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Consumption of ultra-processed foods in Canada
Efficacy of “High in” Nutrient Specific Front of Package Labels—A Retail Experiment with Canadians of Varying Health Literacy Levels
Nutrients
Viewpoint: Nutrient warnings on Unhealthy Foods
Why nutrition advice keeps changing
Psychology Today
Over time, scientists are developing a better understanding of how food affects us. Nutrition is a fairly young science; the first studies tracking what people ate came in the late 1800s. We’re watching it grow up. Read the article here
Fast food makes an unhealthy comeback among kids
Web MD
After a period of improvement, U.S. kids are eating as much fast food as they were in the early 2000s, new government figures show. Researchers found that between 2003 and 2010, there was a decline in U.S. kids’ intake of fast-food calories — dipping from an average of 14% of daily calories, to just under 11%. By 2018, that figure was back up to 14%. Read the article here
Mexico’s new warning labels on junk food meet supersized opposition from U.S., EU
Study of supermarket meals gives food for thought
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration School Nutrition Rollbacks
Center for Science in the Public Interest
In a critical victory, a federal court struck down a rule by the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture that rolled back nutrition standards on whole grains and sodium in school meals on the ground that the USDA failed to provide public notice of its plan to gut the standards. The Center for Science in the Public Interest and Healthy School Food Maryland brought the case in federal court in Maryland, represented by Democracy Forward. Read the statement here.
Vancouver MP tables bill proposing national school food program for all
CBC British Columbia
Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies, the federal NDP health critic, introduced the School Food Program for Children Act on February 4. The bill would require the minister of health to develop a national school food program for all Canadian children at little or no direct cost to children and their families. “The last time the federal government seriously discussed implementing a national school food program was during Second World War,” Davies said. “So I think it’s long past time that we started taking a look at this. Read more