Excellent write-up by our friends at HealthNewsReview.org on unnecessary scare tactics and the dangers of silencing the long-term health effects of medication. "This advertisement would be more balanced if it showed a Read More
Jan 29, 2018
American Heart Association
Jun 30, 2017
Food Industry “Educational” Program: “Sugar is Healthy”
In this post, Russell Greene -- Director of Government Relations and Research at CrossFit Inc. -- masterfully dissects Kidnetic.com, a program to “promote healthy eating and active living" created by the International Read More
Apr 28, 2017
The Food Industry Has High Hopes for Trump’s Anti-Regulation Agenda
Uh-oh. "The food industry is moving to capitalize on the Trump administration's anti-regulation agenda by seeking to delay or do away with Obama-era rules governing the disclosure of calories, sugar, fiber and serving Read More
Mar 16, 2017
15 Health Organizations Publicly Support Philadelphia Soda Tax. Where’s AND?
"Fifteen health organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday in hopes that the beverage industry’s appeal of a sugar tax will fall flat," American Heart Association News reports. Among the fifteen Read More
May 18, 2016
American Heart Association CEO Calls Out Big Soda
While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics shies away from criticism of Big Food and Big Soda, other health organizations have been much less fearful. Yesterday, American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown publicly Read More
May 02, 2016
Researchers with Ties to Sweetener Industries Critique Added Sugar Limits
"Why it's important to consider the source" -- exhibit 5,207. In this review for the International Journal of Obesity, the authors claim that added sugar recommendations set forth by the American Heart Association (no Read More