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Dole, Disney Partner to Launch Co-Branded Fresh Produce in US
Oct 24, 2016Dole Food Company and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) have formed a partnership to launch co-branded fresh produce featuring iconic Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel characters. Beginning this fall, the co-branded ...
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Food for Thought: Focusing Minds by Fighting Hunger
Oct 13, 2016Across America, kids are settling back into school routines. They are making new friends, trying new activities, and taking on new subjects to learn. But there’s something else that happens this time of year: many children also ...
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11 National Hunger Relief Organizations Receive $33 Million in Grants to Help Fight Hunger and Provide Nutrition Education in Local Communities
Sep 28, 2016With the new school year officially underway, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are highlighting 11 grants awarded to national nonprofits over the past year to fund nutrition education and meal programs for youth and families. Totaling ...
Tags: Walmart Foundation, nutrition education and meal programs, grants
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Mars Food Starts Global Initiative to Promote Healthier Food Choices Among Consumers
Apr 18, 2016Mars Food has started a global initiative called Health and Wellbeing Ambition to promote healthier food choices and healthier meal options among consumers. The Health and Wellbeing Ambition will be rolled out over the next five years ...
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Adidas Partners Introduces Boston Marathon Runbase
Apr 3, 2015Adidas and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), organizer of the Boston Marathon, announced the launch of the Boston Marathon RunBase in partnership with Marathon Sports, Inc. The Adidas exclusive community experience will open ...
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Clearer Information to Shoppers Would Be Given by Changes to Food Labels
May 26, 2014Proposed changes to food labels for all manner of information pertaining to fat, calories and carbs will give better, clearer information to shoppers, according to a Kansas State University human nutrition specialist. K-State Research ...
Tags: Food Labels, calcium
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Drexel University Will Begin a Major Expansion of Its Nurse-Managed Health Center
Feb 27, 2014Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care. With a new gift of $2.5 million from the Sheller Family Foundation, the center at 850 N. 11th ...
Tags: Health Center, RWJF, Drexel University, underserved community
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A Startling 59% College Students Were "Food Insecure" at Some Point
Feb 7, 2014One of the few studies of its type has found that a startling 59 percent of college students at one Oregon university were "food insecure" at some point during the previous year, with possible implications for academic success, physical and ...
Tags: food insecure, the freshman 15, Oregon, College Student
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Young Adults Are at Particularly High Risk for Excessive Weight Gain
Jan 22, 2014Young adults are at particularly high risk for excessive weight gain. Although weight gain intervention for young adults attending two- or four-year colleges has been studied extensively, there has been little research into effective ...
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Poor Eating The Rest of The Day Is Most Strongly Linked with Weight Issues
Jan 19, 2014Fast-food consumption is often blamed for the epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. children. But a new study finds that poor eating the rest of the day is most strongly linked with weight issues. "While reducing fast food is ...
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American Adults Are Eating Healthier Diets
Jan 17, 2014American adults are eating healthier diets, making better use of nutrition information on food labels, consuming more fiber and less cholesterol, and getting fewer calories from total fat and saturated fat, a federal government report says. ...
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A Provision of Pre-Packaged Set Meals Can Help People Lose More Weight Compared to Dieting
Jan 13, 2014A study conducted by an obesity and food research centre in Hull has found that a provision of pre-packaged set meals can help people lose more weight compared to self-directed dieting. HONEI (Humber Obesity Nutrition Education and ...
Tags: Pre-Packaged Set Meals, Weight Loss, Self-Directed Dieting
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Food Prepared Away From Home Is Typically Higher in Calories and Lower in Nutrition
Jan 9, 2014According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes up more than one-third of all ...
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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Jan 9, 2014Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: SafeSpout and SafeShower Water Filtration Products Recalled At least one death has been linked to recalled SafeSpout and SafeShower ...
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The Program Was Created by Departments of Clinical Nutrition and Rehabilitation Services
Dec 30, 2013At St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the centuries-old practice of yoga is combined with nutrition education to help young cancer patients manage their disease today and lay the foundation for a healthy future. The program was created ...
