Junk Food Advertising Study finds Kids “Addicted”
Children describe junk food advertising as ‘tempting’ and ‘addictive’, and say they could ‘lick the screen,’ according to a new junk food advertising study from Cancer Research UK.
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Cutting Sugar Improves Kids’ Health, Even without Cutting Calories
New research suggests that cutting sugar improves kids’ health, even if they don’t cut calories or lose weight.
School Lunches Around the World: How Does America Compare?
A picture is worth a thousand words. And the folks at sweetgreen know it. They posted pics of school lunches around the world. How do American school lunches compare?
How Recess Helps Kids Eat Healthier
A recent study found that simply scheduling recess before lunch led school kids to eat 54 percent more vegetables? Here’s how parents can benefit from these findings.
Soft Drinks Linked to Early Puberty, Breast Cancer
New research findings from the Harvard School of Public Health have found that the consumption of too many sugar sweetened drinks can lead to early puberty.
Study: Skipping Meals Linked to Childhood Obesity
A study from the University of East Finland found that skipping meals can lead to obesity in children as young as ages six to eight.
Sugar: The Bad, The Ugly, and How to Avoid It
We talk a lot about sugar in this space. That sweet, white powder is delicious, but it’s also at least partially responsible for public health problems from obesity to diabetes to heart disease. Singular sugar facts don’t always paint the complete picture. Let’s take a broader look at sugar, our health, and how you can cut back on the sweet stuff.
New Documentary ‘Fed Up’ Indicts Food Industry for Obesity Crisis
Katie Couric strode impressively onto the documentary scene this week with Fed Up, a film premiering last Sunday at the Sundance film festival. Fed Up explores the underlying and often invisible forces driving the childhood obesity crisis, and brings the idea of food as a vital political issue to an ever-growing mainstream audience.
Family Meal Time Can Prevent Obesity in Children
There’s even more evidence about the benefits of participating in a family meal, especially for children.
Top News from the Food Front: Year Ends with Organic Vegan Bangs, Fast Food Whimpers
Happy almost-New-Year, food news enthusiasts! With all the festivities to attend and holiday soirées to plan, I’ll keep this week’s top news roundup short, sweet, and to the point. This week’s good news features organic food, vegan food, and ag-gag defeats; but wait — there’s also fast food, cancer, and horse slaughter news that deserves to be on the radar of conscious eaters and ethical foodies. Read on, for the final food news roundup of the year!
Top News from the Food Front: Righteous Research, Processed Poison, AgriBiz Aggro, and a Vegetarian Ruckus
This week’s top stories bring some nifty research to the table: meat and diabetes, school lunches and student health, Alzheimer’s and herbs! The FDA tries some more baby steps towards regulating dangerous stuff in our food — what a neat idea! — and processed foods reach a new low, sending children to the emergency room. GMO apples that resist turning brown won’t save the world; but they’re the hot new biotech item, and the USDA seeks public comment about it. Also, cattle ranchers hate Joan Jett — read on to find out why!
Vegetarian School Lunch Program Pays Off: Better Attention, Better Test Scores, Less Obesity
One NYC school implemented an all-vegetarian school lunch menu this year, and already school administrators report positive results. Since shifting towards a healthier lunch program, the school says its students demonstrate better attention and test scores — plus a small but promising decline in obesity rates. Happy National School Lunch Week, veggie-style!
Childhood Obesity: Progress Underway?
If you follow food and health news in the U.S. our obesity crisis is no secret: more than 18% of premature deaths can be linked to excess weight. An estimated 1 in 3 American children now struggle with obesity, a rate that has almost tripled since 1963. But after decades of skyrocketing obesity rates, new research offers a glimmer of cautious optimism.