Archive for August, 2011
More Kids Eating Calorie-Packed Take-Out Food
(HealthDay News) The obesity epidemic is being fueled still further by a growing trend among kids to eat out and bring take-out food home, University of North Carolina researchers say.
Such foods are high in sugar and calories, and their increasing popularity means youngsters are getting more calories than they need, the researchers noted.
Study found a third of food eaten now is cooked outside the home
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Sneaky Marketing Techniques Fuel the Desire for Junk Food
Consumer advocates have opined that the only way to avoid advertising is by sleeping. This claim isn’t an exaggeration. Flip through any magazine and you’ll be bombarded with pages of colorful ads. Television, radio, and the Internet are saturated with content that is designed to sell a product or service. Billboards compete for our attention along the highway and product placement in movies is rampant.
Hey Kids, Is That Broccoli in Your Casserole?
A new study found that youngsters got more of their daily greens when researchers pureed veggies and added them to kids’ main dishes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the sly. And the kids didn’t seem to notice that anything was different — or to like the meals any less than non-veggie-packed fare.
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Hey kids, is that broccoli in your casserole?
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