Tag: fast food
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McDonald’s stops sending to schools man who says he lost much weight eating only at McDonald’s, including Big Macs and fries
Photo via flickriver.com McDonald’s has stopped “giving nutrition advice to students in schools, pulling back on a program that critics said was a subtle form of fast-food marketing that could...
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Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don’t east fast food
Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, found that “The...
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Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity
McDonald’s already posts calorie content on its menus In an effort to combat the country’s obesity epidemic, the Food and Drug Administration issued final regulations Tuesday that will require chains...
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As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home
The new nutrition rules for school meals have led some students to throw away food they’re served. Schools across the country are estimated to waste $1.2 billion worth of food...
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KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying have made us fat
KET will air a three-part series, “Men Who Made Us Fat,” in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn syrup, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying. In the first episode...
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Christian County Public Schools ban brought-in fast food as part of an effort to battle childhood obesity, a big problem in Ky.
Fast food is no longer a lunch option for students in Christian County Public Schools, Margarita Cambest reports for Kentucky New Era after the Board of Education voted to ban...
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Ky., high in childhood obesity, fights it with better school meals, increased activity requirements and maybe help from Big Bird
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky children are some of the nation’s fattest. In 2011, the last year for which data are complete, Kentucky ranked sixth in the U.S....
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HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ examines the obesity epidemic
A compelling four-part documentary delving into the obesity epidemic sweeping the country is being aired on HBO and can be watched free by clicking here. A reporter wanting to write...
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Healthy food is less expensive than junk food, study finds
Though it’s widely believed that healthy food is more expensive than junk food, a new government analysis shows that does not have to be the case. “In fact, carrots, onions,...
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Hospitals get antsy about leasing space to fast-food chains
McDonald’s has space in the Cleveland Clinic. (AP photo) While the U.S. Department of Agriculture decides what to suggest about junk food in schools, hospitals are likewise at a crossroads,...