News tagged with calorie counts
Crowdsourcing nutrition in a snap
Americans spend upwards of $40 billion a year on dieting advice and self-help books, but the first step in any healthy eating strategy is basic awareness -- what's on the plate.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Study looks at NYC fast-food menu calorie counts
Like any fitness program, it works only if you pay attention to it. A new study on New York City's effort to encourage healthy eating by posting calorie counts on menus shows that it worked for about one in six customers ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Mind over matter: You are what you think you eat
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Yale University suggests that people's state of mind may influence how physically satisfied they feel after a meal and how likely they are to still feel hungry and consume additional ...
May 25, 2011 |
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FDA proposes more calorie count information
(AP) -- It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty.
Apr 02, 2011 |
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Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories
When it comes to estimating calorie counts, Americans aren't really on the ball. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, this may be because of the order in which we encounter the food.
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article
Just weeks after the passage of a health bill that will dramatically increase the number of Americans covered by private health insurers, Harvard researchers have detailed the extent to which life and health insurance companies ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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US law to make calorie counts hard to ignore
(AP) -- A requirement tucked into the massive U.S health care bill will make calorie counts impossible for thousands of restaurants to hide and difficult for consumers to ignore. More than 200,000 fast food ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Food habits of the poor unchanged by NY calories law: study
A New York City law requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts has not changed eating habits among poorer people, a study released Tuesday said.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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NYC takes lead in setting next food target -- salt
(AP) -- First, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt. City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Student-designed device provides new way to track calorie burning
Counting calories that burn through activity is a constant quandary. One can only run on a treadmill so long, watching intently as the pedometer reads out the number of calories melted during a session of exercise. Not to ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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