Sacre bleu! It looks like French school children won’t be having any cheese with their crackers next year — at least if it comes from vending machines.
It hasn’t been published or peer-reviewed, but in the last few days nearly 100 media outlets have reported on a questionable bit of number-crunching that tries to link soda consumption…
Two weeks ago, the Center for Consumer Freedom reported on the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI’s) flawed attempt to show that soda is…
We’ve told you before how the only scientific study that even purports to link soft drink consumption to childhood obesity (by fat-tax advocate David Ludwig) was…
“Less money for public schools” isn’t a very popular slogan, which may explain why diet scolds ignore the real-world consequences of yanking soft drink machines out of schools. Food cops…
Our nation’s diet scolds are running out of reasons to pick on soda pop. Researchers at Virginia Tech’s Center for Food and Nutritional Policy (CFNP) have found that…
On Monday we told you how the media over-hyped a study (appearing in the journal Pediatrics) that attempted to blame childhood obesity on fast food. It turns out…
Even before the famously anti-alcohol Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) officially declared obesity one of its priority concerns, the $8 billion health cop had awarded a grant…
The California legislature’s top lifestyle nanny has finally scored a win. Deborah Ortiz’s bill to phase out soft drinks in schools passed the state Senate last week and…
