Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 14 years by staying away from processed foods. The week Dee talks about the big buzz - the National Institute of Health 10 year study released in the New England Journal of Medicine this week entitled "Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old". The NIH - AARP Project reports being a little overweight can lead to premature death. Dee talks more about this study and it's implications.

• The Center for Processed Free Living
• Diet Science Blogger
• The New England Journal of Medicine NIH Study Original Article