This summer, the Smart Choices Program TM will appear on hundreds of products in supermarkets and other retail outlets across the country. This first-ever uniform front-of-pack nutrition labeling program, developed by a diverse coalition of scientists, nutritionists, consumer organizations and food industry leaders is designed to promote public health by helping shoppers make smarter food and beverage choices within product categories.

A new study from the UK suggests that beetroot juice boosts stamina and could help you exercise for 16 per cent longer because the nitrate it contains reduces oxygen uptake which make exercise less tiring. The scientists believe the finding will be of interest not only to athletes but also to elderly people and those with metabolic, respiratory or cardiovascular diseases.

Although many children and teens are enjoying the remaining days of their summer vacation, it is actually exam time here in Georgia. Don't fret, the exams we are referring to are given in a doctor's and/or dentist's office instead of the traditional classroom, and should take place before or shortly after the start of the new school year. These exams include a routine doctor's exam to confirm that all immunizations are up-to-date, a dental exam and a vision exam.

Girl, 4, dies after being diagnosed with mumps despite having MMR jab

This picture is so beautiful, with those gorgeous dark blackberries glistening like little jewels, I can't believe it didn't make it into the book! This is one of two Italian menus I wrote for the book: Caponata Sandwich , tri-color pasta spirals , Mini Vegan Cheesecakes , and blackberries .

Levels of debt have been associated with an increased risk of being fat. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health blame the trend on the high price of healthy food, and a tendency for people worried by debt to comfort eat.

40 far out facts you never knew about Woodstock

For years we've been told that calcium builds strong bones. How is it possible that calcium may be CAUSING hip fractures? And, not just a few more hip fractures - 64% more hip fractures. As usual, though when we dig a little deeper, we learn that it's not so much the calcium, but what we're not chasing it with....

The movie "Julie & Julia" opens this weekend. Thanks to apparently an impressive advertising budget, most of us have seen the trailers. This is a movie based on a book that resulted from a blog. Still with me? A young lady named Julie Powell (perhaps too young to have witnessed Julia becoming the culinary icon) who was living and working in NYC, wrote a blog in 2004 chronicling her 365 day mission to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. All of this talk of Julia Child had me looking for my copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I only use it as an occasional source of traditional French recipes (like crepes, quiche and béchamel or Hollandaise sauce) that I then "lighten" in my work. I had forgotten that even vegetable recipes, like Child's Brussels Sprouts Browned with Cheese, called for 3 1/2 tablespoons of butter and recipes that sound like they won't call for butter, like "Casserole-Roasted Chicken with tarragon" call for butter…6 tablespoons for 4 servings to be exact.

Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts REALLY lets her hair down on a rollicking night out

Sting and Trudie Styler share a passionate holiday kiss (with his reputation, it could last a while...)

Britney wins the battle of the bulge as she shows off her figure in a white bikini

Football star Paul Konchesky in emergency dash to save baby daughter

Big Brother's Chanelle Hayes rushed to hospital after overdosing on alcohol and pills following love split

hicassie added an entry about lose weight : i finally realised i have to sort myself out. i felt so good eatting healthy and now im eating crap i just wanna curl up in bed. i have no energy at all, i feel like i cnt even walk to the shops (which i need to do) if eating unhealthy makes me feel like this, why do i keep doing it? i thought i had started a new LIFESTYLE but obviously i wasnt on my way yet. this time i am determind, my weight lose might be slow but im going to do it, however long it takes. im starting to do mini goals now, because ive also realised having just one huge goal was making it harder for me, because i wasnt achieving anything i wasnt feel good about losing weight. so my goal for this week: walk a mile everyday. (and continue with this after) goal for next week: eat raw on wednesdays. if i make a little goal each week i think i can finally, after a while get to the stage i wanna be at, which is eating healthy and exercising atleast 4 times a week. little goals seem like the answer to me, so thats wat im going to do. wish me luck :)

South Park Studios Bar hopping is fun. I know, I just did some in New York City this weekend. But, if you make a habit out of it, you've got problems. And I'm not talking about hangovers and coyote ugly! Regular heavy drinking increases the risk of developing different types of cancer, such as esophageal, stomach, colon, liver, pancreatic, lung...

He told us to 'Catch It. Bin It. Kill it.' on national TV. But now the actor from the Government's adverts has fallen victim to swine flu himself.

Has Timothy eaten Spall the pies?

Buffy bump-watch: Heavily pregnant Sarah Michelle Gellar looks radiant in LA

Filed under: Television/Film , Feast Your Eyes 16 candles. Photo: Michael Brunk, NWlens.com It's a well-known fact that writer-director John Hughes, who died Thursday at age 59 , was a master of capturing teenage ennui (not to mention a master of setting too-high romantic expectations for a generation of women raised in the '80s.) What's less remarked upon is his fascination with food and the way American culinary rituals define adolescence. There's the lunch scene in the detention hall of "The Breakfast Club ," in which Molly Ringwald snottily articulates the concept of "sushi" to an incredulous Judd Nelson and "bad girl" Ally Sheedy demonstrates fantastic Coke can catching skills before creating a sandwich out of Pixy Stix, butter, bread and cereal -- which she proceeds to devour like a raptor . Then, of course, there's Samantha's forgotten birthday in "16 Candles ," which ends with that mesmerizing kiss over the cake. We're stuck on a loop of John Hughes memories , but this photo of a different 16 candles -- a snapshot taken by a father of his rosy-cheeked son "caught in the glow of his 16th birthday cake" -- caught our eye. It's a tribute to the maestro that any cake teeming with candles will always make us think of him. So to paraphrase one of his own characters, " May we admire you again today ?"