A December article from Health Education & Behavior, wanted to test the thesis that if we take junk food out of schools, kids will compensate by pigging out at home or elsewhere. Over a 2 year period, researchers studied six … Continue reading
General Mills Responds to Sugary-Cereal-for-Kids Report
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity presented a report on breakfast cereal this weekend in Washington DC as part of the annual meeting of the Obesity Society. The findings were not surprising and can be summed up … Continue reading
Food Commercials Make Kids Eat More
photo credit: Patrishe Have your children seen an ad for fresh apples lately? How about a commercial for yams or carrots? Probably not. But they most likely have seen lots of advertisements for candy, soft drinks, sugary cereals, and other … Continue reading
The Food Industry is NOT Behaving Like the Tobacco Industry. Right?
The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy, provides an assessment of the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of health care policy in the US. Their March issue is dedicated to obesity, a disease that has … Continue reading