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What’s in Your Whopper? Salt in Fast Food Varies Greatly Between Countries

The sodium levels in the same fast food items can vary widely depending on where you live. Take a guess which country's burgers are saltiest.

Healthier School Lunches: Will They Actually Change What Kids Eat?

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Is serving more veggies really going to persuade kids to eat them?

Study: 40% of Kids’ Calories Come From Solid Fat and Sugar

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Baked goods, pizza and soda. According to an article in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, these are the top three sources of calories for Americans, aged 2 to 18 years. And that’s not all — the study found a series of statistics that show how our food is endangering the health of the [...]

Study: Sin taxes promote healthier food choices

A recent study examining the potential impact of sin taxes—increasing the cost of junk food, in particular—as a means to promote healthier choices found that, in a lab setting at least, when unhealthy foods cost more, people tended to eat them less. Now, new research attempts to size up the value of sin taxes in [...]