Many Americans don’t get enough of the vitamins and minerals they should, but the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is now concerned that children and other vulnerable populations are exposed to excessive and unhealthy amounts in
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Taco Bell to Cancel Kids' Menu
Mexican-style restaurant chain Taco Bell says it will begin phasing out its children’s menu, and will no longer have one by January. The company announced Monday that it will no longer offer separate options for
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Nutrition Standards Won't Fix Big Food's Worst Child Marketing Tactics
Last month, I participated in an important panel at a childhood obesity conference to discuss the current strategy backed by some advocacy groups: asking industry to market “healthier” foods to children. But as Susan Linn
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Most Kids' Meals Served at Restaurant Chains Unhealthy, Study Finds
More than 90 percent of kids’ meals offered by the nation’s chain restaurants fail to meet the National Restaurant Association’s definition of a healthy meal for children, according to new study released Thursday by the
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For Fruits and Veggies, the Choice Should Be Easy
Choosing healthy food is complicated for consumers when they are faced with conflicting recommendations. In the case of the healthiest foods – fruits and vegetables – the choice should be very easy. Consumers simply should
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Disney Bans Junk Food Marketing from its Network Kingdom
Over the next three years, the Walt Disney Company will phase junk food advertising out of its TV and radio programming targeted at kids. Under the new plan – announced Tuesday – all foods marketed
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USDA Revamps School Nutrition Standards
In an effort to lower childhood obesity rates – which have been climbing rapidly over the past 3 decades – the Obama Administration is raising the bar on school nutrition.
With the help of First
Popular Kids Cereals as Sugary as Desserts, Review Finds
Few parents make a habit of feeding their kids Twinkies for breakfast. But children who eat some of the leading brands of cereal are getting just as much or more sugar as is in one
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Obama Urged to Push Kids' Food Marketing Regs
Academic experts from across the nation are calling on President Obama to ensure that his administration establishes guidelines on marketing food to children.
In a letter to the President Tuesday, more than 75 researchers in
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Encourage an Earlier Taste for Healthy Foods
The frontier in the fight against childhood obesity should be pushed back to toddlers and preschoolers, a new study suggests. The researchers found that kids ages 3-5 already have developed a taste for sugary, fatty,
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Video Games: An Unhealthy Pastime Shapes Up
The old-fashioned trick of hiding broccoli in the casserole to get kids to eat it has been given a high-tech update. The new tactic? Slipping healthy behavior lessons into children’s video games.
A study conducted
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