Americans diets are improving a bit (sort of)
The good news is that our diets have improved steadily over the past decade. The bad news, however, is that there is a disparity in overall dietary quality between different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, which continues to grow.Follow @willclower The study, conducted by a research team from the...
Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? – NYTimes.com
Great article by Mark Bittman (link to full article is below), and I love this graphic that compares the actual cost for a family of 4. NOW, tell me why we don’t make our own food in our own homes? Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? – NYTimes.com For more...
Weird. Education Actually Works To Control Calories
Look at this picture!! A FAT FREE cake has that number of calories? Whoda thunk? A normal person would read that and think twice. Well a new study shows that if you give people the calorie information (so they can make a more informed choice), and they are more likely...
How To Prevent Childhood Obesity? Remember What You Have Forgotten
Get this. The calories that kids eat away from home has increased from 23.4 percent to 33.9 percent between 1977 and 2006.Those take-out foods are high in sugar and salt and synthetics and, oh yeah, calories. “We found that … kids eat an increasing number of calories outside the...
McDonald’s Makes Me Grumpy For A Very Weird Reason
The McDonald’s Happy Meal (I’ve also heard it expressed as the Micky D’s Crappy Meal, but that’s another subject … ahem). I think this product and that company both have a definite image problem, and want to avoid looking like they are feeding the problem of childhood obesity (pun...
Guess Who Is The Largest Fast Food Chain Now
Good News!! McDonald’s is no longer the world’s largest restaurant chain. That honor now goes to Subway. Of course, there are items at Subway that you should avoid (like the monster Meatball and Cheese sub) … and there are things at a McDonalds that are not bad for you...
Radio Show Notes. Ronald McDonald Gets Fired: “Hey you clown, take a hike”
As clowns’ careers go, Ronald McDonald has had a pretty good run — he’s been the face of McDonald’s for 48 years. But as fans of the jester may have noticed, he hasn’t been featured much lately in the company’s advertisements.To listen to this rant live, click here. Show time is...
General Mills ad slogan are ‘Now Even Better’
The company that told you its Lucky Charms cereal was a “Smart Choice” — see the handy CHECK MARK right on the top of the box — even though this product is 41% sugar by weight, has a new ad slogan out. By the way, General Mills was forced to...
Calories on menus don’t affect kids’ food choices | Reuters
Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They found that children and adolescents noticed the calories posted on the menu but the calorie counts made little...
Food Porn: The worst of the worst
This is a list of the worst fast food offenders. Just check out the Sodium column!! If you go to Subway, because you think you want to be Jared when you grow up and slim down, just check out the incredible amount of calories (and sodium) in #4 on...
America’s healthiest mall food
“Healthy mall food” isn’t an oxymoron!! There are actually a few good choices out there. Yes, you practically have to be an archeologist to find them, but you mainly just have to know where to look. Please share this with anyone who will be shopping (and EATING) in the mall. This article explores the...
Amazing: Fast Food Restaurants & Nutrition Facts Compared
This article was SO well done that I just have to share it with you guys. He looked at a ton of Fast Food Restaurants, and compared them. It’s a great look at what people are actually eating. Bon Appetit!!Fast Food Restaurants & Nutrition Facts Compared Please share this...