Finding Healthy Food in Typically Non-healthy Cuisines

We like to eat out. Either we don’t like to bring leftovers to work or we just like having someone else cook for us. Having a hamburger on the go, a quick quiche for breakfast or some nachos at happy hour are food pleasures that are hard to resist. Recently, the USDA’s Economic Research Service published that Americans eating away from home were associated with a 134-K calorie increase in daily energy intake. The extra calories varied according to the meals, with lunches highest at 158, followed by dinners 144…

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Food and Beverage Companies are Finding Creative Ways to Reach Kids Online, Here’s What to Know

  I have witnessed my sons on social media posting images of simulated Gatorade coolers being poured over their heads, sending digital Valentine Day’s cards made by Taco Bell reading “Nacho average Valentine,” and voting on new potato-chip flavors. These are not the passive ads of my childhood. They are clever ways corporations reach children and teenagers, encouraging them to interact with a brand and promote it to their friends. Valentines certainly appear innocent enough. But will manipulating an image of a Gatorade cooler really entice kids to drink more…

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