obesity
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U.K. gives up, hands food policy over to McDonald's, KFC, and friends
The U.K. government has put some very odd companies in charge of making food and alcohol policy. Don't laugh -- things aren't so different on this side of the pond.
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Americans need to stop multitasking while eating alone, argues French sociologist Claude Fischler
You're not alone in eating alone -- at least in America. It's what most of us do: in front of computers and TVs, or in cars. But as the preëminent French food sociologist Claude Fischler explained, we represent one extreme end of the social-eating spectrum, and the French another -- and in getting there, we've also strayed quite far from the ways that humans have consumed food for thousands of years.
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Nutritionist Marion Nestle fingers the missing calories in America's big binge
America, ever obsessed with diet and health, is stumped by the problem of obesity. Figuring out what to eat really isn't that hard, says author and food systems researcher Marion Nestle. If this basic human instinct seems more complicated than that, it's the effect of food marketing.
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In defense of candy
Americans don't eat too much candy. Our problem is that we consume too much candy masquerading as real food and beverages.
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What a 'sweet surprise'! HFCS contains more fructose than believed
A new study shows that assumptions about fructose/glucose ratios in high-fructose corn syrup have been way off. And since fructose is demonstrably worse for us than glucose, this could explain a lot.
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With school-lunch reform on the rocks, it may be time to invest in 'smart cafeterias'
With Congress unable to pass meaningful school lunch reform, researchers are suggesting that simple changes to the lunchroom -- as easy as placing apples in a basket -- could have big effects.
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NYC moves to take soda off the food-stamp shopping list
New York City has asked federal permission to ban food stamp purchases of sugar-sweetened drinks. While some fret, it's a move worth making.
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How air-conditioning is baking our world
Q & A: Stan Cox explains in his new book, Losing Our Cool, how AC is a big driver of global warming and unsustainable development.
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Hamburgers are the new heroin [VIDEO]
An intense new video shows kids being turned into junk-food junkies. Plus, parents learn a valuable lesson about serving XXX's and OOO's while trying to Feed the Children.