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How Much is Too Much? Report on Fortified Foods Tries to Answer That Question

By Lydia Zuraw on June 25, 2014

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

By News Desk on July 23, 2013

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

By Michele Simon on July 12, 2013

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

By Gretchen Goetz on March 29, 2013

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

By Dr. Christine Bruhn on October 9, 2012

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

By Gretchen Goetz on June 6, 2012

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

By Gretchen Goetz on January 26, 2012

flotuslunch3.jpgIn 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…

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Popular Kids Cereals as Sugary as Desserts, Review Finds

By Gretchen Goetz on December 7, 2011

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

By Gretchen Goetz on September 29, 2011

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

By Gretchen Goetz on February 14, 2011

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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