Weight management products and services provider Nutrisystem has added four new to its menu. The new dinner items are Chicken and BBQ Beans, Turkey Sausage and Bacon Rigatoni, Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pizza and Meatloaf Sandwich. ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and enhance human health, announced the commercial launch of SONOVA ULTRA GLA Safflower Oil. With 55 ...
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Nature's Sunshine Products, (NATR), a leading natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, reported its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ...
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Medifast, Inc., a leading United States manufacturer and provider of clinically proven, portion-controlled weight-loss products and programs, is proud to announce a new line of meals to complement Medifast's many weight-loss and weight ...
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Young adults are at particularly high risk for excessive weight gain. Although weight gain intervention for young adults attending two- or four-year colleges has been studied extensively, there has been little research into effective ...
Overweight adults often turn to diet beverages to help them slim down, but this tactic might backfire, new research suggests. Compared to people who drink sweetened beverages, heavy people with a diet-soda habit actually consume more ...
Only a quarter of U.S. primary care physicians surveyed are doing a thorough job of helping patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight, finds a study in the American Journal of Health Promotion. "We found that most primary care ...
Major food companies are keeping their word by removing 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace in an effort to promote healthy weight, a new report says. The report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a ...
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Merck Announces Launch of a New Business Focused on Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Weight Management Interventions in the U.S. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec. 20, 2013--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States ...
Engineers at Microsoft Research are taking on the world of weight management with a bra designed to measure heart and skin activity to gauge stress levels. When the device detects high stress levels, it offers advice via a smartphone app to ...
Swiss food giant Nestlé has signed a deal with US-based private equity firm North Castle Partners to sell its Jenny Craig businesses in North America and Oceania, for an undisclosed amount. Established in 1983, Jenny Craig offers ...
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Nestlé's growth has "regained momentum", with Europe outperforming the market, according to ceo Paul Bulcke, commenting on nine month sales figures. Nescafé Dolce Gusto gained market share from January to September this ...
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A double whammy of low consumer confidence in developed countries and lower growth in emerging markets combined to subdue Nestlé’s half yearly trading performance, figures published today reveal. The global food and drink ...
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TreeHouse Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Associated Brands, a leading North American manufacturer of private label powdered drinks, specialty teas and sweeteners, from TorQuest Partners and other shareholders in a C$187m ...
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ViSalus, a US-based producer weight-management products and nutritional supplements, plans to launch its new patent pending, high protein, high fiber cereal - Vi Crunch Protein Super Cereal. The new product, which is the ViSalus' biggest ...