Nation's Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds Of U.S. Soda Can Wealth - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Nation's Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds Of U.S. Soda Can Wealth - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Gratitude for Public Health Progress in 2014 | US Healthy Kids

Gratitude for Public Health Progress in 2014 | US Healthy Kids



  If you, the reader, are working to inpire a conversation that hopes to protect children. Good on You. Keep up with your amazing efforts .  

Big Food: Sounds a Lot Like Big Tobacco | Michael F. Jacobson

Big Food: Sounds a Lot Like Big Tobacco | Michael F. Jacobson



  From the Article:  " The similarities between unhealthy food and tobacco go beyond the health
effects. When it comes to corporate responsibility, executives at some
of the nation's largest food and beverage companies seem to have learned
a lot from their counterparts at Big Tobacco in aggressively promoting
consumption of unhealthy foods and, in the same breath, blaming the
consumer. "



  My thoughts :  Canada is a perfect example  for a review of what has happened to educate  tobacco users. Agents and agencies have systemically deconstructed the tobacco issue, but when it comes to dissecting the food environment we are a long long way from meaningful, tactical responses that may help to improve the health of our nation.  One first step could be to remove all junk food from health centeres.  Paul Murphy

"Cultural Genocide": Landmark Report Decries Canada’s Forced Schooling of Indigenous Children | Democracy Now!

"Cultural Genocide": Landmark Report Decries Canada’s Forced Schooling of Indigenous Children | Democracy Now!

Health Digest - May 2015- UCONN Rudd Center For Food Policy and Obesity

Health Digest - May 2015 Rudd Center Recent Publications

Views on Classifying Obesity as a Disease In the first assessment of public opinion in the United States since the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease in 2013, a study by the Rudd Center published May 13 in the journal Obesity found that a majority of Americans support the designation. "For decades, the message to the individual has been to eat less and exercise more, and for a number of reasons that has not been effective," said author Rebecca Puhl, Deputy Director of the Rudd Center. "Obesity is a much more complex issue, and the disease classification formally acknowledges this."   Rudd Center in the News   As food companies and restaurants increasingly remove artificial ingredients and GMOs from their offerings, "It's important that people still pay attention to things like portion size and calories even though the restaurant may have actually made some important changes," Rudd Center Director Marlene Schwartz said in a May 29 NBC News piece.    The Rudd Center's March study on the increasing health hazard that energy drinks pose to young people was cited in a May 19 article in Digital Trends on how players of video games are being targeted for marketing by energy drink makers. Rudd Center Deputy Director Rebecca Puhl's study assessing public opinion about the classification of obesity as a disease was highlighted in the May 13 edition of UConn Today. A May 14 commentary piece in Medscape by Dr. Puhl, "Obesity as a 'Disease' - What Americans Think, and Why That's Important," included a section on how her findings may inform relationships between healthcare providers and patients. She noted that many patients may not be aware that obesity is now considered a disease. "Healthcare providers may want to inform patients of the disease classification and discuss the implications that this has as a paradigm for diagnosis and treatment," Puhl wrote. The May 11 edition of The New York Times quoted Rudd Center Director Marlene Schwartz about making sure you get enough volume of food when you eat at a restaurant to feel satisfied when you leave. The tip appeared in an article by writer Josh Barro called "How to Eat Healthy Meals at Restaurants." Reuters ran a hard-hitting piece May 8 on a study showing that the vast majority of TV commercials during shows aimed at kids under age 12 are for unhealthy foods with too much added sugar, saturated fat or sodium. The ads don't meet proposed federal voluntary guidelines for the nutritional quality of foods advertised to children. Jennifer Harris, Rudd Center Director of Marketing Initiatives (who was not part of the study), told Reuters: "This paper is interesting because it shows that the industry's definition of what is healthy and should be marketed to kids is completely out of whack with the opinions of government experts." New York Magazine published a provocative piece on May 4 called "Willpower (or Lack of It) Is the Wrong Way to Think About Weight." Writer Melissa Dahl quoted Rudd Center Deputy Director Rebecca Puhl and cited her recent multi-national findings that, when people believe the cause of obesity is lack of willpower, they express stronger weight bias, on average, than those who believe biological or environmental factors play major roles. "...I think the way to think about this is that obesity is a very complex puzzle and personal behavior is just one of those pieces," Puhl said in the article.   The Rudd Center was featured in UConn Magazine's Spring 2015 edition in an article on our work to reverse the obesity epidemic. The piece, "National Disaster," quotes Rudd Center Director Marlene Schwartz on putting research into action. "If all I'm doing is publishing in a journal, that's not helping anybody else." Deputy Director Rebecca Puhl talks about  challenging the assumption that obesity is a matter of personal choice. "That's a false assumption," she says, pointing out that the American Medical Association now classifies obesity as a disease.   Rudd Center Director Marlene Schwartz appeared May 4 on WNPR's radio program "Where We Live" to discuss "Is Fast Food Going Out of Style?" The wide-ranging interview touched on topics including why McDonald's is struggling, how Americans are eating out more often, and policy options like taxing unhealthy foods while providing incentives for healthy foods.     News to Chew On   Los Angeles Times City of Davis sours on sweet drinks for kids' meals in restaurants U.S. News & World Report Rethink Your Child’s Sugary Drink San Jose Mercury News Berkeley soda tax: First month’s take, $116,000 The Washington Post These 26 states won't let you sue McDonald's for making you fat. The surprising consequence of banning obesity lawsuits. Time Preschoolers Aren't Getting Enough Exercise, Study Says NPR Is The War On Fat Harming Our Children? The New York Times Energy Drinks, Under Scrutiny, Tap into Young Gamer Culture   Washington Post Take off that Fitbit. Exercise alone won’t make you lose weight. Consumers Union Google’s YouTube Kids: Better for Advertisers than Families?   About.com The Relationship Between Bullying and Childhood Obesity   CSPI Dairy Queen Removes Soda from Kids' Meals Daily Mail UK Obesity epidemic to blame for record number of people suffering gout - and the sharpest rise is in patients in their 20s and 30s PR Newswire Pepsi Adds Bold Flavor to its Beverage Portfolio with Pepsi Limon CNN How paradise became the fattest place in the world   Salon Our food system is still a toxic mess: Mark Bittman on changing the way America eats     What's Simmering with Our Friends   Voices for Healthy Kids and others shared information in a May 19 #SaludTues tweetchat about "How to get more healthy drinks in Latino communities." The weekly social media chats focus on a variety of Latino health topics. These chats are co-hosted by @SaludToday, the Latino health social media campaign and Twitter handle for the Institute for Health Promotion at the University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio, which directs Salud America! Salud America! is The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children.   Following public pressure from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, MomsRising.org, and other advocacy groups, Dairy Queen became the latest major fast-food chain to remove soda and other sugary drinks from children's menus. McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's had already made this change in response to pressure campaigns. The change at Dairy Queen franchises will take effect Sept. 1. "We hope chains like Applebee's and Chili's will choose to exercise the same kind of corporate responsibility that DQ has," said CSPI nutrition policy director Margo G. Wootan.   PreventObesity.net, a project of the American Heart Association dedicated to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic, highlighted a study published in JAMA Pediatrics that found that children have a tough time recognizing healthy foods in fast food television advertising. "Although leading fast food restaurants agreed to include healthy foods in their marketing targeted to kids back in 2009, marketers are often misleading in how they present those foods, researchers say." Only 10 percent of kids surveyed could positively identify apples in a Burger King ad - likely because the apples were sliced like french fries and placed in a french fries container, the PreventObesity.net piece noted.     Share With A Friend & Sign Up for Our Newsletter Facebook Twitter Website YouTube

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Obesity is the 'new smoking' says NHS England's chief executive

Obesity is the 'new smoking' says NHS England's chief executive



"The chief executive of NHS England has said public health bodies and
educators need to tackle overeating with the same ferocity as teen
pregnancy and drink driving, labelling obesity “the new smoking”.

San Francisco Lawmakers Try New Tacks to Curb Soda Drinking

San Francisco Lawmakers Try New Tacks to Curb Soda Drinking



"The science behind the impact of excessive sugar on chronic disease,
particularly in the form of sweetened beverages, is already strong and
growing," UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood said in a statement. "As a health
sciences university and leading medical center, we see it as our
responsibility to do our part to help reduce this impact on our own
community."

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