Hospitals might be able to coax cafeteria customers to buy healthier food by adjusting item displays to have traffic light-style green, yellow and red labels based on their level of nutrition, new research suggests. "Our current results ...
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Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted permission to the state government to ban the sale of junk food-items packed in non-biodegradable and plastic material. The new law is expected to come into effect from 26 January 2014. Under ...
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Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
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Drink machines maker Fresh Healthy Vending International has expanded its presence in Minnesota with the appointment of Steve and Misty Paparella as franchise owners for Ramsey region in Minnesota. Currently, the company's 26 machines are ...
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An expert says the Mexican diet -- more dangerous than fast-food -- combined with a sedentary lifestyle is the main cause of Mexico's obesity epidemic. Dr. Enrique C. Morales Villegas, director of the Cardiometabolic Research Centre in ...
Medical nutrition scientists have written volumes that show how the nutrients from the foods we eat daily alter our genetic structure as well as the metabolism of every one of the trillions of cells in our body. Neurons in the brain are ...
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There is a lot of controversy in nutrition and it often seems like people can’t agree on anything. But there are a few exceptions to this. Here are the top 10 nutrition facts that everyone actually agrees on (well, almost ...
“What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort — taking place in labs and marketing meetings and grocery-store aisles — to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive. I ...
More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
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Oberto Brands, a national leader in the meat snacks category, uveiled updates to its popular Oh Boy! Oberto All Natural Jerky line, marking the largest brand overhaul in the company's 95 year history. Spearheading the rebrand is a ...
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Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
The commercial pet foods industry rakes in billions of dollars annually.In exchange for our dollars,we trust the companies to provide our pets with quality nutrition.The recent pet food recall demonstrated that our trust has been ...
“The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” an article by Michael Moss in the New York Times, lights up a lot of dark corners of the junk food industry and offers some genuinely fascinating angles on how Dr. Pepper, ...
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The Himachal Pradesh High Court has imposed a ban saying that no food items, particularly junk food and several others be packaged in non bio-degradable plastics beginning 1 April 2013. The products include chocolates, ice creams, chips, ...
Tags: food items, package, non bio-degradable plastics, Indian State
As it stood late this afternoon, Hosting.com's data center in Newark, Del., was within walking distance of the projected path Hurricane Sandy's center once it makes landfall. This storm has put the staff at Hosting.com on alert. They went ...
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