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- Menu Labeling Action Day!
The Food Trust, Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, October 8 at 9:00am
Margo Wootan
Yeah! A national requirement for menu labeling passed a key proceedural vote tonight as a part of the Senate health care reform bill. The menu labeling provision is the same as it has been since it was originally added to the Senate bill, and is the same as the menu labeling provision that has already passed in the US... House of Representatives. This key procedural vote means that the Senate can debate and vote on the bill. There are likely to be several weeks of debate before the final vote.Read More
Source: www.nytimes.com
The Senate voted on Saturday to begin full debate of major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.
Menu Labeling 1 medium movie theater popcorn= 1,200 cal and 60g sat fat -- and that's without the butter topping! National menu labeling would get this info ON the menuboards in theaters!
Source: today.msnbc.msn.com
Isn’t popcorn supposed to be a healthy snack? It can be, but watch out: One medium-popcorn-and-soda combo sold at a popular movie-theater chain has 1,610 calories and 60 grams of saturated fat — the equivalent of three McDonald’s Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter.
Menu Labeling Menu labeling policy passes in Montgomery County, MD! By next July, consumers there will be able to make more informed decisions when eating out.
Source: www.wjla.com
ABC 7 News - Montgomery Co. to Require Calorie Information on Menus - The Montgomery County Council has approved a bill that would force chain restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus.
Menu Labeling Montgomery County, MD could pass menu labeling policy as early as next week!
Source: www.news8.net
NewsChannel 8 - Montgomery Co. Council to Vote on Calorie Content Proposal - If you're craving a burger and fries, would seeing the calorie content make you order a salad instead?
Margo Wootan Menu labeling -- along with providing insurance for 36 million Americans -- passed the House of Representatives last night. The health reform bill also includes several billion dollars a year for prevention, some of which will go to promoting nutrition and physical activity and preventing obesity. Now, we need the Senate to pass their bill!
Menu Labeling Pelosi has included menu labeling in the House version of the health reform bill! The pending Senate bill will likely also include menu labeling.
Source: adage.com
The current U.S. House health-care-reform bill also contains a provision requiring that chain restaurants to post calorie information.
Brad Kevelin Looks like menu labeling is in the health care bill.
Source: www.politico.com
Glenn Thrush on Hill intrigue. Breaking news and insights on power, politics and Congressional leadership
Menu Labeling New York City Dep't of Health just released new data showing that people who used calorie information on fast-food restaurant menus ordered on average 106 fewer calories for their lunch.
Source: www.usatoday.com
People who used the calorie information available at fast-food chain restaurants in New York City bought 106 fewer calories' worth of food at lunch than those who didn't see or use the information, a study shows.
Jan Winter Kentucky is continuing its battle for menu labeling. Slogans, suggestions welcome!
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Marion Nestle explains why menu labeling is important public policy, besides its influence on people's ordering decisions: http://food.theatlantic.com/nutrition/wh
Source: food.theatlantic.com
So the New York Times ran a story about early research on the impact of New York City's calorie labeling postings by fast food restaurants. The research, done by some of my New York University colleagues, ...
Menu Labeling Coke puts calories (per serving) in a more prominent spot on their bottles... what do you all think? Is this progress or just as confusing as before?
Source: www.usatoday.com
Coca-Cola is about to put something on the front of its cans and bottles that few folks expect to find there: the calorie count.
Menu Labeling Check out this great website with an interactive quiz testing your knowledge of calories in restaurant foods. How do they pack that many calories in one meal/snack??
Source: mdaniels.com
NYC law requires restaurants with over 10 locations to label their menus with calorie totals. Even at Starbucks, drink calories are not even close to what I would have guessed. My morning Frappuccino is 950 calories and a lesson in data transparency.
Jacqueline Arthur
I am a nurse Educator at a free medical clinic. I have been using your newsletter for the three years I've been teaching nutrition to patients at the clinic. I anxiously await every issue and read the issue from cover to cover a couple of times. Many of my nutrition subjects are taken right from the newsletter. Keep... up the great work of investigating the food industry. I tell my patients all the time that "the food industry isn't your friend," and after I talk about portion control and healthy food choices in my classes I am starting to see 'slow but sure,' changes in some patients behaviors. It give me hope.Read More
JoAnne Squyres Deibert I have been reading your newsletter for 30 years...and used a cirriculum to teach nutrition to students in a small private school 28 years ago. We love your "food porn" column... It is so frustrating that everywhere we go it i hard to find fresh food with out sugar, and chemicals! Just try going to any state fair...
Menu Labeling Test your knowledge of calorie counts at restaurants with our new Restaurant IQ Quiz! We bet you'll be surprised...
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