Debating the sin tax
I confess: I enjoy a snack of Cheetos from the company vending machine every so often. They’re good right down to the last orange, salty, chemically enhanced crumbs in the bottom of the bag. Would I...
View ArticleA letter to Paula Deen
Paula, Paula, Paula. By now, you’re probably tired of all the fuss – the criticism of your calorie- and cholesterol-drenched cuisine, your recent revelation that you have type 2 diabetes, your new...
View ArticleThe kids are going vegan
Children’s books aren’t usually known for being controversial, but a new book about kids and veganism has touched off a storm of debate about everything from hunger to animal cruelty to large-scale...
View ArticleEating better, for less money
Does it really cost more to buy healthful foods? Maybe not. According to a new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, most fruits, vegetables, grains and other foods we think of as healthful are...
View ArticleEating gone wild: the unhealthy side of competitive eating
Watching competitive eaters cram dozens of hot dogs down their gullets is both mesmerizing and nausea-inducing. Apparently few do it better than Joey Chestnut, a 28-year-old from San Jose, Calif., (his...
View ArticleThe snack habit
I’ve noticed it for some time, in a vaguely-paying-attention sort of way. But it wasn’t until seeing a news article in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis this weekend that it really hit home: For better...
View ArticleDownsizing the mega-soda
If there was any doubt that New York City was serious about downsizing the giant sugary drinks sold at restaurants and concession stands, it was erased Thursday with the enactment of a new rule by the...
View ArticleSchool lunch and the vegetable strategy
Offer fruit and vegetables on the school lunch menu and kids will be inspired to try them, like them and maybe even start eating them on a regular basis – or so the theory goes. But a new study has …...
View ArticleHoliday food guilt? Not on the menu
Writer Ragen Chastain can think of several things that would be more fun than being under holiday surveillance by what she calls “the Friends and Family Food Police”: a root canal, a fishhook in the...
View ArticleHow sweet it isn’t?
First it was fats, then carbohydrates. Now sugar has joined the ranks of nutritional villainy. With Christmas approaching on a tidal wave of candy canes and gingerbread, one can’t help wondering: Is it...
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