Fast-food companies target kids with fat foods

A research study conducted by Yale University has found that cereal company have improved the nutritional quality of "most" cereals; however, they are increasing their advertising of their least nutritious cereals to kids.

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According to researchers from the Harvard Medical School, five of the largest U.S. health and life insurance companies invest as a group nearly two billion of dollars in the stock of fast food companies, whose food has contributed to the growing obesity problem in the United States and the world.

According to a U.S. study, food manufacturers wisely use cartoon characters such as Scooby Doo, Dora the Explorer, and Shrek on their packaging because they know kids like their junk food better than junk food without such characters on the packaging—even when the foods are identical.  

Members of the Institute of Medicine issued a statement requesting that the FDA set federal standards to gradually reduce the amount of salt inside foods manufactured in the United States, along with being served in restaurants and provided by food service companies.

An American report from the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida states for the first time the top ten combinations of bacteria and foods that come together to produce the worst food-borne illnesses that U.S. citizens suffer each year.

The Australian government is thinking about banning advertisements of junk food on TV because the fast-food industry has not voluntarily cut the number of ads to help reduce childhood obesity.

New research by researchers from the Yale School of Medicine studied children as young as one year of age and their use of car safety seats. What they found might surprise you. However, it might scare you more.

Two studies relating to TV watching and negative behaviors in kids are to be reported at the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting. One stated that kids who recognize TV alcohol advertisements are more likely to try alcoholic beverages. The other one states that kids who see a lot of fast food ads on TV are at higher risk for becoming obese.

The United States defines its diet through its American Dietary Guidelines provided by the Food and Drug Administration. After 19 years, the food pyramid is ancient history and the new colorful, 4-part Diner Plate promises to be easier to use.