This review show that schools have been making some progress in improving the school food and physical activity environments but that much more work is needed. Stronger policies are needed to provide healthier meals to students at schools; limit their access to low-nutrient, energy-dense foods during the school day; and increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of physical activity at school.
This review by JAMES F. SALLIS and KAREN GLANZ found that numerous cross-sectional studies have consistently demonstrated that some attributes of built and food environments are associated with physical activity, healthful eating, and obesity. Residents of walkable neighborhoods who have good access to recreation facilities are more likely to be physically active and less likely to be overweight or obese. Residents of communities with ready access to healthy foods also tend to have more healthful diets. Disparities in environments and policies that disadvantage low-income communities and racial minorities have been documented as well.
Legal solutions are immediately available to the government to address obesity and should be considered at the federal, state, and local levels. Including legal strategies for limiting children’s food marketing, confronting the potential addictive properties of food, compelling industry speech, increasing government speech, regulating conduct, using tort litigation, applying nuisance law as a litigation strategy, and considering performance-based regulation as an alternative to typical regulatory actions. Finally, preemption is an overriding issue and can play both a facilitative and a hindering role in obesity policy.
The limited existing evidence suggests that small taxes or subsidies are not likely to produce significant changes in BMI or obesity prevalence but that nontrivial pricing interventions may have some measurable effects on Americans’ weight outcomes, particularly for children and adolescents,
Obesity politics is evolving toward a relatively stable state of equilibrium, which could make comprehensive reforms to limit rising obesity rates less feasible. Therefore, to achieve meaningful change, rapid-response research identifying a set of promising reforms, combined with concerted lobbying action, will be necessary.
Health claims appearing on food and beverage products may not influence consumer purchasing behavior as much as price and taste, suggests a new review. See also: http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Consumer-Trends/New-review-breaks-down-consumer-perception-of-health-claims
Der er en opsang til frugt- og grøntbranchen fra en reklamemand i det seneste nummer af bladet “Frugt & Gønt. Lars Sylvester Larsen foreslår samkørsel og løsninger på tværs af afsætningsorganisationer og nye koncepter sammen med supermarkedskæderne.
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Enjoy this CBS 60 minutes special about the Mother of the Slow Food movement Alice Waters.
Umiddelbart virker Eva Kjer det ikke rimeligt at anvende en portionsstørrelse på 25 gram for en guldbarre, der vejer 45 gram. Jeg mener, at portionsstørrelser skal være realistiske og forståelige for forbrugerne, herunder realistiske i forhold til den aktuelle pakning.