USDA Announces New School Lunch Guidelines
Whole grains, fruits, and vegetables are on the menu at school cafeterias in the near future
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New PCRM Billboards Attack Albany Cheese Producers
These are your abs. These are your abs on cheese, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Healthy Kids Are Happy Kids!
PURCHASE, N.Y., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the New Year brings a renewed commitment to making healthier choices. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC is committed to providing customers with a variety of choices and programs to...
National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association's Online Kids Nutrition Specialist Training Focuses on Reducing Childhood Obesity and Diabetes and Improving Health
With the growing, alarming rates of kids obesity and diabetes, The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) developed a Kids Nutrition Specialist Training to focus on kids-specific nutrition.
Market Research Probes Healthy Eating Initiatives in Foodservice Industry
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When Social Media and Public Perception Collide
A Yale study on soft drink marketing is making headlines, but will it spark a social media backlash?
Pizza Sauce is Totally a Vegetable, Says Congress
Congressional lobbyists try to maintain a proud national tradition of counting pizza sauce as a vegetable
France Bans Ketchup at School Lunch to Protect Culture
So you want to call them Freedom Fries? That's fine - France doesn't want your dipping sauces, either
LivingSocial Offers Coupon for Whole Foods Market
A $10 coupon for $20 worth of groceries: not a bad deal, Whole Foods
Richard Blais Leads Marathon Team to End Child Obesity
Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais builds a team of first-time marathon runners for child obesity awareness
Michelle Obama Lovin' McDonald's New Happy Meal Plan
McDonald's is on a quest to improve its Happy Meal offerings, and the First Lady is all for it
Healthy Vending Machines Come to Schools & Offices
What's on the menu in these new vending machines? Anything but the usual chips and candy fare
USDA Proposes Potato Ban in Schools
It's open season on cafeteria foods of questionable nutritional value, and potatoes are next on the list
Schools Consider Ban on Chocolate Milk
Controversy over added sugar has many schools reconsidering whether chocolate milk really does a body good
California Legislator Proposes Tax on Soda
Could an extra penny per ounce tax on soda decrease child obesity and California's debt?
SF Mayor Newsom vetoes Ban on Fast Food Meals with Toys
On November 9, 2010, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made the following statement after the approval by the Board of Supervisors for the ordinance amending Article 8 of the San Francisco Health Code effectively banning the inclusion of toys from “Happy Meals”:
Kraft Foods expands Salsa, Sabor y Salud program
Kraft Foods Foundation has announced a three-year, $1.5 million partnership with the National Latino Children's Institute (NLCI) and YMCA of the USA to expand the successful Salsa, Sabor y Salud (Food, Fun and Fitness) healthy lifestyles program. Over the...
First lady steps up efforts in obesity fight
On Monday, First lady Michelle Obama called on restaurateurs to help put an end to childhood obesity in an address made to the National Restaurant Association’s board of directors at their fall meeting in Washington, D.C.
Ella’s Kitchen Named ‘Food & Drink Brand of the Year’
Other nominees for the award included Doritos, Walkers, Cadbury’s, Hovis and Kelly’s of Cornwall. The Grocery Gold Awards recognize excellence, service, commitment and innovation in grocery retailing.
Campbell Soup announces sustainability goals
The soup company’s new goals, which it details in its 2010 corporate social responsibility report, aim to reduce childhood obesity and water consumption.
