Overview
Introduction
Living La Vida Healthy
by Jeanene Swanson
Section 1: Diet for Health
1.1 Eating Made Simple
by Marion Nestle
1.2 Fact or Fiction: You Should Drink 8 Glasses of Water Daily
by Karen Bellenir
1.3 Carbs, Fats and Heart Health
by Melinda Wenner Moyer
1.4 Are Modern Methods of Preserving and Cooking Meat Healthy?
by Ferris Jabr
Section 2: Supplements: Good or Bad?
2.1 Do Vitamins in Pills Differ from Those in Food?
by Christine Rosenbloom and Luke Bucci
2.2 Fact or Fiction: Vitamin Supplements Improve Your Health
by Coco Ballantyne
2.3 Dangerous Advice and False Claims from Herbal Supplement Sellers
by Katherine Harmon
2.4 The Myth of Antioxidants
by Melinda Wenner Moyer
Section 3: The Obesity Epidemic
3.1 The World is Fat: Obesity Outweighs Hunger Worldwide
by Steve Mirsky
3.2 The Hidden Drivers of Childhood Obesity
by Rose Eveleth
3.3 Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic?
by W. Wayt Gibbs
3.4 Can Fat be Fit?
by Paul Raeburn
3.5 How to Fix the Obesity Crisis
by David H. Freedman
Section 4: Diabetes Defined
4.1 The Link Between Inflammation and Diabetes
by Melinda Wenner Moyer
4.2 New Testing Method Finds Environmental Risks for Diabetes
by Katherine Harmon
4.3 Diabetes Mystery: Why Are Type 1 Cases Surging?
by Maryn McKenna
4.4 Managing Diabetes
by Sara Sklaroff and John Rennie
Section 5: Addiction
5.1 Deadly Duo: Alcohol and Prescription Drugs
by Melinda Wenner Moyer
5.2 Do-It-Yourself Addiction Cures
by Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld
5.3 Drink to Your Health?
by Arthur L. Klatsky
5.4 Hooked from the First Cigarette
by Joseph R. DiFranza
Section 6: The Power of Exercise
6.1 Short Interval Training Burns Big Calories
by Christopher Intagliata
6.2 Reasons for Runner’s High
by Christopher Intagliata
6.3 Laughter Proves as Effective as Working Out
by Karen Hopkin
6.4 Unlocking the Chemistry of Exercise
by Katherine Harmon
6.5 Does Staying Active Really Make You Healthier
by Coco Ballantyne
Section 7: Stress and Mental Health: A Calmer, Happier You
7.1 City Living Changes Brain’s Stress Response
by Katherine Harmon
7.2 Meditate that Cold Away
by Harvey Black
7.3 Fight the Frazzled Mind
by Robert Epstein
7.4 Different Shades of Blue
by Erica Westly
7.5 The Social Cure
by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam and Nyla R. Branscombe