Two thirds of Americans are overweight and succeeding at weight loss is quite a challenge for many dieters. A new study …
Why Calories Count
Want to know more about calories? Most dieters are obsessed with calories, often counting them meticulously and …
Chocolate bars on a diet?!
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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Drop in obesity for NYC kids
Good news, finally, for obese New York City schoolchildren. A new report released yesterday by the federal Centers for …
Pouring on the pounds
The NYC Department of Health just launched another soda education campaign, this one describing how drinking just one 20 …
McDonald’s: Mexico versus US
I recently returned from lecturing at the annual Food Technology Summit and Expo held in Mexico City. I was speaking on …
Teens underestimate calories!
New research from Harvard has reported that teenagers underestimate the number of calories in fast-food meals. Often by …
Self-serve frozen yogurts
Buyer beware: Many customers will eat more calories from a self serve frozen yogurt store than from an ice cream shop. …