Tag: nutrition/fitness
Wearable gadgets track athletes' performance to improve workouts
As technology miniaturizes and becomes more powerful, it's becoming increasingly capable of helping with everyday tasks. Both professional and amateur athletes are becoming increasingly interested in tracking their workouts with technology....
India trying home-grown solution to acute child hunger
A French creation is revolutionizing the feeding of the acutely hungry in Africa, but in India, which also has a problem with malnutrition, the food isn't welcome. So doctors there are creating their own therapeutic food -- and there's hope they'll eventually be able to export it too....
Disney sets new nutritional standards for advertisers
Disney announced new advertising guidelines Tuesday for ads on Disney’s TV stations, its websites, and its radio stations, banning ads for fast foods and sugary cereals that do not meet the company's nutrition standards....
Controversy swirls over British plan to fitness test police officers
A survey in the United Kingdom recently found that a majority of the nation's police officers are overweight. In response, a proposal has been floated to require fitness testing of all officers. But some police say this is unnecessarily broad....
Atlanta ad campaign uses obese kids to try and shock parents
The ads use kids who are overweight describing the problems they face in an effort to get parents to realize their children are overweight. The ads, which were designed in consultation with a local hospital, have caused critics to label them as just another example of fat-shaming....
As Gingrich presses, fiction becomes fact on food stamp debate
Newt Gingrich has taken to calling President Barack Obama "the food stamp president." But in terms of his rhetoric, some of the statements aren't quite accurate, a social welfare professor said....
Paula Deen says she has diabetes, will endorse pharmaceutical company
Paula Deen, the celebrity chef known for her love of butter, has announced she has diabetes. Instead of using it as a reason to lighten her cooking, she's becoming a paid spokeswoman for a pharmaceutical company....
Battle to stem childhood obesity expected to be a focus of 2012
New research shows that kids who eat school lunches are more likely to be obese than kids who bring lunch from home. The battle to cut back childhood obesity is expected to be of increasing importance in the next few years....
Illinois hoping our stomach will be next weapon against invasive Asian Carp
In Illinois, the battle to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan and the entire Great Lakes continues. Their hope is that food pantries can be an important ally in the effort to keep the fish at bay....
Teacher goes undercover, anonymously blogs about a year of eating school lunch
Sarah Wu, a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, ate school lunch for a year and blogged about it anonymously. She's revealed herself and is now out with a new book, Fed Up With Lunch....
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