A new World Health Organization Europe report looks into the health-promoting properties of the Mediterranean and the Nordic diet, which have won acclaim for helping to prevent cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and in reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
Swedes who want to lose weight fast have been told to cut out the carbohydrates according to a new report by the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (Statens beredning för medicinsk utvärdering, SBU).
New EU food safety regulations could leave Swedish Christmas hams a few shades of grey and leave the popular pork "flintasteak" decidedly drier, the country's meat industry has claimed.
Generations of Swedes have grown up with the dietary guideline known as the "plate model" but now its inventor says it should be scrapped because it does not suit Swedes' increasingly immobile lifestyles and may contribute to high obesity rates.
A healthy Nordic diet helps to reduce cardiovascular disease and the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
The latest in a slew of diet fads that have gained popularity in Sweden, the low-carb high fat diet (LCHF), is backed by research funded by the US meat industry, according to a new study.
Sweden's long summer days pose problems for Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Monday, with rules over the hours of the fast under discussion across Europe.
The Riksdag on Thursday ordered the Swedish government to develop legislation for prohibit the use of potentially dangerous unsaturated fats in food products in Sweden, something previously left to the food industry.
Sweden’s long summer days are presenting a challenge to Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Wednesday. Religious leaders say the long hours of daylight are not a good excuse to skip the fast.
<b>A new diet has surfaced in Sweden recently, the Low-Carb High Fat diet (LCHF), but experts remain divided over the new method for trimming one’s waistline, The Local’s Caroline Gravel discovered.</b>
A new Swedish study has shown that eating fish reduces children's risk of developing allergies, reversing earlier studies which indicated that fish consumption increased the likelihood of allergies.
Stockholm schools that banned sweets, buns and soft drinks saw the number of overweight children drop by six percentage points in four years, a Karolinska Institute study published on Monday showed.
Four-year-old girls today are six times more likely to be overweight than thir counterparts twenty years ago. A new Swedish study has shown an alarming increase in the number of children who are overweight and obese.
Healthy four-year-olds who eat a lot of fatty foods generally weigh less than their peers, according to a new study. One in three of the 200 children involved in the study was found to consume too little unsaturated fat.
High sugar consumption increases the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a major study carried out by Karolinska Institutet. Large consumers of fizzy drinks and diluted fruit drinks are at greatest risk.
Swedish children are consuming sugar at incredible rates, according to a new survey. The international image of the healthy Scandinavian lifestyle has been dealt a blow after the country’s National Food Administration said in a report released on Wednesday nearly 25 percent of the calories consumed by children come from soda, ice cream and other sugary snacks.
A new advertisement being distributed throughout Sweden is raising fat people's hopes that they can lose weight through their feet. Not, however, by running with them.
