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Food Choices

A Letter From A Fan

Laura Trice | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq, Food, Healthy Food, Junk Food, Home Cooking, Food Choices, Iraw War, Nutrition, Fresh Food, Iraq Military, Care-Packages, Health Food, Living News
Laura Trice

I recently received a care package that contained your Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bite-lettes. I had never had them before and they are such a welcome treat!

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Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Crisis, Food Choices, Dieting, Fda, Nutrition, Weight Gain, David Kessler, Diet, Living Ne, Food Industry, Food Policies, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

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Are You Also Being Deceived into Eating Fake Frankenfoods?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Choices, Nutritionism, Whole Foods, Nutrition, Food Industry, Processed Food, Canned Food, Packaged Food, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

Should we buy food with health claims on the label? These days, we are seeing more and more health claims that go beyond the usual. These include "tr...

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Is The Recession Ruining Our Health?

The Guardian | Jon Henley | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Choices, Economic Crisis, Money, Fast Food Business, Food Business, Business, Recession, Unhealthy Living Choices, Health, Fast Food, Economic Crisis and Food, Food, Living News

Demand for fast food is soaring: Domino's pizza chain had "exceptional" sales in the first few weeks of 2009 and, having opened a new outlet every wee...

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More Profits for Fast Food, More Dirty Tricks?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Food Justice, Food Choices, Food Standards, Food Policy Agenda, Fast Food, Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

I am convinced that it is impossible to have a virtuous fast food restaurant, especially if fast food still insists on world domination. For me, thinking big in the food system always means a degradation of quality.

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Brother, Can You Spare an Apple?

Mari Gallagher | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Chicago Food Choices, Fresh Food and Cities, Food Choices, Poverty, Roseland, Public Health, American Food Deserts, Food Deserts, National Food Desert Awareness Month, Grocery Stores, South Side Food Desert, Food, Chicago Food Deserts, Community Organizing, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

Can the market do well by doing some good? Why not? In Chicago alone we have identified a half-million-plus people who live in a Food Desert with no or distant grocery stores but nearby access to fast food.

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