Healthier school snacks may help kids make healthier choices
A study published in Childhood Obesity shows that schools who offer healthier snacks in vending machines and a la carte lines may improve students’ diets. IFT Daily News
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Consumers make healthy choices at restaurants by cutting out or down
Consumers’ first line of defense in healthy consumption when they eat out is cutting an item out or cutting down on an order, which is not the best news for … Continue Reading →
Video: McDonald’s Offers Healthier Choices
SN Editor-in-Chief David Orgel talks to Richard Junge, bakery category manager for McDonald’s Menu Innovation and Development, about the fast-food chain’s healthier menu. read more Supermarket News
Weis’ Mystery Tours Help Children Make Good Food Choices
Weis Markets dietitians developed a program that teaches youngsters about eating healthier, even as they’re absorbed in solving a “mystery.” read more Supermarket News
Short-term food deprivation may lead to high-calorie choices
A research letter by Brian Wansink and Aner Tal, of Cornell University, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests that hungry grocery shoppers tend to buy higher-calorie products. IFT Daily News
Clearer food labels might help with healthy food choices
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics shows that food labels that clearly display the total number of calories and nutrients in the entire … Continue Reading →
Fast food menus with calorie count, miles may lead to healthier choices
A study published in Appetite shows that people may choose healthier fast food options when shown not only the calories the food contains, but also how many miles they would … Continue Reading →
Confectionery creates clean label choices
Although health is normally not a key driver in confectionery purchasing and consumption, the rising level of interest in naturalness has been making an impact on the confectionery sector and … Continue Reading →
Food stamps may not influence kids’ drink choices
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics shows that the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may not influence kids’ consumption of sugary beverages. … Continue Reading →