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Illustrative: A salad. (YouTube)
April 4, 2019, 12:45 pm
Israel has lowest rate of diet-related deaths in the world, major study finds
Analysis published in The Lancet finds fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds are instrumental in avoiding deadly diseases
By TOI staff
The Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, January 2, 2014. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
April 2, 2019, 4:25 pm
Fruit juice diet lands Israeli woman in hospital with brain damage
Woman in her 40s admitted to Tel Hashomer with possibly irreversible injuries after three weeks of malnutrition
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 3, 2018, 4:54 pm
Almost half of Israeli adults overweight, study finds
More women aged 20+ want to lose weight than men, especially among those with normal weight; 24% of women and 18% of men diet regularly
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of pizza (Public Domain/www.maxpixel.net)
August 31, 2018, 5:15 pm
Diets that involve shrinking your plate size don’t work, Israeli study says
When you’re hungry, new Ben-Gurion University research shows, your brain is too focused on the food to be fooled by a smaller plate
By TOI staff
Jenna Jameson (s_bukley/Shutterstock.com)
July 25, 2018, 6:46 pm
Ex-adult film star Jenna Jameson lays off the latkes to lose lbs
Former porn actress and convert to Judaism shows off before-and-after photos of her 57-pound weight loss on the ketogenic diet
By TOI staff
Sherman is among a group of 10 Israeli hedgehogs that had to go on a diet after overeating. (Screenshot from euronews via YouTube)
January 17, 2018, 7:17 pm
Diet is slimming down Sherman, the overweight Israeli hedgehog
Found waddling in Tel Aviv earlier this month, zoo staff have helped Sherman shed about one-tenth of his body weight
By JTA
Illustrative image of a pair of hedgehogs. (iStock)
January 4, 2018, 11:24 pm
Overweight Israeli hedgehogs go on lifesaving diet
Prickly pair shedding pounds at Ramat Gan Zoo after they were found struggling to curl into balls to defend themselves against predators
By Josefin Dolsten
'Unavoo' founder Yuval Maimon, right, during lab testing of the sweetener, April 2017. (Screenshot/Channel 2)
April 6, 2017, 10:42 pm
Israeli company touts sweeter, healthier sugar substitute
‘Unavoo,’ a Stevia-based sweetener, purports to have all the benefits of a sugar alternative, without the awful aftertaste
By TOI staff
Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of the 'Eat to Live' series and founder of the 'nutritarian' lifestyle (Courtesy)
September 29, 2016, 11:24 am
With Borscht-Belt humor, nutrition guru promotes a healthy, unsweetened New Year
In his serious one-man crusade against the diet industry, Dr. Joel Fuhrman uses humor to gain steam, even as his followers lose weight
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Members of 'Aruchat Eser' protesting unhealthy school lunches by presenting trays of food to Education Ministry staffers (photo credit: Marik Stern)
April 5, 2016, 4:49 pm
Soda, sweets and schnitzel nixed from school menus
Whole-wheat pasta, tofu, low-fat cheeses and healthy salads to be kids’ staples once directive comes into effect
By Daniel Douek
A MakeMyPlate screenshot (Courtesy)
January 14, 2016, 5:36 pm
Israeli app helps you see your way to diet success
Forget numbers, charts, and diaries. MakeMyPlate shows you exactly what you should be eating, says CEO Alin Cooperman
By David Shamah
Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, holds up a photo of herself at her home in Parkland, Fla. in 2011. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
May 4, 2015, 2:33 pm
A former housewife, Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at 91
An ad hoc meeting in her small New York apartment in the early 1960s turned into a lasting diet empire
By Matt Sedensky
Fun at Vegan Fest 2013. (photo credit: courtesy Vegan Fest)
October 13, 2014, 2:31 pm
Vegan festival said to be world’s biggest
Vegan Fest 2014, held Monday in Ramat Gan, expected to draw some 15,000 people
By TOI staff
A picture taken on May 10, 2014, shows an artifact displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (photo credit: Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP)
From the WebMay 14, 2014, 2:56 pm
Ancient Egyptians liked their veggies
ISNS: Nile River culture’s diet was based on wheat and barley — and very little fish, surprising research reveals
Israeli children (photo credit: Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90/File)
November 14, 2013, 5:08 pm
About 25% of Israeli kids are overweight, ministry says
435,000 Israelis suffer from diabetes, and it’s likely another 200,000 have the disease but are untreated, government figures show
By Gavriel Fiske
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