Nutrition

Bill would ban junk food from vending machines at state offices

2013-05-07 17:52:00

Proposed legislation to remove junk food and sugar-loaded drinks from vending machines at California state office buildings and on government property is intensifying debate about when the battle against obesity becomes a gateway to "nanny state" tactics....

Herbalife posts record results

2013-04-29 19:20:00

Herbalife Ltd. has now notched 17 consecutive quarters in which its profits sailed past Wall Street projections. The Los Angeles nutritional products company told investors Monday that earnings during the first three months of the year climbed nearly...

Herbalife posts better-than-expected earnings, again

2013-04-29 13:44:00

Los Angeles nutritional products company Herbalife Ltd. reported $1.1 billion in first-quarter sales and profit that soundly beat analysts' expectations and its own guidance. The company reported earnings of $118.8 million, or $1.10 a share, up from...

Antronette Yancey dies at 55; advocate of short bursts of exercise

2013-04-25 15:06:00

For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to...

'The Biggest Loser' winner Danni Allen: 'I'm a size 4'

2013-03-19 18:46:00

Danni Allen said she spent the last several months visualizing herself winning Season 14 of "The Biggest Loser." She imagined what it would feel like stepping on the scale for one last time. She imagined feeling the confetti raining down on her, signaling...

Kids' menus are not healthy, nutrition group says

2013-03-28 13:15:00

Ninety-one percent of thousands of children’s meals at the biggest restaurant chains don’t meet standards set by the National Restaurant Assn.’s own initiative for healthful kids’ meals, a study out Thursday from a nutrition...

Herbalife is global giant with business model in question

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Stock spotlight is a new weekly feature that will profile a notable, public company. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Herbalife: A caption for a photo with the Stock Spotlight column in the Feb. 25 Section A said customers were participating in an...

'A Place at the Table' takes on hunger in the U.S.

2013-02-28 16:13:00

When people think of hunger, they might picture a starving Third World child. The makers of the new documentary "A Place at the Table" suggest the face of undernourishment can be found much closer to home: Tens of millions of U.S. citizens go to bed...

Herbalife cozies up with UCLA

2013-02-22 21:39:00

Herbalife International says it's all about helping people "pursue healthy, active lives." UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine likes to think of itself as being in the forefront of medical research and modern healthcare. But the curious relationship...

Doctors who cook say they give better nutrition advice

2013-02-18 15:44:00

Perhaps the next time you see your doctor, he might finish the visit with a reminder to take a medication and a conversation about cooking salmon. In a “teach the teachers” experiment, healthcare professionals have been learning to cook as...

Nutrition group petitions for federal regulation of sugary drinks

2013-02-13 13:39:00

A nutrition advocacy group joined with scientists and health agencies Wednesday to ask the federal government to decide just how much sugar is “safe” in sodas, raising the bar in its crusade to curb the “dangerously high” amounts...

UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad gets his eating orders

2013-02-05 16:24:00

UCLA couldn’t get its last high-profile basketball player to eat less. The Bruins are trying to get their latest freshman star to eat more. Forward Shabazz Muhammad sat out practice Tuesday and said he was still feeling the effects of the flu...

Carbs Control, Dining Out Guide by Jenny Craig, Fooducate, Slim Down Shopping List by Women's Health: Numerous calorie counting and nutrition apps are available; these are a few of Fradkin and Massey's favorites. Carbs Control is especially helpful for people new to counting carbs.

2013-05-15 11:00:00

Brittle, dry and chemically-damaged hair will benefit from Salon Grafix's new Healthy Hair Nutrition Conditioning Cleanser. The sulfate- and lather-free shampoo gently cleans hair without stripping natural oils. Use Intensive Hair Repair Masque to deep condition once a week. Available: $6.

2012-06-19 00:00:00

Sixth-grade students Brittany Lerian, left, and Timmy Fejtek pour out a bowl of cereal at La Canada Elementary School on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The school celebrated nutrition week. "We empower children to make healthy food choices," Wendy Crump says. Crump is a registered nutritionist.

2012-02-22 16:43:01