/oss/taxonomy/term/4246/all en /oss/article/health-nutrition/small-changes-make-big-difference-diets <p>Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have come up with some interesting data. They analyzed surveys filled out by some 120,000 nurses, physicians, veterinarians and dentists over a period of about twenty years. Starting in the 1980s these subjects answered questionnaires about their diet and weight, including specifics about the number of servings of various foods they consumed per day. Some fascinating revelations have emerged from the massive amount of data collected. First of all, there was an average weight gain of about seventeen pounds over twenty years.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:18:05 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8054 at /oss