Word: diets
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...doubled in incidence since 1960 and is now killing 44,000 women each year. Yet last year the NIH spent just $77 million studying the ailment, including only $16 million on basic research. Two years ago, the NIH halted a major study on breast cancer and low-fat diets because of cost considerations. "I can't believe that decision," says Dr. Mary Guinan, assistant director for science at the Centers for Disease Control. "If we could tell women that their diet lowered their risk, we could save thousands of lives...
...drop to 3 million in 1991. Pravda's declining appeal is in part caused by higher subscription costs, imposed while the economy is virtually at a standstill. But a more profound reason is the simple fact that Soviet citizens no longer need to put up with an unappetizing diet of Communist propaganda. Rather, they can turn to a welter of new publications at street kiosks, from the liberal weekly Moscow News and Tema, a newspaper that supports gay and lesbian rights, to the business weekly Commersant and Protestant, a Baptist newspaper...
Among other things, the bill should stop a plethora of misleading disease- prevention claims on foods ranging from oat-bran doughnuts and cereals to cholesterol-free peanut butter and "lite" desserts. "For too long consumers who want a healthier diet have been besieged by inaccurate nutrition claims," said Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, the bill's chief sponsor in the Senate. Now, he added, "a bold health claim on the front of the package won't be contradicted by the fine print on the back...
...Drug Administration to draft standard definitions of such terms as light, low fat, reduced calories and high fiber, which are routinely bandied about on everything from cereal boxes to mayonnaise jars and tortilla-chips packages. The FDA will allow health claims only in areas where scientifically valid links between diet and health have been established. About 60% of the roughly 20,000 food labels in supermarkets display information about the calories, vitamins and minerals contained in various foods. When the FDA completes its work, labels will also have to disclose the number of calories derived from fat and the amount...
Some experts estimate that the Ground Self-Defense Force, as the army is known, is at least 12% below its authorized strength of 180,000 because it cannot find enough recruits. Even critics of the military show some sympathy. Says Masao Kunihiro, a Socialist Diet member who opposes the use of Japanese troops abroad: "It's a pity that the S.D.F. has been treated so shabbily by the public...