Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Unknown 8:50 AM childhood obesity, children, children's health, diet, education, fast food, nutrition, schools

Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the jour...

Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity

Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity

Unknown 2:00 PM Congress, fast food, food, health policy, health reform, lobbying, nutrition, obesity, public health, restaurants

McDonald's already posts calorie content on its menus In an effort to combat the country's obesity epidemic, the Food and Drug Admi...

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

Unknown 11:29 AM child obesity, fast food, food, obesity, school health, school lunch, schools, student health, vegetables

The new nutrition rules for school meals have led some students to throw away food they're served. Schools across the country are estima...

KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, "supersizing," marketing, and lobbying have made us fat

KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, "supersizing," marketing, and lobbying have made us fat

Unknown 4:52 PM child obesity, fast food, high fructose corn syrup, nutrition, obesity

KET will air a three-part  series , "Men Who Made Us Fat," in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn...