December 27, 2012

A new report says for the first time, overeating is a bigger worldwide health problem than malnutrition. Stroke and heart disease, which can result from overeating, together cause a quarter of deaths worldwide, and that’s more than the adverse effects of too little food. Excessive body mass index is the world’s sixth leading cause of death. Source Link

America’s favorite video rental kiosk is moving into the living room to take on the king of streaming. The new Redbox Instant service is launching with a combination of streaming online movies and DVD rentals from Redbox machines. The new Redbox DVD and streaming service is priced the same as the streaming-only offering from Netflix. Source Link

They say milk can do a body good, but for little ones, there can be too much of a good thing. A new study found that most toddlers should get no more than two cups of milk a day.  Milk provides Vitamin D, but drinking too much milk lead to decreased iron levels, in part because children weren’t eating other nutritious foods. Source Link