Tag: Diet - Page 6
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Coverage of Factory Farming & Animal Welfare Has Decreased US Meat Demand
This is really pretty encouraging: A new study from Kansas State University shows how increased media coverage of animal welfare issues in recent years has led to a decreased demand for meat in the United States.
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Air Pollution Raises Obesity Risk For Young Animals, Regardless of Diet
Now this research concerns itself with non-human animals (mice specifically), but it does provide interesting insight into the non-diet factors which may be at play in soaring obesity rates and the way
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Budget Cuts Threaten Healthier School Lunches in the Nation's Capital
When Washington, DC, passed the "Healthy Schools" initiative earlier this year, it took a leap ahead of the rest of the country in terms of serving quality, healthy, food in it's school districts. With three in
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How Can We Get Schools to Foster Healthy Eating Habits?
Convincing kids to eat healthy foods is tough, but getting parents to come over to the healthy school lunch camp
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Animals Are Becoming Obese Like Us, Says Study
Obesity rates among people worldwide have soared over the last several decades -- but it turns out that humans aren't the only ones packing on the pounds. According to a recent study from the University of Alabama, many animals that
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More Developing Nations Adopting US-style Diet & Getting Fatter, Big Surprise...
Lest you think obesity is uniquely an American problem, or one of the wealthy nations of the world, a new study in The Lancet puts that misconception to rest. As the BBC reports, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil already
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US Adult Obesity Rate May Hit 42% Before Plateauing
If you thought the obesity epidemic in the United States couldn't get much worse, new research from Harvard University projects that the national obesity rate won't plateau until at least 42% of adults are obese,
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The Root of All Evil? White Potatoes Dropped From School Lunch Programs
Photo by Christian Guthier via Flickr.com. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com. Potatoes are a staple food for some, but federal nutrition programs are looking at changing that. The USDA has blocked
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From Farm To Fridge To Garbage Can
We have written often about the extraordinary waste of food in the world; In America, as much as half of it is lost between the field and the fridge. Health writer Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times picks up on the subject with
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6 Meat-Based Beverages Sure to Make You Queasy
As everybody knows, one of the greatest pitfalls of living a carnivorous lifestyle has always been the limited selection of meat-based beverages available to consumers -- but that hasn't stopped folks from trying to come up
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Obesity Rates Soaring in Turkey and Iran
In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so
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How Much Sugar is in Your Kid's Diet? (Video)
On Friday I posted about Edible City the Movie, a documentary that explores the concepts of food security, justice and sustainability through the lens of the urban farming movement. Perusing the filmmakers' website, I
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Having Lights On at Night May Be Making You Fatter
Having electric light available at all times during the night is one of those luxuries we have taken for granted in our modern age -- but the results of a new study suggest that a well-lit house at night might actually be making you
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Ikea's Cookbook Looks Like...Ikea
Ikea has published a cookbook... Does it contain flatpack food? Do you need an Allen key to make it? Is it out of stock? Is it beautiful?
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VegPledge Campaign Tackles Every Angle of Greener Eating
From locavore versus lifecycle, to arguments about plastic bags being a distraction, or the real impact of carnivorous versus vegan diets, it is easy to get confused about what our priorities should be in lightening our
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Readers' Favorite Green Restaurants
Our recent list of "10 Great New Green Restaurants in the U.S." cooked up plenty of responses from TreeHugger readers. Namely, you said the list should be longer. Ask, and you
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Bill Clinton Drops Meat, Dairy, and 24 Pounds
Former President Bill Clinton, reputed for his legendary consumption of snack foods, has made a surprise move. In an effort to drop weight before his daughter Chelsea's (vegan) wedding, the father of the bride gave up
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How the Food Industry Fights to Keep Us Sick (Video)
"I have $60,000 in this attache case and I want to give it to you if you will leave the word cancer out of any mention in the Red Cross course."
