Health and Nutrition

Recipes for Health: Baked Limas With Tomatoes and Peppers

These baked beans are surprisingly sweet, though they contain no added sugars.

U.S. Stalls in Its Push to Limit Food Ads Aimed at Children

An effort to forge tougher advertising standards that favor healthful products has hit industry opposition.

Personal Best: With This Rinse, Performance Improves

A carbohydrate solution that doesn’t even have to be swallowed gives athletes a boost, exercise scientists find.

Baseball Players Join First Lady to Fight Obesity

Thirty television and 30 radio spots, customized for each Major League Baseball team, will encourage children to become active.

Patient Money: Losing Weight the Smartphone Way, With a Nutritionist in Your Pocket

Many experts and consumers are excited about the new weight-loss apps available for iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones.

Big City: In New York, Getting Thin by Riding the Subway

Good news for New Yorkers: A study points to public transit’s role in staving off obesity.

Hungry Girl Offers a Real Take on Diet Foods

Lisa Lillien — also known as Hungry Girl — sends out an e-mail newsletter to almost a million subscribers, offering a sweet moment of pleasure in the daily slog of dieting.

Vital Signs: Childhood: Obesity in Young Subjects Drops in Study

Sixth graders who participated in a school-based health program were less obese by eighth grade than a group of similar children who did not.

Noticed: Too Much Red Bull? Relaxation Drinks For Sale

“Relaxation shots” claim to undo the very buzz caffeinated drinks were designed to deliver.

Vital Signs: Exercise: Bicycling to Keep Off Extra Pounds

Riding for exercise may help women who put on extra pounds during their 30s and 40s, a study says.