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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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We Eat More When We Eat Out

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Friday 19 December 2008 - 09:00 AM comments0 Comments

Could Ronald McDonald be getting a bum rap? A new study shows that meals eaten at sit-down restaurants typically have more calories than those offered by fast-food franchises.

Sugar Addiction is Real

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 10 December 2008 - 11:32 AM comments0 Comments

Chocoholism may no longer be a joke. A Princeton University psychologist is today presenting new evidence that sugar can be physically addictive.

Health Food to the ’Hood

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Friday 05 December 2008 - 09:44 AM comments0 Comments

Can government incentives bring something besides fast food to South L.A.?

Morbid Thoughts Influence Food Choices

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 25 June 2008 - 11:55 AM comments0 Comments

Thinking about our own deaths influences our eating patterns in both predictable and surprising ways, according to two new studies that examine different aspects of this psychological phenomenon.

Obesity Researchers May Need Jaws Wired Shut

Written by: Matt Smith, Tuesday 17 June 2008 - 09:59 AM comments1 Comments

Journalists at this week's gathering in San Francisco of experts on the hormonal system might be excused for believing they'd stumbled into a bookstore's fad diet section.

The ‘Silent Tsunami’ Food Crisis in America

Written by: Matt Palmquist, Wednesday 21 May 2008 - 09:38 AM comments0 Comments

Even in an over-retailed America, there are still heavily populated areas that lack that basic service provider of urban life, a grocery store.

You Are What Your Mom Ate

Written by: Matt Palmquist, Wednesday 16 April 2008 - 15:18 PM comments0 Comments

A new study in the Journal of Physiology says that a mother's diet has profound impacts on the health of her baby. Adam Watkins and his colleagues have shown that, even as the egg first leaves the ovary and starts to mature, nutritional deficiencies in the mother can significantly affect it.

Recipe for Reducing Kids’ Excess Weight

Written by: Amy R. Ramos, Tuesday 08 April 2008 - 10:40 AM comments0 Comments

In Miller-McCune.com's interview with nutritionist Marion Nestle, the author of What to Eat and other books declared, "You've got to get rid of the vending machines in the schools. They shouldn't be there in the first place." A recent study conducted in Philadelphia public schools, while not going to the lengths recommended by Nestle, suggests…

Apples: Not Just for Teacher Anymore

Written by: Amy R. Ramos, Friday 21 March 2008 - 12:43 PM comments0 Comments

Miller-McCune.com recently interviewed nutritionist Marion Nestle, who shared her views and experiences related to school food. Asked whether there were any data showing that schools striving to offer healthier food have seen an improvement in academic performance or behavioral problems, Nestle said she had only anecdotal evidence, and related…

Big Soda, the USDA, and School Food

Written by: Amy R. Ramos, Thursday 20 March 2008 - 10:53 AM comments0 Comments

The public is hearing mixed messages on eating right, and a prominent nutritionist believes government needs to cast off its lobbyist-inspired inhibitions and spread the gospel of common sense.