Healthy Fast Food News
- Event: Foreshore Summer Music Festival @ Commonwealth Place, Canberra, (29/11/08) Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 6:04AMThe Presets and PNAU wowed Canberrans at Foreshore 2008...
- Restoring Tarboo Creek offers a model for saving Puget Sound Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 4:15AMThrough a combination of hard work, salesmanship and money both private and public, a small group of conservationists is restoring Tarboo Creek in hopes of creating a model for saving Puget Sound.
- Trail Mix Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 3:36AMThe holiday shopping rush is on. Many people are heading to the malls to purchase gifts. But malls not only provide us with lots of merchandise to buy; they also have restaurants and snack shops for eating and snacking. If we’re not watching what we’re munching on while shopping, we can consume foods loaded with calories, fat and sodium.
- Thanks for Giving 2008: Can you help, Lincoln? Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 1:00AMFor 25 years, Journal Star readers have helped meet the needs of their neighbors through the newspaper’s Thanks for Giving project. The premise is simple. We ask service providers to share their clients’ needs with us, and we share them with you. Giving is simple, too. Look for a need you can fill.
- Agencies need more wheels to take meals to shut-ins Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 12:46AMLocal programs say gas prices forced many volunteers to drop out. Recruiting has been difficult Both agencies deliver 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Reno shoppers scour circulars, ads for deals in tough economy Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 6:05PMDoran Simonson now scours the ads for grocery-shopping deals and plans accordingly.
- Second ‘miracle’ needed by local woman Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 2:36PMCheryl Bailey is praying for another miracle. Twelve years after the historic “Hypothermic Cardiac Standstill” surgery in 1995 that repaired an aneurysm in her brain, she is again in desperate need of surgery.
- Enterprise readers give thanks Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 2:23PM Dozens of local folks, and a few from other states, replied to our request for reflections on why they are grateful this Thanksgiving.
- In the Global Crisis, Coke CEO Muhtar Kent Sees Headwinds -- and Tailwinds Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 11:28AMAlthough companies around the world are clearly feeling the impact of the economic crisis, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists that he will remain focused on moving the company toward an ambitious goal: Increasing global annual revenues for the firm and its more than 300 independent bottlers from $650 billion now to more than $1 trillion by 2020. During a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, Kent ...
- Who’s to Blame for Chubby Children? Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 10:28AMAre America’s children overweight because of advertising? A new study suggests that banning fast-food ads would reduce the number of overweight children ages 3 to 11 by 18 percent and would reduce the number of overweight adolescents ages 12 to 18 by 14 percent.
- Several Communities Rally To Help Those In Need Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 6:24PMMany local families are extra thankful this year as the community steps forward to help those in need during the holidays.
- 11/25/2008 3:48:00 PM Beef News: International Livestock Congress Set For January 13 Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 3:51PMNovember 23, 2008--The 2009 International Livestock Congress-USA will be held January 13 in Denver, Colorado.
- MARCOS AMBROSE AUSTRALIAN MEDIA CONFERENCE Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 2:39PMQUESTION: It must have been a bit of a whirlwind over the past three years, but it’s obviously nice to spend some time at home here in Tasmania? MARCOS AMBROSE: Thanks for having me. It’s been a whirlwind this year. I feel like I’m always fighting time and sleep.
- Obese India: A ticking time bomb Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 1:08AMFifty years from now, if current trends persist, obesity will be up there with climate change and water shortage as one of the biggest problems facing India.
- Obese India: A ticking time bomb Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 11:10PMBy Mahima Sukhdev : Fifty years from now, if current trends persist, obesity will be up there with climate change and water shortage as one of the biggest problems facing India.
- Dining Guide Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 7:12PMEditor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
- Tame your food triggers Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 7:08PMTurns out your weight might be all in your mind: Eating certain foods can trigger a desire to eat more.
- Web Links Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 6:53PMPneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Pneumonia can range from mild to severe, and can even be deadly. The severity depends on the type of organism causing pneumonia, as well as your age and underlying health.
- They’re hoping to snap the streak Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 4:36PM On Thanksgiving morning, the Winchester High football team will battle rival Woburn at John J. Connolly Field at Woburn High School (10:15).
- Ara > Food Recipes Entertaining Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 4:03PM(ARA) - While the days of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches may be a distant childhood memory, the "brown bag" lunch is once again becoming a popular fixture on the office desk. With recent economic factors influencing food purchases, America is looking to the brown bag to save a few bucks.
- Binga makes the gang of four and returns to his smiling ways Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 7:23PMALMOST a decade after he scattered the stumps of obscure Indian opener Sadagoppan Ramesh to claim his first Test wicket, Brett Lee yesterday became only the fourth Australian to bag 300 and he immediately set his sights on the next milestone.
- We are what we eat Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:15PM The typical Briton is giving up fish and chips in favour of Thai takeaways and choosing locally grown food over expensive organic produce, but still failing to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, The Independent on Sunday reveals today.
- Proceed Cautious When Dealing with Diet Pills Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 5:17PMPeople always desire to have a great body, it is inevitable, because we are all health conscious one way or another, so when you say you want to loose weight by then you will think about diet pills or diet in general.
- Preventing Holiday Weight Gain Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 3:21PMMany of us who walk do so at least in part due to the weight control benefits we get from walking. Walking can help you lose weight and then keep it off. It can also help you avoid putting on those pesky holiday pounds. Try these tips this year for preventing holiday weight gain.
- Fast-food companies get healthier Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 6:01PMFast-food outlets including McDonald’s and KFC have pledged to make their food more healthy as part of a campaign to cut heart disease and obesity. Burger King, Wimpy, Nando’s and Subway promised to cut salt and fat levels.
- Cheaper food buying raises obesity fears Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:12PMCash-poor consumers are ditching healthy, more expensive foods such as smoothies and organic vegetables for cheaper, less healthy ones such as hamburgers and frozen pizzas, raising fears the fight against obesity has become the latest victim of the economic downturn.
- Alaska pollock catch limit likely to take a dive Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 12:54PMDeclining stocks of Alaska pollock mean officials are likely to scale back 2009 catch limits for the largest U.S. fishery next month but scientists insist stocks are not in danger of collapse.
- ANALYSIS-Alaska pollock catch limit likely to take a dive Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 12:42PM Source: Reuters By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Declining stocks of Alaska pollock mean officials are likely to scale back 2009 catch limits for the largest U.S. fishery next month but scientists ...
- Heavy toll for East Boston Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 1:29AMFor three years, Jayro Godoy has driven to Happy Barbershop in East Boston for a weekly ritual. The 23-year-old painter gets a tight shave on the sides, pays his $12 to Rafael the barber, then heads home to Waltham. If tunnel tolls double to $7, as state officials have planned, Godoy says he will find somewhere else to get his ...
- South Dakotans challenged to eat on $25 a week Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 12:58AMFood comforts us, nourishes us, sustains us and does much more. But the cost of eating for many families in Rapid City and western South Dakota is a daily struggle for a limited income.
- Ad sales down for TV sports Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:14PMOnce thought to be the sole recession-proof property on television, big-ticket sports are showing signs of vulnerability in the fourth quarter.
- Making Sure Wrestlers Lose Weight Safely Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:06PMIn high school wrestling, before you hit the mat you have to make the weight.
- Around the Southeastern Conference Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:45AMAround the Southeastern Conference
- Andrew J. Bacevich, The Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:44AM Andrew J. Bacevich, The Limits of Power (Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2008) Published earlier this year when the eventual electoral victory of Barack Obama was still fairly remote and unknowable, Andrew Bacevich’s book was addressed not so much to the future occupant of the White House as it was to the American people at large: warning us that ‘change we can believe in’ will require a ...
- Sports fans may engage in riskier health related behaviors than non-sports fans Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:26AMBall park hot dogs may be putting sports fans at elevated health risk, researchers at UALR -- the University of Arkansas at Little Rock -- said in research presented last week.
- Worst-in-U.S. health level no biggie for W.Va. town Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:25AMHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America’s fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue. “It doesn’t come up,” said David Felinton, 5-foot-9 and 233 pounds, as he walked toward City Hall one recent morning. “We’ve got [...]
- A Bouquet that Tastes as Good as it Looks Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 8:01PMWine and cheese, a bath with candles and chocolate and flowers – some things are just meant to go together!
- Hooked on a feeling Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 5:48PMLast Friday, several hundred runners and cyclists traveled to Sodom for a new challenge: a 30 km night run at 2.30 A.M., through twisting canyons lit only by the moonlight and tiny flashlights, followed by an 80 km desert bike ride on Saturday morning.
- Appalachian town shrugs at poorest health ranking Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 5:48PM The Huntington-Ashland metro area is the most unhealthy in the United States, according to an analysis of health statistics that range from obesity to heart disease and diabetes.
- Switch to healthier foods goes down easy Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 9:48AMThe transition from candy to carrots has not been without challenges, but children in Bergen and Passaic counties have gotten on board as their school districts comply with state regulations that make New Jersey school cafeterias some of the healthiest in the nation.
- Sports Losing Momentum Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 8:15AMOnce thought to be the sole recession-proof property on television, big-ticket sports are showing signs of vulnerability in the fourth quarter. Ad sales are down as much as 15 percent, according to a number of media buyers and network execs.
- Economic recovery is a matter of principles Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 5:11AM“There is no rule book for an economic crisis,” former Federal Reserve economist Douglas Elmendorf recently wrote. Which helps explain why our friends in Washington have been acting with such wild abandon when trying to come up with remedies for the Great American Credit Crisis.
- In brief: Matters of Faith Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 3:56AMFaith & values
- Repercussions of the casual Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 2:46AMSince the late 1960s and 1970s, casual wear, together with the casual look, attitudes and conduct, have taken the world by storm, including, of course, Egypt.
- Westmont College emerges safe, but not unscathed Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 2:27AMAbout 800 students and faculty spent a long, sweaty, anxious night in the gymnasium, and emerged to 14 faculty homes, a few dorms and several academic buildings destroyed. But no one was injured. The Westmont College gym was itchy hot and getting hotter. Eye-burning smoke seeped inside, despite the blue duct tape covering the cracks between the double doors.
- Oregon Recreation Report Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 7:24PMThe Oregon Recreation Report (fishing, hunting viewing), updated Nov. 12 by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- A sneak preview of the towns of the future Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 7:15PMJunk food out - Jogging in. Can a scheme to create healthy towns really work?
- Harmon United Methodist Congregation Healthy Despite Changing Times Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 2:17PMThe road to Harmon United Methodist Church winds past cow fields and barns. Located three miles south of U.S. 412 on the west side of Tontitown, the church has served the rural community for 125 years.
- City council split on special task force report Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 11:33AMSome members of the Fremont City Council are split on their opinions about a newly released report from a special task for... (3 comments)
- Bottoms Up Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 10:49AMDrinking one’s way to health seems like an easy thing to do, as compared to strenuous exercises and rigorous diets. Osteoporosis center focuses on education The importance of maintaining strong healthy bones to avoid osteoporosis is continuously stressed in campaigns against the disease and television commercials advocating strengthening the bones by drinking milk.
