The 10 Worst Children’s Cereals
The Environmental Working Group has a new report out: “Sugar in Children’s Cereals: Popular Brands Pack More Sugar Than Snack Cakes and Cookies.” The title doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it? Ditto the teaser on the cover: “Most parents say no to dessert for breakfast, but many children’s cereals have just as much sugar as a dessert – or more.” With that kind of lead, you...
The Right Move…For The Wrong Reasons
After signalling its intention to act, the FDA finally made it official: warning letters have been sent to several manufacturers of homeopathic HCG weight loss supps. In today’s announcement, the FDA described it as the “first step” towards getting them off the online and retail market. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today issued seven Warning Letters to companies...
FTC Temporarily Halts Fake News Sites Selling Weight Loss Supplements
Another day, another supplement scam. The FTC is coming down on yet-another-bunch-of-crooks using phony “news” sites to separate people from their money. The complaint alleges that the defendants hired affiliate marketers who used fake news websites to promote the defendants’ products. The fake news websites used domain names that appear to be objective news or health sites, such as channel8health.com,...
McDonald’s: 1; San Francisco County: 0
Remember the so-called “Happy Meal Ban” passed by San Francisco County last year? If you don’t: the gist of it was that fast food restaurants were banned from including toys with children’s meals, unless certain nutritional standards were met. There was a fair amount of squawking about it at the time, although I failed to see why… as I wrote: Personally, I’m not sure what the fuss is all about… for one...
This Is Just Wrong…
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cuyahoga CountyDept. of Children and Family Services has removed an 8-year old boy from his home and placed him in foster care. The reason? Obesity. At more than 200 pounds, the third-grader is considered severely obese and at risk for developing such diseases as diabetes and hypertension. …Lawyers for the mother, a substitute elementary school teacher who is also taking vocational...
Congrats to Adam Slack
He’s 376 pounds lighter than he used to be! It took trip to the emergency room and harsh words from a doctor before a morbidly obese police officer realized he needed to turn his life around. What happened next astonished everyone. Adam Slack weighed 585 pounds when the Emergency Room doctor walked in. “‘Mr. Slack, what do you want in your obituary? Do you want a long one? Do you want a short one? It doesn’t...
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