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Obese lose up to eight years of life
Posted in Medicine on 6th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says.
Mediterranean diet keeps people 'genetically young'
Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers.
Norway to grow food crops in space
Posted in Science on 22nd Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller
A team of scientists in Norway are set to research the possibility of growing plants and food crops in space.
Obesity 'costing same as smoking'
Posted in Medicine on 21st Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller
The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.
World is crossing malnutrition red line, report warns
Posted in Medicine on 15th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller
Every nation except China has crossed a "malnutrition red line", suffering from too much or too little nutrition.