Incredibly, the McDonald’s product contains more sugar than a Snickers bar and only 10 fewer calories than a McDonald’s cheeseburger or Egg McMuffin. (Even without the brown sugar it has more calories than a McDonald’s hamburger.)
(Source: The New York Times)
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Tara Parker-Pope highlights Dr. David Kessler’s work on the addictive nature of high-fat, high-sugar and high-salt foods. Dr. Kessler is admitted overeater himself, and a former FDA Commissioner. In his book, The End of Overeating he delves into the addictive nature the highly palatable fatty foods available today. He argues these foods alter brain chemistry, and presents a “food rehab” program to help people fight back against the food industry’s aggressive marketing of these types of foods.
From Slate: Food Deserts in America:
A 2009 study by the Department of Agriculture found that 2.3 million households do not have access to a car and live more than a mile from a supermarket. Much of the public health debate over rising obesity rates has turned to these “food deserts,” where convenience store fare is more accessible—and more expensive—than healthier options farther away. This map colors each county in America by the percentage of households in food deserts, according to the USDA’s definition. Data is not available for Alaska and Hawaii.
It’s like a food-desert belt across the South.
Talk about “access to health!” When I lived on the north side of Chicago, I was within walking distance of a Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, and a new Jewel-Osco was set to open in the fall… you can bet that there was nothing like that grocery trifecta on the south or west sides of the city.
Some innovative solutions have received attention, such as opening farmers’ markets in low-income areas, increasing the amount of healthy foods at corner bodegas, and introducing produce at Walgreens, but someone needs to convince the Jewels and Safeways of the world to set up shop in these food deserts. Any MBA/MPH people wanna work on a pitch? :P
Recent article suggests primary care doctors who discuss weight loss in a more motivational tone rather than confrontational makes a difference.
Of course parents can make good, common-sense decisions about the food their children eat, but we need public policy to mirror good parenting to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
(Source: The New York Times)
GENERAL INTEREST: HANGING OUT WITH HEALTHY FRIENDS MAY KEEP YOU HEALTHY
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Is healthy behavior contagious?
Hanging out with healthy friends could be the best way to keep fit. A study of 3610 Australian women, published in BioMed Central’s open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity found that physical activity and healthy eating behavior were both strongly affected by social norms.
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(Source: Science Daily; Journal Reference:Kylie Ball, Robert W Jeffery, Gavin Abbott, Sarah A McNaughton and David Crawford. Is healthy behavior contagious: associations of social norms with physical activity and healthy eating. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, (in press)
Adam Drewnowski, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, has spent his career showing that Americans’ food choices correlate to social class. He argues that the most nutritious diet—lots of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, fish, and grains—is beyond the reach of the poorest Americans, and it is economic elitism for nutritionists to uphold it as an ideal without broadly addressing issues of affordability. Lower-income families don’t subsist on junk food and fast food because they lack nutritional education, as some have argued.
What Food Says About Class In America - Newsweek
Nice argument for personal responsibility vs social determinants of health.
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