Recent News & Comments About obesity and fast food
'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns
Blame it on your genes? Researchers say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods.
HBO film takes aim at nation's growing obesity epidemic
Produced by Sheila Nevins and John Hoffman, "Weight" pulls no punches, spares neither the multibillion-dollar food and advertising industries nor public officials for not only failing to fix the problem but actually making it worse. The category not only includes all kinds of packaged, processed foods, but, of course, fast-food offerings, which have become the plaque-building lifeblood of the ...
Fast food serves up career opportunities
At core of family business are lessons learned from the front line and the corporate boardroom Phil Gray always knew he wanted to start a family business — and fast food created the path.
Fast food giants may face super-sized rates bill
If an idea being considered by a Melbourne council takes off, major fast food chains may soon have to pay much higher rates to local government.
Fast food study pays willing participants to gain weight
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are looking for volunteers to only eat fast food from KFC, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Burger King, and get paid for it. But there is a catch, participants will be offered $3,500 to eat food from only these fast food heavy weights and they must gain weight.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Fast food giants face 'fat tax'
Fast food giants face local govt rate increases in a bid to tackle the nation's obesity epidemic.
Fast food giants facing 'fat tax'
Fast food giants face local govt rate increases in a bid to tackle the nation's obesity epidemic.
Burger and chips off the menu: Fast food crackdown as council limits take-aways in poor areas 'to increase life ...
Haringey council in London plans to reduce number of fast food restaurants after research shows that areas with lots of them have shorter life expectancies.
University Paying People Thousands to Eat Fast Food for Obesity Study
(St. Louis, MO) -- Washington University in St. Louis is conducting a study on obesity and is asking participants to gain weight. In return, they will be paid thousands of dollars.
Familiarity with television fast-food ads linked to obesity
( American Academy of Pediatrics ) There is a long-held concern that youths who eat a lot of fast food are at risk for becoming overweight. New research to be presented Sunday, April 29, at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Boston shows that greater familiarity with fast-food restaurant advertising on television is associated with obesity in young people.
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