Last week, Mars, Inc. announced it will stop shipping chocolate bars that “exceed 250 calories per portion by the end of …
NYC’s Portion Campaign Continues
A month ago, the NYC Department of Health launched a new campaign on portion sizes--Cut Your Portions. Cut Your …
Bigger coffee cups
How big can a coffee cup get? These days, very big! Reporting in The Journal of Queen’s University, Tim Hortons in …
Rightsize your waist and your plate
Rightsize your Plate and your Waist: Portion control for the New Year. Practicing portion control is one of the …
New portion-size campaign: Cut your portions. Cut your risk.
Today, the NYC Health Department, very proactive in fighting obesity and other public health issues, launches a new ad …
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Healthy eating tips
Healthy eating tips. So many people get confused with all the different studies and conflicting advice on diet and …
Battle of the jumbo sandwich
Here is the newest war of the sandwiches between a kosher and non-kosher eatery. The 2nd Avenue Deli’s “Instant Heart …
Eat MORE to lose weight!
Eat MORE to lose weight. Tara Parker Pope of the New York Times reports on research showing that eating MORE of certain …
Rising food prices, smaller packages!
Yesterday’s New York Times had a front page article featuring the rising prices of food leading to smaller packages. As …
What’s your portion IQ?
Test your portion IQ: Wheel of Portion quiz With portion sizes so big these days, it is hard to get a handle on how …
Big breakfasts = more calories!
Big breakfasts = more calories! We are often told to eat a big breakfast. The thinking goes that it will lead us to eat …
The food industry says “eat more!”
While the newly released Dietary Guidelines say “eat less”, the food industry serves more! One of the consumer …