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 Food Information - October 6, 2008
| Researchers are in California are about to start the first FDA-sanctioned clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for a brain disease. The recipients will be children who have Batten disease - a rare, fatal genetic disorder. The condition afflicts 2 to 4 of every 100,000 children born in the U.S. Babies may appear normal at first, only to begin losing coordination and having seizures several months after birth. Eventually, children go blind and are unable to communicate before they die at an early age | | A US study reveals that if you eat large portions of food throughout one day, don't count on eating any less the next day. People that are offered large meals will eat them over and over again, day after day, according to a new study released on Wednesday at a conference of North American obesity researchers in Vancouver | | A US study reveals that if you eat large portions of food throughout one day, don't count on eating any less the next day. People that are offered large meals will eat them over and over again, day after day, according to a new study released on Wednesday at a conference of North American obesity researchers in Vancouver | | Former President Bill Clinton teams up with SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer in a campaign to encourage kids to eat healthy foods and exercise. Mr. Clinton says, "The idea that health decisions you make as kids could stop you from living your dream is heartbreaking to us." He will appear in public service announcements and in a town hall forum devoted to childhood obesity | | Former President Bill Clinton is forming a unique alliance with none other than SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, in a campaign to inspire kids to eat healthy foods and exercise. Clinton, who had heart surgery last year, is joined by Nickelodeon Networks President Herb Scannell, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and American Heart Association President Robert Eckel in announcing the campaign | |
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