Sasha and Malia were asked to visit Congress to lobby for changing the Child Nutrition Act to increase the availability of fresh produce in school meals.
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Statewide weight loss competitions appear to be a potentially successful weapon in the battle against obesity. These programs can produce weight loss in large numbers of people at minimal cost, according to a new study from The Miriam Hospital and Brown University in Rhode Island, USA. Shape Up Rhode Island reduced the percentage of patients in the study who were obese from 39 percent to 31 percent.
U.S. schools with vending machines that sell candy and soda to students could soon find the government requiring healthier options to combat childhood obesity under a bill introduced on Thursday by two senators. While school meals must comply with U.S. dietary guidelines, there are no such rules on snacks sold outside of school lunchrooms. Many are high in fat, sugar and calories.
Unilever has announced plans to cut the salt content across its global range of 22,000 products with an eye on achieving the five grams daily maximum salt intake recommended by the World Health Organization.
Early onset of sexual activity among teens may relate to the amount of adult content children were exposed to during their childhood, according to a new study released by Children’s Hospital Boston.
Obese children and adolescents are 26 percent more likely to have some kind of allergy, especially to food, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said it is not clear from the study if obesity causes allergies, but it suggests controlling obesity in young people may be important for lowering rates of childhood allergies and asthma.
More hospitals in the U.S. are offering organic produce and hormone- and antibiotic-free meats and dairy foods in response to a trend toward healthier eating habits.
We’re calling for a mandatory and consistent food labelling system to show nutrition information at a glance. Enjoy reading their submission of comments to the NZ authorities.
General Mills has via MyBlogSpark recruited more than 900 bloggers – over 80 percent are moms. This is an important audience to General Mills and they plan to feed them free products and enable them to run giveaways for their audiences.