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Tag Archives: fast food
Toying with the Happy Meal: Is McDonald’s evading the law?
While most media outlets dubbed it the “Happy Meal toy ban,” the ordinance passed in San Francisco last year didn’t ban anything. The law just placed a few reasonable nutrition guidelines (a maximum of 600 calories per meal and limits … Continue reading
Why we need MyPolicy instead of MyPlate
Last week, I didn’t really have much to say about the replacement of USDA’s infamous food pyramid with the new plate image, which is why I was happy to cross-post Andy Bellatti’s take, which I obviously agree with. But this … Continue reading
How E. coli became a household word – Poisoned, a book review
For most of us working in food policy, it’s hard to remember a time when food outbreaks of bugs like E. coli didn’t happen pretty much weekly. But reading the new book Poisoned by Jeff Benedict made me realize that … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Food Safety
Tagged book reviews, E.coli, fast food, food policy, food safety, Marler Clark, Poisoned
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Happy Meal Makeover: How a Healthy Food Coalition Defeated a Fast Food Icon
On election day, while most of the nation was distracted with the mid-term election, another vote was taking place in San Francisco City Hall. The Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance to place limits—based on specific nutrition criteria—on how toys … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged Eric Mar, fast food, Happy Meals, McDonald's, San Francisco
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Why is McDonald’s listed a resource for Childhood Obesity Awareness Month?
I am not a fan of any sort of “awareness” month as I find the concept trivializes important health issues. Are we only supposed to care about heart disease, diabetes, etc, during that one month of the year? And I … Continue reading
Bangkok Post covers release of Appetite for Profit in Thailand as problem spreads there
OK, so is not one my usual blog posts, but I can’t help sharing my excitement. As I wrote about previously, my book has been translated into Thai, with 1,000 copies already distributed. The translation and distribution of Appetite for … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health, Uncategorized
Tagged Appetite for Profit, Bangkok Post, fast food, Thailand
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Santa Clara County Begins the Fast Food Toy Rebellion – Parents Rejoice!
Any parent who has ever driven by a McDonald’s with little ones in the back seat knows how hard it can be to resist the lobbying, often made even worse due to the marketing of toys with Happy Meals. And … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged childhood obesity, fast food, marketing to kids, McDonald's, Santa Clara
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Santa Clara County (Calif) bans toys in unhealthy fast food – press release
I will write more about this soon, but here is the press release: County Officials Pass Nation’s First Childhood Obesity Ordinance to Address Restaurant Toy Giveaways San José – Today [Tues 4/27], the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged childhood obesity, fast food, marketing to kids, Santa Clara
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