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5 startling facts about childhood obesity
More than 23 million children and teenagers in the U.S. are obese or overweight, a statistic that health experts consider an epidemic. It’s such a critical issue that President Obama has proclaimed...
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Georgia’s controversial childhood obesity ads: too bold or necessary?
With powerful words like “Being fat takes the fun out of being a kid,” a new in-your-face ad campaign aimed to fight childhood obesity in Georgia is creating a firestorm. With childhood obesity rates...
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Will new school meals help stem obesity epidemic?
After months of food fights about things like tater tots and chocolate milk, the USDA today announced the first major changes in school meals in 15 years.The new guidelines include less sodium, more...
View ArticleNews Nugget: “Pink slime” meat in school lunches
Pink slime – the pieces of meat and muscle from slaughterhouse floors treated with a pink chemical to kill dangerous pathogens – is apparently still being served up in schools across the country. The...
View ArticleNews Nugget: Applebee’s and Chick-fil-A join Kids LiveWell
The National Restaurant Association added Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar and Chick-fil-A to its Kids LiveWell program this week, bringing the number of restaurants in the program to 96. To be...
View ArticleNews Nugget: Disney cuts junk food ads on kids’ television
In a move that aims to fight childhood obesity, the Walt Disney Co. will start limiting junk food advertising on TV shows geared toward kids. The new initiative will end some of those ads on Disney...
View ArticleNews Nugget: The 5 worst healthy fast food kids’ meals
Kids meals claiming to be healthy may be far from it. A new report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) looked at the calories, fat, sodium, sugar, and cholesterol content in...
View ArticleNews Nugget: Students head back to school to find healthier meals
With the new school year underway, cafeterias are serving up healthier meals. Students will now get twice the amount of vegetables and fruits at lunch, as well as more whole grains, and less salt and...
View ArticleNews Nugget: Students rejecting healthier school lunches
School lunches may be healthier under new nutritional requirements, but students across the country are just tossing them out. Not only that, some students are going on strike, staging a boycott, or...
View ArticleNews Nugget: New school snacks overhaul
For the first time in more than 30 years, snack foods sold in schools are getting a nutritional makeover. Under the USDA’s new “Smart Snacks in School” program, there will be limits on fat, salt, and...
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