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Average US Teen Consumes 28 Teaspoons (~500 Calories) of Added Sugar PER DAY!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Hemi Weingarten

The American Heart Association’s Circulation Magazine just published a report which concludes with something everyone already knows: Consumption of added sugars among US adolescents is positivelyassociated with multiple measures known to increase cardiovasculardisease risk. read more… Researchers from the CDC … Continue reading →

Five Food Industry Tactics to Downplay Contribution to the Obesity Epidemic

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Hemi Weingarten

To avoid public criticism and forestall government intervention, the food and beverage industry hopes that self-regulation is sufficient and also seeks to establish public-private partnerships. This reaction is common in industries under threat and can take helpful or harmful forms… … Continue reading →