Tag: restaurants
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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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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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Democratic leaders back statewide smoking ban; GOP counterparts are opposed or conflicted, but unsure of outcome
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The top Democratic leaders in the General Assembly favor a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, and while their Republican counterparts are...
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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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UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County
The death rate from heart disease is nearly twice as high in Perry County (Wikipedia map) as in Kentucky as a whole, so there’s no better time than now to...
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Study finds kids get more fat and calories when they eat out
Nobody’s surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they would have at home. It doesn’t matter if...
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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,...