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Military mobilizes on nutrition

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 9:23am

The diet revolution has a new front. The U.S. military -- revising its nutrition standards for the first time in two decades -- will soon serve more fruit and less fat.

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Most patrons of fast-food shops are regularly asked if they'd like to "value size" or increase the portions of their meal for a few cents more.

Some fast-food patrons in study agreed to downsize meals

Lee Bowman Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 5:10pm

Most patrons of fast-food shops are regularly asked if they'd like to "value size" or increase the portions of their meal for a few cents more.

Experts say supersized meals and a "clean plate" culture largely contribute to a national obesity rate among adults greater than 33 percent.

But for a few weeks at a time in 2010, visitors to the Panda Express franchise at Duke University in Durham, N.C., were offered the option of less -- and a surprising number of people took it.

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Fitness enthusiasts at Weber State University didn’t use the school’s winter break as an excuse to stop exercising. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

New Year's goal to be fit? Resolve to revamp goals

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:55am

OGDEN -- If this New Year finds you promising yourself, yet again, that you'll adopt a strenuous gym routine that will leave you as buff as a fitness model, you may need a resolution revamp to get it done.

Joan Thompson, an associate professor of Health Promotion and Human Performance at Weber State University, said following certain steps can help anyone enjoy a happier, fitter 2012.

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Brains show evidence of injury after you eat fat

Carol M. Ostrom The Seattle Times

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 4:20pm

You've heard "a minute on the lips, years on the hips," or some variation. But did it make you put down that frosted butter cookie?

No? OK, here's another bit of research to snack on: After humans and rodents eat a high-fat diet, their brains begin to show evidence of injuries in just 24 hours. If they keep eating that yummy fatty stuff continuously, the area of their brains that regulates weight -- the hypothalamus -- will show evidence of serious inflammation and structural damage.

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Junk food ban costs schools thousands

Brian M. Rosenthal The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 3:28pm

SEATTLE -- The Seattle School Board is considering relaxing its ban on unhealthful food in high schools amid complaints from student governments that the policy has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in vending-machine profits over the past seven years.

The policy, approved in 2004 -- before any state or federal regulations on school nutrition had been established -- put Seattle on the cutting edge of the fight against childhood obesity.

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200-pound third-grader removed from home

Thomas J. Sheeran The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 28, 2011 - 6:36pm

CLEVELAND -- The case of an 8-year-old third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese.

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Fast food linked to lower-income obesity

Carlos Alcala The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 2:08pm

Fast food alone cannot be blamed for high obesity rates among people with low incomes, according to a new study by the University of California's Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

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Salt the next target for many restaurants making healthy changes

Emily Bryson York Chicago Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 9:33am

As consumers increasingly ask for healthier fare, the company that operates Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants said earlier this month that it will cut salt and calories across its menus by 10 percent over the next five years and 20 percent over the next decade.

Darden Restaurants, an Orlando, Fla.-based company with 1,900 restaurants that also include other chains, vowed to reformulate recipes, trim portion sizes and introduce healthier items in the coming years.

"Americans are increasingly conscious of making healthy choices for themselves and their families," Darden CEO Clarence Otis said.

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