Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
One by-product of the Health Care bill that passed in March is Section 2572, which requires that chain restaurants with 20 or more locations and owners of 20 or more vending machines display nutritional and calorie information. While this is a boon to consumers, the restaurant industry was not entirely ...
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. This astronomical rise has led many advocates to focus their energies on improving nutritional conditions in schools, including reforming cafeteria lunches and eliminating ...
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
It's not hard to figure out that stocking school vending machines with sugary sodas and salty, fatty snacks is a bad idea. Replacing those culinary culprits with something more nutritious is tougher.
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Businesses try to cash in on surging gold prices by selling prospecting gear, storage—and even gold-bar vending machines
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
While no one may be 100 percent happy with the health care bill as it was passed yesterday, there are many individual components that will be of benefit to significant portions of our population. One such item is the provision that nutritional labeling and calorie content will be mandatory on ...
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