Diets

Study finds similarity in diets is threatening health, food security

Increasing similarity in diets worldwide is posing a threat to health and food security with many people forsaking traditional crops such as cassava, sorghum or millet, an international study showed on Monday.

Daily soft drinks could affect cardiac health

Researchers from Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, the University of Sydney, found that these children consuming one or more soft drinks daily, had narrower arteries in the back of their eyes.

Eat before you read: Menus can be misleading

A new study shows dieters often pay more attention to what a dish is called than what it actually contains.