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		<title>Calories count, but source doesn&#8217;t matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 29, 2012, Reuters
People trying to lose weight may swear by specific diet plans calling for strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein, but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them, according to a U.S. study.
Researchers whose results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found there were no differences in weight loss or the reduction of fat between four diets with different proportions of fat, carbohydrates and protein.
&#8220;The major predictor for weight loss was &#8216;adherence&#8217;. Those participants who ...]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. school lunches, the transition to healthy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 29, 2012, CBS news, Bill Whitaker
New federal guidelines aimed at making school lunches more nutritious were announced this past week. It may seem like a welcome trend, but in the Los Angeles school district, many students are calling healthier inedible.
CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports that everything inside one L.A. school cafeteria may be nutritious, but few students have anything good to say about L.A.&#8217;s health lunch menus.
&#8220;It tastes bad. It looks bad. It doesn&#8217;t even look like it&#8217;s real food,&#8221; said Baleria Franco, a student at Hollywood High ...]]></description>
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		<title>78,000 area residents live in food wastelands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2012, Dayton Daily News, Cornelius Frolik
About 78,000 people in the Miami Valley live in poorer areas that lack markets that sell affordable and nutritious food, and low-income residents and those without post-secondary educations have some of the highest obesity rates in the state.
Experts said the struggling economy is likely contributing to bulging waistlines, because consumers are spending less on food and some are sacrificing nutrition for the sake of cost. Health experts said obesity is an “epidemic” that often has grave medical consequences.
“A lot of people are digging ...]]></description>
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		<title>LA schools struggle to make healthy meals popular</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2012, Christina Hoag, AP, San Jose Mercury News
Students at Roosevelt High School have declared a food fight to win back peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Fed up with new, healthy cafeteria cuisine that features dishes like ancho chili chicken with yakosoba edamame and tortellini with butternut squash, they&#8217;re petitioning the school district to return old favorites like PB&#38;J and calzones to the lunch lineup.
&#8220;We, the students of Roosevelt High School, would like to be served food that we can enjoy eating, rather than the &#8216;healthier&#8217; food that we just ...]]></description>
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		<title>USDA official stresses need for nutrition in school food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2012, Brittany Givens, Seascoastonline.com
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin W. Concannon said school lunch programs should be providing children with more fruits and vegetables.
&#8220;We have a serious problem of obesity in the country,&#8221; Concannon told a group of local nutrition and health services professionals Friday. &#8220;We really need to focus on activity and healthy foods.&#8221;
Concannon was the featured speaker in a roundtable discussion at Community Campus. The event was attended by representatives from programs such as St. Vincent&#8217;s, Southern New Hampshire Services and the University of New ...]]></description>
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		<title>Good vs. bad carbohydrates: Why are some carbohydrates good and others bad?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ January 25, 2012, by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune

Confused about which carbohydrates you should be eating?
Welcome to the club.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the biggest lack-of-consensus issue in the U.S. diet today,&#8221; said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have a standard method for assessing their quality.&#8221;
Carbohydrates, the most common of the three energy sources we get from food (the others are fat and protein), reside in the vast majority of our food, prominently in grains, vegetables, legumes and fruits. They are essential to good health — ...]]></description>
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		<title>School lunches get a healthy makeover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 25, 2012, Houston Chronicle
School lunches, long saddled with an unhealthy reputation, are getting a makeover.Instead of salt-doused fried foods, highly processed white bread and sugar-laden desserts, cafeteria trays will be carrying whole wheat pizza, leafy green and orange vegetables and fresh fruit.The changes, announced Wednesday by first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, mark the first major nutritional adjustment to the $11 billion school meal program in 15 years.
Under the new guidelines, which were directed by the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, schools must limit calories, trans fat and sodium, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity rates in U.S. appear to be finally leveling off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 17, 2012, Los Angeles Times, Shari Roan
After a 30-year, record-shattering rise, U.S. obesity rates appear to be stabilizing.New statistics cited in two papers report only a slight uptick since 2005 — leaving public health experts tentatively optimistic that they may be gaining some ground in their efforts to slim down the nation.Many obesity specialists say the new data, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are a sign that efforts to address the obesity problem — such as placing nutritional information on food packaging and revising school lunch menus — are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foodhealthnews.com/2012/01/obesity-rates-in-u-s-appear-to-be-finally-leveling-off/</link>
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		<title>Smaller servings mean more balanced meals for kids: study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ January 16, 2012, Reuters, Chicago Tribune
Feeding preschoolers smaller portions of the main dish at lunchtime means they&#8217;ll eat more fruit and vegetables on the side and fewer total calories, according to a new study.Researchers said the finding may give parents one extra strategy to encourage youngsters to eat more greens, as childhood obesity rates continue rising and research suggests that kids lag well behind guidelines for fruit and veggie consumption.With main courses, &#8220;you need to be careful and use the age-appropriate serving,&#8221; said Sara Sweitzer, a nutrition researcher from the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foodhealthnews.com/2012/01/smaller-servings-mean-more-balanced-meals-for-kids-study/</link>
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		<title>Nutrition therapists condemned as quacks who put patients health at risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 16, 2012, Sean Poultier, DailyMail Online
Nutrition therapists have been condemned as quacks and accused of putting the health of the sick – including those suffering from breast cancer – at risk.
An industry has grown up based on the concept that ‘food doctor’ nutritionists can cure patients’ ills and allergies through diet.
However at least some of the practitioners, who charge up to £80 for a consultation, are providing advice that could harm health, a study by the consumer watchdog Which? found.
Healthy: But nutrition therapists&#8217; recommendations could be harming patients, an ...]]></description>
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