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Vitamins, Diet and Sports Nutrition

  • Satisfaction study: Packaging can influence purchase intent, customer satisfaction

    RICHMOND, Va. — MeadWestvaco Corporation on Thursday launched its inaugural consumer satisfaction study, “Packaging Matters.” The study explores the role of packaging in product satisfaction as consumers purchase, transport, use and dispose of products across 10 different categories. 

  • Sergeant's Pet Care Products taps Tiffani Thiessen for pet health awareness campaign

    OMAHA, Neb. — Sergeant's Pet Care Products on Wednesday embarked on an awareness campaign alerting pet owners on how to keep their pets healthy. 

  • WHO updates consumption guidelines for salt, potassium

    GENEVA — Adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium, or 5 grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium per day, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization last week. A person with either elevated sodium levels and low potassium levels could be at risk of raised blood pressure which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.

    Currently, most people consume too much sodium and not enough potassium.

  • SymphonyIRI: Merchandising support down across almost half of all categories, new media to blame

    CHICAGO — With the path to purchase evolving, merchandising has increased across just more than half of CPG categories and declined in 47% of categories, SymphonyIRI Group reported Tuesday. 

    The drug channel has seen the most erosion in merchandising support, with declines in 60% of the categories within the channel in 2012.

  • CVS promotes heart health

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark is marking American Heart Month by encouraging heart-healthy behavior in February, the company said Tuesday.

  • JAMA report criticizing calcium supplementation in men raises eyebrows among supplement associations

    CHICAGO — A JAMA report released Monday afternoon that suggested a high intake of supplemental calcium is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease death in men was criticized by several dietary supplement agencies for being inconclusive. According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition's most recent survey of U.S. adults, 17% indicated they take a calcium supplement.

  • GNC launches new brand campaign

    PITTSBURGH — GNC on Tuesday announced the launch of its new brand campaign, "Respect Yourself," celebrating individuals who enjoy great self-respect by living a healthy lifestyle. This campaign builds on GNC's brand mission, since 1935, to provide consumers with health and wellness solutions in order to help them live a better life.

  • Supplement may reduce gestational diabetes risk in some women, study finds

    NEW YORK — A nutritional supplement may help ward off gestational diabetes in pregnant women, according to a new study.

    The study, conducted by researchers at Italy's University of Messina and published in the journal Diabetes Care, found that pregnant women with family histories of Type 2 diabetes who received myo-inositol saw a significant reduction in the incidence of gestational diabetes, a condition that causes high blood sugar in some pregnant women.

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