A new study published in Nutrition and Cancer shows that consumers are exposed to a known carcinogen when they consume grilled chicken. One hundred samples from seven popular chain restaurants were analyzed by an independent laboratory, and PhIP, a known human carcinogen, was found in every sample.
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Dutch researchers found that there is a substantial inconsistency between healthful snack choice intentions and actual behavior.
This New Zealand study adds data on travel distances to the closest fast-food outlet neighbourhoods to a national health survey. Residents in neighbourhoods with the furthest access to a multinational fast-food outlet were more likely to eat the recommended intake of vegetables but also be overweight.
In the fight against obesity, powerful health officials want to see chain restaurants like McDonald’s and Wendy’s display calories on their menu boards. Lesley Stahl reports.
Working on the principle that students tend to fill up a tray until there is no space left only to throw much of it away, a growing number of institutions are forcing diners to be more selective about what – and how much – they eat.
Legal experts aim to educate the public health community of the potential legal challenges to menu-labeling laws, and set forth methods for governments to survive these challenges.
Menu Baord Labeling Works
Aug 27
In 2007 researchers surveyed 7318 customers from 275 randomly selected from 11 New York City fast food restaurant chains. Subway patrons who saw calorie information purchased 52 fewer calories than did other Subway patrons.
Starbucks to sell oatmeal
Aug 26
The whole-grain oatmeal is a new healthy menu item served hot in a cardboard to-go bowl. For $2.45, buyers also get to pick two of three mixes for the oatmeal: dried fruit, nuts or brown sugar. Executives expect the instant oatmeal to be the most popular new item. It will roll out with the promotional tag line: Make Morning Good Again. Schultz says they “cracked the code” on oatmeal, and its aroma does not detract from the coffee aroma in stores.
Researcers from University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University found that linking a risky behavior with an “outgroup” (a group that the targeted audience doesn’t want to be confused with) caused participants to reduce unhealthy behaviors. “We suggest that public health campaigns will be more successful if they attend to how behaviors act as markers or signals of identity,” the authors write.
Watch this wonderful video on youtube. California Center for Public Health Advocacy made it to support menu board caloric labeling.