Taiwan bans junk food advertisements to protect children
The country’s new anti-obesity regulations ban commercials advertising junk food and prohibit unhealthy meals aimed at children from offering free toys.
University returns a 1 million dollar donation granted by Coca Cola to support research in favour of sugary drinks
1 million dollars were returned to Coca Cola because they had been used to shift the blame for obesity away from junk food. This is Colorado University’s courageous choice.
When breast milk is junk food
The Brazilian campaign on the dangerousness of junk food during breastfeeding went around the world. Discover what it claims.
African vs junk food diet: they have opposite effects
The first is an anticancer diet, the second is fat and meat-heavy and it increases the risk of contracting the disease. And their results can be seen only after two weeks.
Jamie Oliver’s petition for better food in schools
Obesity is a worldwide widespread disease. Such condition occurs when the intake of calories exceeds the amount of calories burnt. Obesity is due by poor nutrional education, sedentary lifestyle and other causes, such as genetic predisposition, family environment and social and economic conditions. Obese or overweight children do not necessarily eat too much, but they
Every country has its diet: from the best to the worst
Eating large amounts of fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, fish and wholegrains is obviously a healthy habit. But people don’t have such a balanced diet in every part of the world. There are places with a geography, climate and food culture that foster a healthy diet, others that mostly eat ready and processed meals
Shocking warnings on junk food as those on cigarette packs
Food education, trans fats to be banned in foods and beverages within five years, prohibition of unhealthy food ads, taxation to discourage consumers and, finally, labels showing the damages caused by junk food to health. Two of the major world associations, Consumer International and World Obesity Federation, think that the current obesity epidemic is more harmful for
Beware of supermarket “junk” coupons
Supermarkets don’t offer many healthy choices to low-income households, says a research published in the journal the Preventing Chronic Disease. The study took into consideration over 1,000 coupons distributed by the six major American chain grocery stores. Results show that most of the offers promote junk food and sugary drinks: groceries that are potentially harmful for