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                    [Title] => No junk food, just poor diet
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There’s no such thing as junk food, only a poor diet, a health expert said regarding a bill filed by Sen. Lito Lapid seeking to ban the sale of junk food in schools.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 493027 [Title] => A healthy drink for schoolkids [Summary] =>

As children go back to school, parents try to get the best food products that can empower their children physically and mentally with the best nutrition while away from home.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 45855 [Title] => Beverages as ‘health motivators’ [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 40432 [Title] => Marketing a health juice against all odds [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30282 [Title] => WHO: Diabetes spreading fastest in Asia [Summary] =>

Diabetes is one of the 21st century’s most challenging health problems and it has been spreading more rapidly in Asia than anywhere else, the World Health Organization (WHO).

[DatePublished] => 2007-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653486 [AuthorName] => Phoebe Jen Indino [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358053 [Title] => Gab focuses on winning the war on obesity [Summary] => Obesity and overweight is an all-encompassing condition that transcends beyond age brackets and social status. The Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity (PASOO) medical convention last Sept. 1-2 at the Grand Ballroom of the Century Park Hotel in Manila addressed this problem through a series of symposia on obesity management in special conditions and populations.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345465 [Title] => Waist, hip size can predict diseases — study [Summary] => Don’t ignore those body fats around your abdomen. Your life could depend on it.

The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) said yesterday that the size of a person’s waist and hip can predict his or her risk to heart attacks and other diseases such as diabetes and abnormalities in metabolism.

Citing a study conducted by Dr. Rodolfo Florentino, chairman of the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines (NFP), the FNRI said waist circumference can predict the risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308283 [Title] => Is your heart smart? [Summary] => About 95 employees of Abenson Inc. had set out to find out if their hearts were smart when they took the Quaker Oatmeal Smart Heart Challenge for 30 days, and came out of it happy and victorious! Who wouldn’t be elated when there was a marked difference in cholesterol levels, signifying that they are well on their way to having a healthy heart?

After 30 days of taking Quaker Oatmeal for breakfast, 72 percent of them lowered their total cholesterol levels by an average of 25 points.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240064 [Title] => Oats, anyone? [Summary] => It was billed as the Smart Heart Challenge. For 30 days, 94 volunteers at the Philippine Stock Exchange Bldg. were asked to take 70 grams of oatmeal every day. The volunteers took their oatmeal at a designated restaurant within the PSE building during the working week and were then given enough oatmeal to prepare on their own for the weekend.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1721099 [AuthorName] => Rose G. De La Cruz [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) ) )
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