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2010-03-11 Soda Tax, Junk Food Tax Could Improve Health - ABC News

Taxing junk food may help reduce obesity and improve health, researchers have found.

In their analyses, the researchers found that changes in the price of soda and pizza were associated with changes in the probability of consuming those foods, as well as in the amounts consumed.

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Taxing junk food may help reduce obesity and improve health, researchers have found. - Junk food tax taxing taxes soda cola coke pizza calories eat diet fat obese obesity sugar caloric empty food cost expensive cheap Americans overweight pounds inches weight
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2010-03-10 UNC Researcher Suggests Making Junk Food More Expensive Will Make People Eat Healthier AHN

UNC Researcher Suggests Making Junk Food More Expensive Will Make People Eat Healthier

UNC researchers, from the universitys Chapel Hill campus, said in a statement that previous studies have estimated that an 18-percent tax on foods like pizza, fast food and soda would result in a decline of about 56 calories in one day. This would correlate into a weight loss of about 5 pounds per year, they said.

UNC Researcher Suggests Making Junk Food More Expensive Will Make People Eat Healthier

Chapel Hill, NC, United States (AHN) - Research from the University of North Carolina suggests making unhealthy foods more expensive will help adults eat a healthier, more balanced diet.

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UNC Researcher Suggests Making Junk Food More Expensive Will Make People Eat Healthier - UNC Researcher Suggests Making Junk Food More Expensive Will Make People Eat Healthier News AHN AHN Media All Headline News
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2010-03-09 Packing your childs lunchbox - 1 - Health Lifestyle MSN India

Lunch at school is undoubtedly an important meal and many children eat most of their food away from home. According to recommendations, lunch box should supply one-fourth to one-third of daily nutrient intake. Lunchtime also plays an important role in shaping a childs eating habits and socialisation process. An important goal is to develop childrens basic attitude towards food and nutrition which will enable them to make proper nutritional decisions independently While several schools provide meals, parents often need to send enough food for the entire day. Important nutrients include protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron. The most serious nutritional deficiencies among teenagers are calcium and iron. Calcium shortage is rooted in the substitution of milk by soft drinks; iron shortage is due to increased demand for blood

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With increasing pressures of time on the working mother, lunch box quality seems to be undergoing drastic changes. Right from chips, cookies, biscuits
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2010-03-08 Lifestyles Columnists - Coupon users not necessarily junk food junkies

Its true that many processed foods are less expensive -- especially with coupons -- than unprocessed foods. But not all processed foods are bad for us. A bag of frozen vegetables is technically "processed food," in that its been picked, washed, blanched and frozen, but that processing ultimately hasnt changed the vegetables for the negative.

We also avoid artificial sweeteners, corn syrup and many highly processed foods. In the past month Ive used coupons to fill my grocery cart with frozen vegetables, whole-grain cereals and breads and 100 percent fruit juices -- all good, and good-for-you foods.

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Q I love a bargain as much as anyone, but I wonder if you have ever considered the health consequences of buying and eating so much processed food Instead of buying cans of soup, why not buy a bag of beans and make your own soup with fresh vegetables A Theres a widely held myth that all couponers eat vast amounts of unhealthy, processed food. You might be surprised to learn that a good portion
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2010-03-07 Teens arrested on suspicion of stealing junk food from Covina school - Pasadena Star-News

They loaded the cans into their truck and drove away, police said. Officers pulled them over a short distance away and found about usd. 500 worth of food in the truck.

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Police say they arrested two teens Thursday night on suspicion of burglarizing Quest Academy and taking trash cans full of candy, chips and drinks. - Pasadena star pasadenastar news newspaper home homepage front frontpage los angeles LA pasadena california CA
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2010-03-05 Children are turning more to junk food for snacks - WECT TV6 Wilmington, NC news and weather -

The report shows the increase in snacking on salty chips, candy and other junk food accounts for up to 27 percent of daily caloric intake, occurring along with a rise in childhood obesity. Overweight children are at risk of hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.

CHAPEL HILL, NC (WECT) - Children in the United States are turning to junk food for snacks more than ever, according to a new study from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Limit a young childs consumption of junk food or candy and talk to older teens about the importance of a healthy diet, including snacks

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2010-03-04 Picture of Health: Junk food make up more of kids daily calories - Your daily dose of information on better living

Todays kids are a generation of snackers. Munching on junk food accounts for more than 27 percent of the daily calories children take in -- an increase of 168 calories per day between 1977 and 2006, according to a new study appearing in the journal

And ldquo;Kids still eat three meals a day, but they and rsquo;re also loading up on high-calorie junk food that contains little or no nutritional value during these snacks, and rdquo; said lead author Barry M. Popkin in a statement.

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2010-03-01 Mums working part-time have healthiest kids - Parenting - Relationships - Life - The Times of India

The study, Do Working Mothers Raise Couch Potato Kids shows that kids of part-time mums have less junk food, watch less TV and are less likely to be overweight or obese.

Their kids consumed fewer snack foods, had more time to exercise and were exposed to less junk-food advertising.

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A new Australian study has found that mums working part-time raise healthier children than their counterparts who stay at home or have a full-time job. - Kids health mother part time job
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2010-02-28 Taxing junk food can shift purchase to healthy foods--study TheMedGuru

Therefore, researchers concluded that increasing junk food prices was beneficial to persuade women to buy foods with lower calories, than slashing prices of healthy foods like broccoli, yoghurt, grapes, eggs, and fish which indeed led them to buy calorific foods.

Lead researcher and psychologist, Leonard Epstein, University of Buffalo said, Some states are beginning to impose sin taxes on fat and sugar to dissuade people from eating junk food, while others favor subsidies over punitive taxes as a way to encourage people to eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

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Researchers at the University of Buffalo, New York established that decreasing the taxes on healthy food products might not solve the purpose of reducing obesity. But if unhealthy foods come with raised prices and taxes, people may automatically shift to h
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