Archive: Jun 2010 (page2)

Tomato, Tomahto

A new category of food is seeing a switch from high fructose corn syrup to white sugar: ketchup. Hunt’s announced a sweetener swap in its ketchup last month,…
PostedJune 15, 2010 at12:00 am

Food Preaching Draws Resistance

Los Angeles Times reporter Karen Kaplan writes this week about one reason that so-called “fat taxes” on foods or beverages might backfire: reactance. The idea behind “reactance” is…
PostedJune 11, 2010 at12:00 am

Exercise, or Torment?

America’s most notorious food guilt-tripper, the sprinkle-hating MeMe Roth, apparently needs something new to do during the summer months when demonizing Santa Claus for being hefty won’t get…
PostedJune 10, 2010 at12:00 am

Pollan Plays the Blame Game

Writing at CBS Moneywatch, Joe Kita is skeptical of one ice cream brand’s new marketing strategy: touting that it only has five ingredients. Asked for his opinion, foodie…
PostedJune 8, 2010 at12:00 am

Standing on Solid Ground Against Obesity

The Associated Press reported over the weekend that researchers are examining the effectiveness of a new change to classrooms: stand-up desks. Not only might the new design help…
PostedJune 7, 2010 at12:00 am

Healthy Food Is A Matter of Choice, Not Price

The fallacy that unhealthy food is all that low-income consumers are able to afford is perpetuated by a new study by University of Washington researcher Adam Drewnowski. His…
PostedJune 4, 2010 at12:00 am

Unfounded Food Activism Has a Long and Inglorious History

In a post on the Washington Post’s Political Bookworm blog today, historian Larry Schweikart writes about the pivotal event that gave birth to modern food activism: President Dwight…
PostedJune 3, 2010 at12:00 am

Tracking HSUS’s Shocking Snubbing of Local Shelters

One great challenge faced by pet lovers, livestock farmers, hunters, medical researchers, and others is communicating with the public that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS),…
PostedJune 2, 2010 at12:00 am

Taking on Childhood Obesity

The politics of obesity are complex, indeed. As legislators in Ohio found out, even something as simple as increasing recess time can run into snags. In the Buckeye State, …
PostedJune 1, 2010 at12:00 am