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Food That Claims It’s Healthy
The food industry spends over $1.6 billion dollars each year to market products to young people. This is a major concern in the U.S., as the majority of these products are for foods that are high in calories, fat, sugar and/or sodium. Food marketing has been connected to unhealthy diets and obesity.
(From The Weight of the Nation)
http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/themes/marketing-food-to-children
In 2006, Terry Huang, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, proposed a completely new approach to combating childhood obesity: Architecture. VMDO Architects, in collaboration with the University of Virginia and University of Nebraska, redesigned a 1950s-era elementary school in rural Virginia to encourage healthy eating and physical activity among all students.
NYC GOV: New Data Released Highlighting Relationship Between Sugary Drinks and Obesity
Today, Mayor Bloomberg released new data showing the strong correlation between sugary drink consumption and obesity. The data from the New York City Community Health Survey showed that 9 of the top 10 neighborhoods with the highest obesity rates were also the highest in sugar drink…
Healthy Ottawa: Ontario Healthy Kids Panel Makes Recommendations on Childhood Obesity
Ontario’s Healthy Kids Panel released a report - No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy, to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care with recommendations to meet the government’s target of reducing childhood obesity by 20 per cent over the next five years.
Why…
The space on cereal shelves is serious real estate. Colorful boxes of sugary cereal are placed directly at your children’s eye level. This video shows how cereal companies have turned the cereal aisle into prime advertising space to reach children.
Learn more at www.cerealfacts.org/
Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities
PHILADELPHIA — After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines.
The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb. The state of Mississippi has also registered a drop, but only among white students.
More… click on link below
(From The New York Times)
In Africa, obesity is the new starvation
In many African countries, malnourished, growth-stunted children are turning into overweight adults.
(From The Global Post)
How to Keep Your Kids Away from the TV During Meals
California City Savors Role in Fighting ‘Big Soda’
(From The New York Times)
Sugar Is Killing Us is the title of this little film and presents information regarding the devastating effects too much sugar has on our bodies in a very cute way.
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