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Food Revolution Day, May 19th!
Companies Shape Iconic Characters to Look and Act Healthier
Public School 249 The Caton School in Brooklyn shows how the Excellence in School Wellness Award motivates the entire school community to create a healthy school environment.
More than 1.3 billion people around the world are overweight or obese.(Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
‘The global food system is causing a public health disaster’
The UN rapporteur on the right to food says governments in rich and poor countries must bring in tough measures to combat the unhealthy products being marketed.
(From The Guardian)
We’re Not Buying It: Sign On Now
What “foods” do big food companies think are good for kids as young as two to eat? Popsicles and Cocoa Puffs made the list, and food companies are using major lobbying muscle-spending over $37 million dollars in 2011-to keep them there. In DC, a coalition of food companies snuck language into the house appropriations bill to sideline federal recommendations that would have promoted healthy foods for kids, instead of those loaded with sugar, salt and fat. (From The Prevention Institute)
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Infographic: Health Food and Weight Loss Around the World
A global survey conducted by The Nielsen Company last year found that people from different countries and cultures generally agree on how to lose weight and what foods are the healthiest.
Get the Real Deal on Your Meal
You know that eating healthy is good for you, but you may be feeling overwhelmed by all the information that is out there. What is true and what is false? Dietitians, the food and nutrition experts, want to help you find the right answers to your nutrition questions. They are ready to give you practical, healthy eating advice by clearing up some myths:
From the ‘Go for 2&5®’ campaign, Australia (2&5 refers to the recommended minimum number of two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables per day for adults)
Where’s the sodium? There’s too much in many common foods.
About 90% of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended for a healthy diet.
(From CDC)
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Public Health is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention.
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