks of a healthier diet could help reduce depression in young adults, study suggests

Healthy eating depression study

Controversial 'red meat is healthy' study author didn't disclose past food industry ties

Red meat trade group study

Eating less red meat isn't necessarily healthier, controversial study finds

Red Meat Guidelines

Tea bags could be releasing billions of micro plastics into your cup of tea, study says

Tea bags micro plastics

The average American still eats too much sugar and red meat

American diet red meat

Onion, garlic consumption could help reduce breast cancer risk, study suggests

Onions garlic health

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