Tag: children
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seattle school board may ease ban on junk food
seattle schools want back in the junk-food-dealing racket* from seattle times: The Seattle School Board is considering relaxing its ban on unhealthful food in high schools amid complaints from student governments that the policy has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in vending-machine profits over the past seven years. The policy, approved in 2004…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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Study Ranks ’10 Worst’ Cereals for Sugar
Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, leads the list of the 10 worst children’s cereals.
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Sandusky Cuffed On New Sex Abuse Charges
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been arrested on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers. Authorities say Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday.
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cesium in baby milk powder shows ‘lingering’ threat of japan radiation
from bloomberg: Radioactive cesium was found in milk powder in Japan made by a Meiji Holdings Co. unit, raising concern that nuclear radiation is contaminating baby food. Meiji the past week found traces of cesium-137 and cesium- 134 in batches of “Meiji Step” made in March, the Tokyo-based company said yesterday. The probe was triggered…
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US study shows teen sexting scare overblown
video: teen sexting rate drops* from smh: One in 10 American children aged between 10 and 17 has used a mobile phone to send or receive sexually suggestive images, but only 1 in 100 has sent images considered graphic enough to violate US child pornography laws, a new study has found. The results of the…
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weekend pedorama: syracuse pedo-scandal
Syracuse coach, Jim Boeheim (right), reversed direction in his defense of fired assistant Bernie Fine (left). The recent release of recorded conversations between Mrs. Fine and former ball boy, Bobby Davis, quite incriminating, forced Boeheim’s change in course. Boeheim, by making an unqualified defense of Fine, leaves a sense of anxiety on Syracuse campus by…
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12/1 binge & purge: probe, trap, addict
nestle ‘sure’ child labour occurs in supply chain, allows probe* major organic seed company owned by pro-gmo group* food production must cut fossil-fuel dependence, fao says* ‘energy smart’ agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap* family says in-flight meal killed flier* confessions of a former coke addict* assets of bankrupt yarnell’s ice cream co. sold…
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citing medical neglect, state grabs 200lb ohio child from family
out of frying pan, into foster system fire from sandusky register: An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care after county social workers said his mother wasn’t doing enough to control his weight. The Plain Dealer reports that the Cleveland 8-year-old is considered…
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Halloween Hitlist: ‘I Want Candy, Bubblegum & Taffy!’
Dentists buy back Halloween candy to send to troops // Video: Mc Pee Pants – “I WANT CANDY” // 10-year-old draws a pistol to protect his Halloween candy // Beware of gummy bears found under the influence
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Soda Consumption Linked to Teen Violence, Study Finds
A new study has found that teenagers who consume high amounts of sugary soda appear to be more prone towards violence than teenagers who consume less or no sugary soda.
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pepsico wants to ‘scare the crap’ out of your kids
from civil eats: PepsiCo has long been my poster child for food corporations whose actions speak louder than words when to comes to responsible marketing. CEO Indra Nooyi loves to tout the company’s “Performance with Purpose” and show off the company’s “good-for-you” foods that it gets to define. Most don’t realize that PepsiCo is the…
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government pulls back on junk food marketing proposal
from ap: Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam can rest easy. Government officials fine-tuning guidelines for marketing food to children say they won’t push the food industry to get rid of colorful cartoon characters on cereal boxes any time soon. related update: deceptive marketing exposed in new report* download pdf: cereal crimes: how ‘natural’ claims…

