Fast food giants' ads for healthier kids meals don't send the right message
Children who viewed TV ads for Kids Meals were commonly unable to recall milk or apples, items added to make the meals healthier. Instead many kids thought apples were french fries. Researchers found that one-half to one-third of children did not identify milk when shown McDonald's and Burger King children's advertising images depicting that product. Sliced apples in Burger King's ads were identified as apples by only 10 percent of young viewers; instead most reported they were french fries. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 31, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Remember when trans fats were supposed to be good for you?
William McCarthy is an adjunct professor of public health and co-director of the Center for Population Health and Health Disparities at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He once worked for the Quaker Oats company. His current research includes a three-year trial to compare the traditional calorie-counting approach to weight control with the new high-fruit, high-vegetable MyPlate.gov approach (based on the DASH diet). This piece was posted on Zócalo Public Square on March 24. Thinking L.A. is a partnership of UCLA and Zócalo Public Square.
Not so long ago, it was near impossible to avoid trans fats — mor...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 25, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Weekend Cheating Might Help Dieters SucceedWeekend Cheating Might Help Dieters Succeed
Go ahead and eat a few French fries or a couple of bites of chocolate cake - as long as it's the weekend, when diets tend to fall by the wayside only to be resumed on Monday morning. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines)
Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines - February 11, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Podcast: Toxic Halitosis, Deadly Whale Watching, and French Fries From Outer Space
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - January 2, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
ScienceShot: French Fries on Jupiter
Hypergravity creates supercrispy fries (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - December 30, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Healthier Happy Meals
(Cornell Food & Brand Lab) What would happen if a fast-food restaurant reduces the calories in a children's meal by 104 calories, mainly by decreasing the portion size of French fries? Would children compensate by choosing a more calorie dense entrée or beverage? Researchers at Cornell University, Dr. Brian Wansink and Dr. Andrew Hanks, analyzed transaction data from 30 representative McDonald's restaurants to answer that question. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Healthy Thanksgiving recipes
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for family, friends and great food. This year, try making healthier alternatives to some of your favorite holiday dishes. The staff at Preventive Cardiology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital has researched some delicious and healthy recipes to put on your table this year. Remember, be creative and an extra side of vegetables never hurt anyone!
APPETIZER: Butternut Squash Soup
This year, instead of filling up on empty calories before the main meal, try eating a healthy soup!
Ingredients
A single (2 to 3 pound) butternut squash, peeled and seeded
2 tablespoons unsalted butter...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 26, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Boston Children's Hospital staff Tags: All posts healthy eating thanksgiving with family Source Type: news
Avoid Acrylamide: FDA Warns Against Chemical Found in Many Fried Foods
One week after proposing the removal of trans fats from food, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is targeting another fattening – and potentially harmful – ingredient: acrylamide. Acrylamide is a chemical that forms in many plant-based foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying or baking. It is often found in French fries, cereals, crackers and many other food products. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 15, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Buffet layouts could influence what we eat
Conclusion
The main thing this study shows is not surprising – people take what is offered to them. If a hungry person is presented with fruit they will likely take it while they have the chance – perhaps not seeing what will be offered later in the line – similarly if they are presented with fried breakfast options they will likely take them. Especially if you are told you are not going to get the chance to come back and take them again, as the people in this study were. It seems fairly obvious that you will then select other items that will go with what you have already taken.
An interesting extension to the resea...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Food/diet Source Type: news
USDA: Small Number of Schools Drop Out of Federal Lunch Program Due to Healthier Requirements
Data to be released Monday by the [United States Department of Agriculture] shows that 80 percent of schools say they have already met the requirements, which went into place at the beginning of the 2012 school year. About one-half percent have dropped out of the program... The rules aim to introduce more nutrients to growing kids and also to make old favorites healthier — pizza with low-fat cheese and whole-wheat crust, for example, or baked instead of fried potatoes.
Editor’s Note: This story describes research findings from the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a collaboration between The Pew Ch...
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - September 30, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
Want fruit with your burger? McDonald's expands anti-obesity push
(Reuters) - Hold the fries, pass the salad. McDonald's Corp on Thursday said it would offer healthy options as part of its popular value meals, letting customers choose a side salad, fruit or vegetables instead of french fries. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Michael Pollan's Best Cooking Tip
In this article, I share the best tip I learned from Michael Pollan. Read Pollan's interesting, insight, and surprising discussion on cooking. Take the Michael Pollan Challenge I give you today...read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - September 26, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Health agriculture economics convenience foods convincing argument cook Cooked cooking cooking in the kitchen Eating Mindfully EatQ excellent point food rules french fries half the time kenyon college kitchens michae Source Type: news
Video: Burger King's "Satisfries": A healthier alternative?
Burger King is launching "Satisfries" - french fries with 30 percent less fat and 20 percent fewer calories than their regular fries. Michael Moss, investigative reporter for The New York Times, and author of "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us," talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the new fast food. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - September 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Burger King debuts lower-fat french fries
(Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Inc, known for its "Whopper" hamburgers, has introduced lower-fat french fries as consumer groups and nutrition experts in the United States increase pressure on the food industry to offer healthier alternatives. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Burger King to offer lower-fat 'Satisfries'
World's No. 2 hamburger chain is launching a new crinkle-cut fries that it says has 20 percent fewer calories than its regular french fries. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
