Labeling food and beverages as less-healthy and taxing them motivates people to make healthier choices, finds a news study.
Hispanic Children Battle Obesity After Viewing Wrong Food Ads
Obesity seems to have hit an all time high among Hispanic children and experts are looking at the type of information children are fed via frequent advertisements about food.
Obesity seems to have hit an all time high among Hispanic children and experts are looking at the type of information children are fed via frequent advertisements about food.
Brian Elbel, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor of Population Health and Health Policy at NYU and lead author on the study, said that the 30 percent tax rate was chosen as an extreme tax scenario.
"People responded to price changes," he said.
Philippines Financial Capital Bans Plastic Bags, Styrofoam Food Containers
The Philippines financial capital has banned disposable plastic shopping bags and styrofoam food containers.
The Philippines financial capital has banned disposable plastic shopping bags and styrofoam food containers.
The findings are published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Italy's New Initiative to Combat Food Wastage
To combat food waste and feed the recession-hit Italy, a soup kitchen in a gritty neighbourhood in Rome serves gourmet food donated from a famous delicatessen
To combat food waste and feed the recession-hit Italy, a soup kitchen in a gritty neighbourhood in Rome serves gourmet food donated from a famous delicatessen
Unwanted Particles in Water and Food can be Identified by New Microchip
Counterterrorism measures and water and food safety concerns could be helped by a new process for making a three-dimensional microstructure that can be used in the analysis of cells.
Counterterrorism measures and water and food safety concerns could be helped by a new process for making a three-dimensional microstructure that can be used in the analysis of cells.
