Overweight & Obesity
Junk food marketers found targeting children on social media without repercussions
In Australia and around the world, junk food companies are targeting children on social media.
Jun 17, 2020
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News tagged with food marketing
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beijing virus situation 'extremely severe' as 27 new cases reported
Beijing's coronavirus situation is "extremely severe", a city official warned Tuesday, as 27 new infections were reported in the Chinese capital from a cluster that has sparked a huge trace-and-test programme.
Jun 16, 2020
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Health
Produce-buying incentive program a win-win for Oregon consumers and farmers
A national program that offers financial incentives so that low-income consumers can purchase more fruits and vegetables has shown great success in Oregon, according to a recent Oregon State University study.
May 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Banning bushmeat could make it harder to stop future pandemics
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, eating the meat of wild animals has been getting a bad press.
May 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bushmeat could cause the next global pandemic
Using the tip of my boot, I pushed the charred and blackened hand back into the fire and watched as vivid flames engulfed the limb, along with the smouldering forms of other primates, ungulates, bats, pangolins and a whole ...
May 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Worldwide lockdown hardens as Spain sees deadliest day
Tightened lockdowns across the planet saw nearly half of humanity told to stay at home in a bid to stem the spiralling coronavirus pandemic, as Spain recorded its deadliest day Tuesday and the United States braced for the ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
On the menu at China virus market: rats and live wolf pups
The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report.
Jan 22, 2020
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Health
To encourage healthy eating, focus on mobile produce and farmers markets
Smaller purveyors of produce such as mobile and farmers markets are the cream of the crop when it comes to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in low-income communities.
Oct 29, 2019
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Health
Food markets near Ethiopia's poor provide fewer choices at high price, impacting child health
The rural poor in Ethiopia tend to live near lower-quality markets that sell fewer food groups at high prices, adversely impacting the health of children in these communities, a new study from researchers at the International ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Health
Leading foods in the EU fall short of criteria for marketing to children
Many food products sold across Europe fail to meet two sets of nutrition criteria developed to restrict marketing to children in the European Union, according to new research from the European Commission's Joint Research ...
Oct 23, 2019
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