This week in health news from Scott LaFee of the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute
Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration published new guidelines about which foods could be labeled “healthy.” Some of the criteria: They needed to contain a certain amount of nutritious ingredients, such as fruits and vegetables, and have little added sugar, salt or saturated fat.
Not surprisingly, the makers of packaged foods, such as cereal and pasta, are complaining loudly, at least indirectly arguing that the criteria are impossible to achieve.Even advocates of better food nutrition acknowledge a certain reality: “Hardly anything would qualify, so of course food manufacturers don’t like the idea,” Marion Nestle, an emeritus professor of nutrition and public health at New York University, said.Scars continue to look the same year after year because, while skin cells are replaced periodically, the underlying collagen is not.According to a report by Health Care Cost Institute, the median amount of money spent on health care in 2020 by the average American was $4,879. The range per person in a survey of metropolitan areas ranged from $3,025 in Riverside, Calif., to $7,221 in Anchorage, Alaska. Most metro areas fell between $4,147 and $5,611.The amount that Medicare is seeking for patient copays for generic drugs for common chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure.
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