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China still has tonnes of tainted milk: report

AFP - Monday, February 8 07:09 am

BEIJING (AFP) - Authorities in China are hunting for nearly 100 tonnes of melamine-laced milk powder left over from 2008, when six babies died from consuming the toxic substance, state media said Monday. More »

China bans reporting on new milk scandal: watchdog
AFP - Thursday, February 4 11:15 am
HONG KONG (AFP) - Chinese officials have banned independent reporting on the latest toxic food scandal involving melamine, a chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in 2008, a press watchdog said on Thursday. More »
Obese people struggle with their genes
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 06:43 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. More »
Australian study supports gastric surgery for obese teens
AFP - 2 hours 16 mins ago
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australian researchers Wednesday said a new study supported the use of lap-band surgery for severely overweight teenagers after it found the procedure helped them lose 80 percent of their excess fat. More »
N.Korea food crisis to worsen after poor harvest
AFP - 6 hours 13 mins ago
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's severe food shortages are expected to worsen this year after a poor grain harvest in 2009, South Korean officials said Wednesday. More »
Surgery better than diet, exercise in obese teens
Reuters - 10 hours 24 mins ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Severely obese teens who had surgery to limit what they could eat lost more weight and enjoyed more health benefits than those who did an intensive lifestyle program, researchers said on Tuesday. More »
India says no to first GM food crop
AFP - Yesterday, 05:18 pm
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science. More »
Obamas take on problem of obese children
Reuters - Yesterday, 03:57 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alarmed that nearly a third of U.S. children are obese or overweight -- and likely to stay that way all their lives -- President Barack Obama launched an initiative on Tuesday to roll back the numbers and put his wife in charge of promoting it. More »
Rescued hedgehogs head to fat club
Press Assoc. - Yesterday, 09:56 am
A group of "chubby" hedgehogs are to be given a helping hand in losing their winter weight thanks to a special hedgehog "fat club". More »
Australia's "Top End" too dry to become food bowl
Reuters - Monday, February 8 04:27 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday. More »