Diet Stats Links

The Stats on Statins: Should Healthy Adults Over 50 Take Them?

Everyone over 50 should take statins to lower their cholesterol, an editorial argued last week in The Lancet . The piece based its recommendation on a meta-analysis of 27 clinical trials published in the same issue that concluded statins significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in healthy people without posing substantial risks. Subsequent articles heralding ...

Do stats make Irvine the most fashionable city in U.S.?

Bundle.com does something that fashion critics don't - they crunch the numbers. Based on spending, the company sought to find out where the most and least fashionable cities in America were....

Eating disorder stats alarmingly high in Stonnington

A DISTURBING number of Stonnington adolescents are suffering from serious eating disorders, figures show.

iVan survey proves five-a-day van drivers are flouting their unhealthy stereotype

Are all van drivers tabloid-reading, football-loving stereotypical white van men? The type who roam the road in a Ford Transit, cutting up car drivers before nipping off for a crafty pint on the way home?(PRWEB UK) 22 May 2012 Are van drivers a healthy bunch? Most people would probably think not. However, a new survey conducted by iVan insurance has revealed that van drivers are, perhaps ...

BodyTrim Reveal That 60% Of People Are Afraid To Drink on A Diet

Is alcohol the culprit behind your failed attempt to lose weight?(PRWEB) April 27, 2012 According to an independent survey of over 260 people, conducted by weight loss brand Bodytrim, 60% of dieters get the heebie-jeebies when confronted with an alcoholic beverage.This isn’t surprising given it’s long been etched into the minds of dieters that alcohol is the devil when on a diet. In fact ...