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Fast Food Chains in US Hospitals

| April 10, 2015 Comment

Fast Food Chains in US Hospitals – Hospitals should promote healthy eating but as many as 43 US hospitals have fast food chains on their premises, and some like McDonald’s can even deliver Big Macs and French fries to your hospital bed! The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) recently looked into this issue, and […]

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More NJ Schools Join Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

| July 8, 2014 Comment

Five more new Jersey schools have joined the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program that was started by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2002 to encourage kids to eat healthy. There are already 150 New Jersey schools participating in the program that will provide fresh fruits and veggies to students every day, and also […]

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Start Early to Encourage Children to Eat Veggies

| June 2, 2014 Comment

Start early to encourage children to eat veggies, say researchers. A new study conducted by researchers at University of Leeds, UK, shows that the best age for introducing kids to vegetables is before they turn two. Researchers gave artichoke puree to 332 children between the ages of 38 months and 4 years. They found that […]

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How to Make Great Vegetarian Burgers

| May 4, 2014 Comment

Many people are turning to vegetarian eating to become healthier and some to aid in weight loss. People who fail and return to eating meats say that a vegetarian diet is “boring”, or that they began to feel weak. This can be avoided by doing research on eating vegetarian and making sure that one gets the […]

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