Salt Industry Shaking Away Criticism
Updated: 2010-05-31 12:55:33
A lengthy piece by Michael Moss of the New York Times this weekend, covers the decades long history of salt wars. The bottom line:
The salt industry is working overtly and behind the scenes to fend off public-health attacks on salt, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated similar efforts for 30 [...]
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Yesterday we compared Kellogg’s Fiber Pus to Larabar. Despite the high amount of fiber in Kellogg’s bars, the clear nutrition winner was Larabar, with a short, understandable ingredient list and no added sugar.
Many readers asked about Clif bars, so here today is a comparison between Clif Banana Nut Bread and Lara Banana Bread, two very [...]
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Energy Usage of Functional Training May 28, 2010 05:20
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Did you know that for every dollar we Americans spend on food, about 50 cents go to grub consumed outside the home? That’s right, half of our eating money is spent in restaurants, fast food chains, coffee shops, airport and mall food courts, etc…
So even if you are vigilant at the supermarket about the foods [...]
According to a new survey of 1,500 chief executives conducted by IBM’s Institute for Business Value, CEOs value “creativity” as the most important leadership competency for the successful enterprise of the future.
That’s creativity—not operational effectiveness, influence, or even dedication. Coming out of the worst economic downturn in their professional lifetimes, when managerial discipline and rigor [...]
Ever enterprising beverage marketers will persuade normally rational people to buy colored sugar water for personal consumption, convincing them that said liquid is gloriously rich in health benefits and in some cases also uber-hip.
Vitamin Water XXX is a classic example. Named for its “triple antioxidants” formula of acai, blueberry, and pomegranate flavors, the xxx signage [...]
It seems like soda tax propositions are popping up like mushrooms after spring showers across the country. And everywhere they do, the beverage industry is there, like a wild boar, ready to stomp them down.
Last week, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter wanted to raise $77 million annually from a tax on sugary soft drinks. A local [...]
A study published in the May 12 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, provides an alarming statistic:
...[a] research team surveyed 5,300 households in 2008 and discovered that 1.4% of children were thought to have peanut allergies, more than three times the 0.4% rate found when a similar tally was [...]
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Not-So-Happy Meal May 20, 2010 08:16 by Rachel Huber MPH
The real title of this Fast Company article written by Ben Paynter is Five Steps for Consumer Brands to Earn Social Currency. It is based on a Vivaldi Partners/Lightspeed study of social media efforts that create true value for organizations and their customers. But there are good insights here for health brand marketers to consider [...]
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG Go Nuts May 13, 2010 11:00 by Rachel Huber MPH RD Eat em
Here are six consumer-focused strategies important for growing healthier and more prosperous brands. The common denominator is that each of these brands are doing something special in ways that mean something special to their audiences. It’s that simple, and that complicated.
1. From assembling followers to growing participants (PatientsLikeMe)
2. From capturing customers to liberating [...]
Home BLOG LIBRARY TOOLS OUR CAUSE CONTACT What We Stand For The Stand Up Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices . MORE . CALORIE NEEDS What is your calorie need JOIN THE BURN WHAT'S IN Calories in eating . Articles , downloads , and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat . Check out the latest resources in our What's In , Healthy Eating Library WHAT'S OUT Calories out physical activity . Articles , downloads , nbsp and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more . Check out the latest resources in our What's Out , Active Living Library THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG American Children and Adults Constantly Consuming Foods
Both Aster and Healthcare Marketing Report announced the results of their 2010 healthcare advertising award competitions this week. The timing coincided with a discussion with a prospective client who wants to more sharply define their brand idea. Because they’re not quite sure if the organization is really delivering on their messaging; or, more importantly, if [...]