The ACSH (American Council on Science and Health) have completed a large review of many popular magazines. Their goal was to evaluate the quality of nutritional information presented.
Apparently 42% of US consumers make diet-related changes on the basis of information from health and fitness magazines.
So - who do you trust?
Excellent
Consumer Reports
Good
Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Shape, Child, Parents, Cooking Light, Fitness, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Self, Health, Runner’s World, Better Homes and Gardens, Prevention
Fair
Men’s Health, Reader’s Digest, Cosmopolitan, Muscle and Fitness
Poor
Men's Fitness
....Continued on
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The Nutritional Accuracy of Popular Magazines
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The ACSH (American Council on Science and Health) have completed a large review of many popular magazines. Their goal was to evaluate the quality of nutritional information presented. Apparently 42% of US consumers make diet-related changes on the basis of information from health and fitness magazines. So - who do you trust? Excellent Consumer Reports Good Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Shape, Child, Parents, Cooking Light, Fitness, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Self, Health, Runner’s World, Better Homes and Gardens, Prevention Fair Men’s Health, Reader’s Digest, Cosmopolitan, Muscle and Fitness Poor Men's Fitness ....Continued on http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2007/03/23/the_nutritional_accuracy_of_popular_magazines.php