Dieters are a focused bunch: they calculate calories, sugar and fat content and conscientiously ask for salad dressing on the …
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One Way to Sell Locally Grown Food: Charge More at Restaurants
To hear many people tell it, the cure for a lot of what ails both us and our planet is to eat locally grown food — and that makes sense.
Health care bill means menu calorie counts nationwide
A provision included in the more than 2,000 pages that make up the recently passed health care bill will expand a policy of putting calorie counts on chain restaurant menus, the Wall Street Journal health blog points out. Currently a handful of cities and counties across the U.S.—including New York City, and Washington state’s King
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Menu calorie counts mean fewer calories for kids
City mandates requiring fast-food and chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus have had mixed success at actually curbing people’s caloric intake. A study published this past October in the journal Health Affairs for example, found that, while nearly 30% of people said reading calorie counts on menus impacted their choices, when
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