Posts Tagged ‘beverage’

Household food purchases have shifted significantly in a healthy direction, according to a new study led by Shu Wen Ng and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Ng used data from both NHANES and the Nielsen Homescan panel for the analysis. The analysis showed that between 2003 and 2011, calories purchased or reported […]

Physical activity is a subject that can stir up a civilized conflict among obesity researchers and the current issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology has done just that. With a provocative analysis of physical activity’s role in obesity, Amy Luke and Richard Cooper inspired five more commentaries from distinguished experts on the subject. Here’s […]

Big Food has stepped forward to remove 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. food supply, far outpacing a commitment to reduce processed food calories by 1.5 trillion in 2015. This finding comes from an as yet unpublished analysis, independently produced by  researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and funded by the […]

Aspartame is safe. That’s the conclusion of an exhaustive evidence review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Safe is a four-letter word that regulators are pretty shy about tossing around, so we’re taking this seriously. The EFSA affirmed that an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for aspartame represents 16 cans of diet drinks per day. […]

The marketing pressure squeezing Pepsi and Coke may complete the work that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg could not. Consumer and medical marketing research by the Credit Suisse Research Institute found that an overwhelming majority of doctors in the U.S., U.K., and Asia tie sugar consumption to obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. With […]

Healthy eating advice seems to be reshuffling the list of America’s top five favorite foods. Fruit is up, juice is down, veggies are flat. That’s the news from the NPD Group, which just published their latest report on eating patterns in America. In the last ten years, fruit has moved up the list, passing milk, […]

Consumer preference is accomplishing something that activists have had a tough time doing through legislation and regulation. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have lost in court on the Big Gulp ban, but consumers are getting the message and carrying it forward anyway. Industry observers say that bottled water sales will soon surpass soda. Sugary […]

Called to action by Mexico’s new top ranking in the world for obesity, charismatic president Enrique Peña Nieto is ready to take on the junk food tax fight. He may find a rough road ahead. The experience with junk food tax fights has been extremely unproductive to date. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has had many successes with […]

A new health food claim decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will allow food makers to claim a health benefit for fructose. The approved claim reads: Consumption of foods containing fructose leads to a lower blood glucose rise compared to foods containing sucrose or glucose. Nutrition and public health experts are upset, to […]

We’ve all heard that sugary drinks pose health risks, but a new risk has been identified relating to certain regional drinking. The risk is called “Mountain Dew Mouth,” and the name derives from the particularly Appalachian habit of carrying a soda, most frequently the regional favorite Mountain Dew, that is sipped all day. Public health […]