Find FDA’s Comments on the Food Labelling Symbols Public Hearing at the link below.
You can also find a link to the hearing and audio from the hearing here.
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.
The 2009 Whole Grains Council conference in Alexandria was a success. If you missed it you can now find the fill program with links to speaker’s presentations as pdf-files. Also valuable facts sheets from the conference binder is available plus speakers’ bios and abstracts. Thanks to Oldways, Kara and Cynthia for organizing this very inspiring event.
Men det mener de nu ikke i Aalborg, hvor kun 5 pct. bruger hjelmen.
En undersøgelse fra Rådet for Større Færdselssikkerhed viser at der var 15 pct. af de danske cyklister, der kørte med hjelm sidste år mod kun 6 pct. i 2004, skriver 24timer.
Environment, policy, and multilevel strategies for improving diet, physical activity, and obesity control are recommended based on a rapidly growing body of research and the collective wisdom of leading expert organizations. A public health imperative to identify and implement solutions to the obesity epidemic warrants the use of the most promising strategies while continuing to build the evidence base.
Enjoy this paper by Sallis and Glanz.
This study show that soluble vs insoluble dietary fiber added to a high-fat, Western-style diet differently affected body weight and estimates of insulin sensitivity in obesity-prone mice.
Children’s Food Campaign appalled because Nestlé refuses to ditch many of its unhealthiest cereals
Apr 17
Nestlé’s claim to be ‘œthe world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company’ is pure spin. While Nestlé try to win kudos for their commitment to health, they quietly let it be known through trade websites that they are still going to promote high sugar cereals, many of which are aimed at children. If the Government is serious about improving health they must use their powers to regulate. A good start would be expelling Nestlé from the anti-obesity Change4Life campaign.
A standardised oat extract may reduce cravings for smoking and offer would-be quitters an alternative to the patches and gums, suggests a pilot study from Japan.
‘Health literacy’ refers to accessing, understanding and using information to make health decisions. However, despite its introduction into the World Health Organization’s Health Promotion Glossary, the term remains a confusing concept. The researchers consider various definitions and measurements of health literacy in the international and Australian literature.
Food, Inc.
Apr 16
This movie does for the supermarkets what Jaws did for the beach! It stars Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Wish the DVD was out now!