Archive for July, 2008
« Previous Entries‘It feels like the 1980s, because you know the price of everything’ - Irish Times
Thursday, July 31st, 2008‘It feels like the 1980s, because you know the price of everything’Irish Times, Ireland - 5 hours agoBut fresh, healthy food costs more. “I try to make dinner as healthy as possible. My husband needs a low-fat, low-sugar diet. So that means trying to get …
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Banning fast food in poor neighborhoods. - Slate
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The war on fat has just crossed a major red line. The Los Angeles City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting construction of new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area inhabited by 500,000 low-income people. We’re not talking anymore …
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Viewpoint: Tell us more about that Big Mac, please - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Viewpoint: Tell us more about that Big Mac, pleaseSan Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 1 hour agoOften this is at fast-food establishments, which provide economical but not always healthy food. In fact, nearly half of the county’s children consume …
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Plan to improve nutrition launched in Southland - Southland Times
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Southland Times
Plan to improve nutrition launched in SouthlandSouthland Times, New Zealand - 4 hours agoWhile that funding fell short of subsidising healthy food, he said the Government had other schemes that supported the cause. These included the removal of …
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KULTUR KAMPF - McGriddle Edition - Oregon Commentator
Thursday, July 31st, 2008KULTUR KAMPF - McGriddle EditionOregon Commentator, OR - 5 hours agoSometimes healthy food can be expensive, it doesn’t have to be, but it can be. Anyone who’s tried to shop at Whole Foods knows this. …
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Business Travelers Rejoice! “the new tWist in travel” arrives on time … - MSN MoneyCentral
Thursday, July 31st, 2008aloha! Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. HOT and its much-anticipated new lifestyle brand , aloft SM hotels, are excited to announce the opening of aloft Charleston Airport & Convention Center . The new aloft Charleston Airport & Convention …
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Salk scientists pursue pill that turns couch potatoes into fit folks - San Diego Union-Tribune
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Ron Evans holds a vial of GW1516 at his lab in the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. Scientists at the Salk Institute in La Jolla have chemically switched on a gene in mice and triggered a biological process that increased their …
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“Get Cracking” and learn which foods are most nutritious! - Canada NewsWire (press release)
Thursday, July 31st, 2008“Get Cracking” and learn which foods are most nutritious!Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 6 hours ago… to learn more about healthy eating and the Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods will assist Canadians in making healthy food choices that includes eggs. …
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“Get Cracking” and learn which foods are most nutritious! - CNW Group
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Consumers can benefit from reading complement to Canada’s Food Guide MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 31 /CNW/ - Eating healthy became even easier thanks to the release of Health Canada’s Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods booklet. Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO …
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L.A. Bans New Fast-Food Spots From Poor Areas - BlackNews.com
Thursday, July 31st, 2008LOS ANGELES (AP) City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and …
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