Tag: obesity
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1/26 Binge & Purge: Lunch Change, Single Strains
32 million reasons to cheer the USDA: School Meals Changes to Fight Obesity // First Lady visits Tampa grocery store // U.S. food-stamp program shouldn’t be political toy // Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water // Video: Bill Gates Talks About Modified Foods // Audio Satire: Virulent Strain Of Soy Flu Traced…
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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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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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americans talk salad, but order burger & fries
from ap: In a country where more than two-thirds of the population is overweight or obese, food choices are often made on impulse, not intellect. So, while 47 percent of Americans say they’d like restaurants to offer healthier items like salads and baked potatoes, only 23 percent tend to order those foods, according to a…
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bad food? tax it, and subsidize vegetables
from nytimes: What will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits? The need is indisputable, since heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all in large part caused by the Standard American Diet. (Yes, it’s SAD.) Though experts increasingly recommend a diet high in plants and low in animal products and processed foods,…
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7/14 Binge & Purge: Gardens, Floodgates & Playgrounds
Record 1 in 6 now on food stamps as depression escalates // 12 signs that the world is running out of food // Police state in action: woman faces 93 days in jail for planting vegetables in her front yard // Bureaucrats in Michigan threaten woman with jail time for vegetable garden // Nestle to…
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7/7 binge & purge: fatty needs a fix
wonder why americans are so fat?: 777-pound burger in california takes guinness record on july 4th* as commodity prices soar, so does demand for wood pulp – cellulose use increases as a ‘food extender’* don’t tell your kid, but there’s cauliflower in his mac & cheese* it’s not all white: cocktail of up to 20…
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6/23 binge & purge: cruelty, control & the cost-effective clean 15
house rebukes looming fda frankenfish approval* pesticide spraying near streams to expand under house bill; hr872 lets farmers bury ‘clean water act’* utah man accused of eating live rat, posting video online charged with animal cruelty* chicago grocers accused of $500k food stamp fraud* conagra foods’ net income increases, warns high costs could hurt future…
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6/16 binge & purge: stumptown sellout, edible rfid & farmageddon
the selling of stumptown: industry sources say stumptown coffee has been sold* flashback: coffee scandal brewing – did portland’s stumptown sell out?* ag dept. now allows schools to buy local fruits & veggies* fda sends US marshals to seize elderberry juice concentrate, deemed ‘unapproved drug’* reverend malthus & the future of food* world hunger issues…
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McDonald’s, Pepsi to Help Write UK Health Policy
The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald’s and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease
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3/4’s of US obese or overweight by 2020, says alarming report
from natural news: America is already on the verge of drowning in sick-care bankruptcy, but the situation is about to get even worse. According to a new study released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, three-fourths of Americans will be obese or overweight by 2020. That puts America in first place for the…
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mexico bans sodas, fried foods & junk food from public school
from natural news: The Mexican government is moving forward with plans to ban all junk foods from public school by the start of the coming school year, officials have announced. “The kids are going to complain, of course,” said education minister Alonso Lujambio. “We are going to start a profound cultural change.” In January, President…
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‘High-Fructose Corn Syrup’ Getting Rebranded As ‘Corn Sugar’
The good news: Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is at a 20-year low. The bad news: The folks who make this insidious sweetener aim to rebrand it to boost sales.
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TV Promotes Poor Diet, Study Says
Letting television ads choose your food will lead to an imbalanced diet, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
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study shows hfcs may cause obesity, diabetes & heart disease
from consumerist: A University of California study on human subjects seems to indicate what food activists have long believed: high fructose corn syrup has special qualities which cause humans to pork up like animals in a feed lot. Oh, and it also may help cause life-threatening chronic diseases. The study was small, but frightening… High…