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Healthnotes Newswire (April 5, 2007)—The consensus is clear: Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, and the problem begins in childhood. Two recent studies report that few adults get recommended levels of fruit and vegetable in their diets, and another found that the problem is getting worse among teens.

Vegetables and fruits are critical components of a healthy diet. Overwhelming evidence shows that a diet rich in a variety of fruits and vegetables protects against obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and many other chronic diseases.

Healthnotes Newswire (March 29, 2007)—Overweight and obese women have a wide array of popular weight-loss diets to choose from, but which is best? A new study compared four different diets and found the low-carbohydrate diet to be the most effective.

Despite the increasing awareness of the health consequences of overweight and obesity and a growing number of public health initiatives, Westerners keep gaining weight. Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that an estimated 66% of adults in the United States are overweight or obese.