Should Serving Sizes be More Realistic?
The Center for Science in the Public Interest certainly thinks so: Labels for canned soup, ice cream, coffee creamer, and aerosol non-stick cooking sprays understate the calories, sodium, and saturated fat consumers are likely to get from those products, since the declared serving sizes are much smaller than actual serving sizes, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. In a recent letter to Food and Drug...
Study: Kids Eat More Veggies When They’re Hidden
According to my IFT newsletter… A study published The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that children consume more vegetables when the greens are pureed and secretly added to main dishes. The researchers fed prepared meals to 40 kids, age 3–5, one day a week for three weeks. The meals looked the same each day—zucchini bread at breakfast, pasta with tomato sauce at lunch, and a chicken noodle casserole at dinner and...
Irony, Thy Name is Prevention
While glancing at MSNBC this morning, I clicked on a provocatively titled link, “End of Dieting? New Movement Breaks Cycle” – which led me to an article on “Health at Every Size” (HAES) reprinted from Prevention.com. What is “Health at Every Size“? It’s a philosophy that’s based on health, rather than weight loss. The goal is to break the vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting and promote...
Study: Some Restaurant Calorie Counts Aren’t Accurate
The LA Times reports on a new study in JAMA: Restaurant calorie counts not always accurate Dieters beware: Offerings at popular restaurants may have more calories than what’s stated on menus or company websites. A team of scientists purchased items from 42 fast-food and sit-down eateries in Indiana, Arkansas and Massachusetts, then measured the calories they contained. The list of stops on their calorie-busting tour included...
Let’s Move Salad Bars 2 Schools
Despite his high profile, Jamie Oliver isn’t the only well-known chef involved in reforming US school lunch programs. The “Renegade Lunch Lady,” Ann Cooper is another. She’s the author of 4 books on foods, nutrition and cooking, and has been featured in prominent magazines, newspapers and news programs. What drew my attention to her today was a hot-off-the-presses interview published in the journal, Childhood...
“The Milk Revolution”
“The Milk Revolution” is a blog started by a 4th grade class in Edmonton, Canada. Inspired by Jamie Oliver’s “Food Revolution,” the kids’ goal is to reduce the consumption of flavored milk in their school by 60%. They even have their own, “Moo TV” YouTube channel: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsU-E57vea0] Cute. And, tbh, this is probably the best way to reduce flavored milk...
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