A five-year-old ban on the use of trans fats in New York City restaurants has sharply reduced the consumption of these unhealthy fats among fast-food customers, a study by city health officials has found.
Short sellers -- investors who bet that specific stocks will go down in the near-term -- aren't always right. But when they do make the right call on a stock, they tend to really nail it.
It's no secret that fast-food fare like burgers, french fries, and fried chicken tends to be high in sodium. According to a new study, however, American fast-food customers may be getting a larger dose of sodium than their counterparts in other countries -- even if they order the exact same items off the menu.
I am a medical sociologist, which means I study the health of whole societies. I've spent more than 20 years studying the best possible ways to address alcohol problems in societies -- what works and what doesn't to protect people from harm.
San Francisco banned free toys in some kids' meals. McDonald's makes toys available for just 10 cents.
Goodbye, free plastic toys inside Happy Meals -- at least in one major California city.
At 7:35 a.m. in Southern California, children who've brushed their teeth, combed their hair and stuffed their wheeled backpacks rub their eyes awake and shuffle onto the street.
Three cities in California are changing their environments to promote healthy lifestyles for everyone in the community.
We know you don't want to fly halfway around the world to eat a Big Mac. But how about steamed cod with mustard sauce and chives, mixed vegetables, and parsley baby potatoes? That, for instance, is what's considered fast food in Germany.
The "malnourished" singer says her mom is trying to help her eat better
San Francisco opts to ban toys in fast food meals that are above 600 calories. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
A city lawmaker has proposed a bill that would ban fast-food restaurant gimmicks that include children's toys, like the McDonald's Happy Meal, unless the meal meets certain nutritional standards.
Starbucks said Tuesday that it will begin offering ground coffees for use in hotel room brewers as part of a plan to expand its presence in the "single-serve" market.
Starbucks confirmed Monday that it is planning to expand its presence in the market for premium single-serve coffee drinks, saying an official announcement could come in the near future.
Chef Gary Donlick from Bistro Niko in Atlanta shows you how to make easy delicious dishes for your Super Bowl party.
More than 100 million people are expected to tune in to Super Bowl XLV this weekend, but only some of them are football fans.
As a strong proponent of parental responsibility, it both amuses and angers me to see some parents lining up behind an initiative to sue McDonald's over the inclusion of toys in their Happy Meals.
In November, Dr. Phil McGraw took on the controversy regarding a ban targeting McDonald's Happy Meals in San Francisco.
A Kansas State professor loses weight eating junk food.
San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed Friday the city's ban on most McDonald's Happy Meals with toys.
Toby Amidor remembers well -- but not fondly -- her child's meltdown over a bottle of Yoo-hoo.
The San Francisco, California, Board of Supervisors on Tuesday banned most McDonald's Happy Meals with toys, as they're now served.
A new study is revealing just how unhealthy most kids' meals are. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
San Francisco city officials are readying to ban most of McDonald's Happy Meals in current form because they offer toys to entice kids to buy meals not meeting nutritional criteria.
With all due respect to esteemed chefs and restaurateurs, anyone who's ever bought fresh steamed crab from a Bangkok canal boat or sampled hot, crisp frites on a Brussels sidewalk knows that not all stellar meals are served in courses -- or even come with silverware.
Let's be honest: Many of us -- OK, most of us -- weren't exactly paragons of health in our youth. And we can't help wondering: Will those margaritas, junk-food binges, forgotten condoms, or even that one bong hit eventually come back to haunt us?
Shrek, Dora the Explorer, and other animated TV and movie stars beloved by children have been moonlighting as junk-food pitchmen in recent years. And they're good at it.
Shares of Wendy's/Arby's Group rose 7% Friday on talk that the fast food chain could be taken over.
The fast-food industry has long been under fire for selling high-fat, high-calorie meals that have been linked to weight gain and diabetes, but the financial health of the industry continues to attract investors -- including some of the leading insurance companies in the U.S., a new study reports.
It's an uneasy topic when moms discuss their daughters' weight.
It fizzes. It quenches. And it could also contain fecal bacteria.
A useful principle of political analysis is to be suspicious when everyone agrees. Which is why the bipartisan paeans to "prevention" in this summer's health care debate have me scratching my head. It's the one reform on which Henry Waxman and John Boehner can join hands. Don't get me wrong: officials are right to say our system is crazily tilted toward paying docs and hospitals for curing people only after they've gotten terribly sick. But when they jump from this to the idea that America's overdue prevention agenda will be the fix for soaring national health costs (and even help pay for expanded coverage), they're blowing smoke.
Thirty minutes before Ann's Snack Bar is scheduled to open, about a dozen hungry burger lovers wait outside to taste what The Wall Street Journal dubbed "the best burger in America."
People who live near many fast food restaurants have a higher risk of stroke. But what exactly is the link?
A person's risk of stroke is associated with the number of fast-food restaurants near their residence, according to a study presented Thursday at a stroke conference in San Diego, California.
"I'll be working out for hours on Sunday," laments the reality TV star
Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler banned sugar at her school with great results. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
The children in the cafeteria drink low-fat milk, shovel corn kernels on their sporks and munch on tuna sandwiches on wheat.
It's been another one of those days: places to go, deadlines to meet, meals to cook. You find yourself daydreaming about crisp, salty potato chips. Pretty soon it's an insistent, must-have-it-now craving, and before you know it, your hand is deep in the bag.
The gold medal winner says when he saw his race played on TV he thought, 'That guy is fast'
Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general's office
Americans' struggle with weight has been a popular topic for years now, and it's no surprise considering that the National Center for Health and Statistics estimates 66 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese.
The inventor of the iconic potato chip container got his final wish - he was buried in one
Luckily, her boyfriend Reggie Bush loves her "just the way she is"
People are usually off the mark when trying to predict whether they'll enjoy a future event, says a Harvard psychologist. It all has to do with alternatives
Diet-friendly sugar substitutes may not be so slimming after all. A new study in lab animals furthers the theory that zero-cal sweeteners throw your body out of whack and plump you up
Everyone knows a good diet is important for long-term well-being. But a new study shows that it's also crucial for good health today
I joined this program because my doctor told me that my test results showed I was pre-diabetic and more than 20 pounds over my weight according to my age and height.
Game gets kids off the couch
School vending machines are stocked with fewer high-calorie soft drinks today because some states have banned the sale of sodas on campus and the beverage industry is phasing in healthier drinks, according to an industry report.
Eating right when you travel for work isn't always easy, but there are a few ways to eat healthier on the go.
Amid the rush and stress of business travel, nutrition is often pushed aside. While worrying about beating traffic, making flights, preparing for meetings and presentations, who has the time or the energy to think about eating healthfully?
New research suggests that consuming low-calorie food and drink may actually increase your tendency to overeat
Given a choice, toddlers say the same food tastes better if it comes out of a McDonald's bag. Nutritionists don't find that such a Happy Meal
When you snack, you can fill in nutritional gaps, boost your intake of fruits and vegetables, keep your mood on an even keel, and help with appetite and weight control.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has a reputation for being one of the hottest moms in Hollywood, but she still lets herself splurge every once in awhile.
Bod Squad: Eat well on the road
In April of 1889, ambitious homesteaders sprinted to grab the best tracts of land in what became the state of Oklahoma, with some 10,000 of them settling in what is now downtown Oklahoma City almost overnight.
Confectionery giant Masterfoods, which makes Milky Way and Snickers candy bars as well as M&M's chocolates, says it will stop marketing its core products to children under the age of 12 by the end of this year. (See correction.)
The chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 was the showdown of man vs. machine: the world's greatest chess player versus the world's greatest chess-playing computer.
The problem with most candy bars and cookies is that they're too small to be full-fledged desserts -- but not if they become part of the dessert.
Even though both appear to espouse a healthy lifestyle, both employers and employees can't seem to break the junk food addiction, according to a survey published Tuesday.
Imagine Ronald McDonald munching on soybeans or teaching yoga.
Fast-food companies are experimenting with call center technology in an order to increase speed and sales volume, according to a report published Tuesday.
Dieting often is viewed as an epic battle between willpower and temptation.
These are fat times in politics. Literally. Nearly 400 obesity-related bills were introduced in state legislatures across the country last year--more than double the number in 2003. A quarter of them were passed into law, up from only 12 percent two years before. In Washington the word obesity appears in 56 bills introduced during the current Congress; this, the Wall Street Journal points out, is fast catching up with the number containing the word gun. Surgeon General Richard Carmona says obesity is a greater threat than terrorism. Some public-health advocates have begun urging the government to put a warning label on soft drinks; others are calling for a "fat tax" on fast food.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Some Oakland, Calif. residents are sick and tired of tripping over burger wrappers and soda cans, and the city is ready to do something about it.
Frank Purcell says he hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a Washington lobbyist.
Frank Purcell hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a lobbyist in Washington.
Frank Purcell hopes to fit more workouts into his life as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.
The sweet life updated: Mon Aug 08 2005 12:36:00
Dylan Lauren is a self-proclaimed kid in a candy shop. Luckily for her, she owns it.
British junk food lovers are having an unhealthy effect on the country's pigeons, which are becoming obese by feasting on litter leftovers.
An additional tax on fast-food may be a distasteful idea for whopper-lovers but at least one major city in the Midwest is seriously considering such a proposal.
A product placement company, sued last week by "The Apprentice's" producer for allegedly lying to companies whose products are showcased on the show and pocketing millions of dollars in profits, has countersued for $20 million, AdAge.com reported Thursday.
When schools opened in Texas this fall, some favorites were missing from the cafeteria menus: sodas and candy bars had been banned for grade schoolers; chips and cookies were mini-size. And that perennial favorite, the French fry, was given just one more year before it too will be banned. Howls of protest could be heard from Lubbock to Laredo. And not just from students.
Whether it's in bumper-to-bumper traffic or during flight delays at airports, parents traveling with youngsters will have their hands full.
FSB: Faster Foodupdated: Wed Dec 01 2004 00:01:00
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Taco Bell is giving major league baseball a chance to feed America.
General Mills announced plans Thursday to start using healthier whole grains in all of its ready-to-eat cereals, including children's cereals such as Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms.
The room is white--pristinely white. We're inside the sensory panel room at Wendy's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, where employees of the $7.3 billion fast-food giant get to taste-test new products ...
Every day, dozens of flights touch down at Kenya's Nairobi Airport, unloading scads of tourists with their bulging bags. But when some of those same KLM and Kenya Airways aircraft line up on the ru...
Cash may be king, but the burger behemoth McDonald's Corp. is giving a little more credit to plastic at its restaurants.
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Procter & Gamble has won permission from the Food and Drug Administration for its fat substitute olestra to be used in microwave popcorn.
Eating potato chips can make you smarter -- really!
McDonald's gave its grown-up customers their very own Happy Meal box Tuesday that comes with water, salad and a booklet of exercise tips.
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest fast-food company, launched an anti-obesity education campaign Thursday that it said would promote the importance of exercise and balanced food intake.
At the Cooper clinic, a health-and-fitness boot camp in Dallas, Ken Cooper and Steve Reinemund are collaborating to change American diets. On a basic point, though, the two men are at odds. Dr. Co...
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Kellogg's new CEO, Carlos Gutierrez, took office with a pledge to boost profits of the Battle Creek, Mich., cereal company by at least 10% a year. Pie in the sky? Gutierrez could use some. For that...
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