News tagged with restaurant
New Urbanspoon app digs into restaurant reservations
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Something big is shaking at Urbanspoon, the Seattle company behind a hugely successful iPhone restaurant-finding application.
Research on Childhood Obesity May Help Fight Epidemic
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 16 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight-a doubling of the estimated incidence of overweight among children and a tripling of the rate among adolescents ...
Food habits of the poor unchanged by NY calories law: study
Oct 06, 2009 |
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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.
Los Angeles fast-food restaurant ban unlikely to cut obesity, study finds
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, according ...
What are you getting? Consumer behavior in restaurants
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Consumers follow a predictable pattern when it comes to ordering food and drinks, according new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. It seems people in groups tend to seek variety when making initial orders, then g ...
Study: Long hours affect what family eats at home
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Irregular work schedules, long hours, job dissatisfaction and other such working conditions of parents in low-income families significantly impact family food choices, according to a new Cornell study.
Work conditions impact parents' food choices
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Since most parents in the US are employed, there are competing demands on their time that can compromise food choices for themselves and their children. How parents cope with these demands and how work conditions are related ...
'Eatin' (not so) good in the neighborhood'
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Living without a car in close proximity to fast food restaurants is associated with excess body mass index and weight gain, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published in the September issue ...
New poll provides snapshot of New Yorkers' views
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New York state residents are concerned about the obesity epidemic -- but only 24 percent support a junk food tax, and 39 percent support banning TV ads for junk food.
OpenTable shares soar nearly 60 pct in IPO feast
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Online restaurant reservation service OpenTable Inc. proved there's still an appetite for new stock offerings despite the sour economy.
Millions of kids begin returning to Mexico schools
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As if marshaling for war, Mexico's government mobilized thousands of education officials and parents across the country to swiftly disinfect schools and monitor millions of returning students for ...
When unhealthy foods hijack overeaters' brains
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cigarettes can't wander through part of San Francisco without craving a local shop's ...
Report: Source of Okla. E. coli outbreak a mystery
Apr 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An extensive investigation has failed to determine how E. coli bacteria was introduced into a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant linked to hundreds of illnesses and one death, the state health board said in a report ...
Full disclosure: People will make healthier choices if restaurants provide nutritional data
Mar 31, 2009 |
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As more and more Americans eat meals outside the home, the country also faces an epidemic of obesity. An association between eating out and weight-related diseases has led to demands for nutritional labeling of restaurant ...
Food choices evolve through information overload
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Ever been so overwhelmed by a huge restaurant menu that you end up choosing an old favourite instead of trying something new?
