Last year, in an effort to cut down on confusion at the supermarket and help consumers make healthier decisions, some of the nation's largest food companies agreed to common nutritional standards and a uniform labeling system that puts a simple, green check mark on the front package of items that qualify....
We have a drinking issue. No, we're not talking about alcohol. It's the soft
stuff-soft-drinks, juice and coffee -which perhaps more than anything else are
making us fat."Human evolution over hundreds of thousands of years
didn't prepare us to process liquid calories," says Barry Popkin, PhD, a
distinguished professor of nutrition at the ...
Twenty years ago, the idea of buying school lunch was not an everyday occurrence as it is for many today. More often then not, young children went to school with their lunch boxes and eventually when they passed the fourth grade, their brown bags. Inside they often could find a sandwich of some sort, perhaps a piece of fruit, a juice box and ...
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However, when it comes to packaged foods, many Americans find it difficult to evaluate the quality and nutritional value of food items sold in cans, plastic containers and paper boxes. Seventy-eight percent of Americans want clearer to read...
News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 2 months ago
Last year, in an effort to cut down on confusion at the supermarket and help consumers make healthier decisions, some of the nation's largest food companies agreed to common nutritional standards and a uniform labeling system that puts a simple,...
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