Topic: Convenience and Fast Foods
South Korea Tuesday announced curbs on television advertising for junk food in a bid to cut obesity and promote healthy eating among children. Advertising of food high in fat, sugar and salt will be banned from all TV from 5 pm to 7 pm, the health ministry said, and will also be prohibited during children's programmes shown at any ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Avoiding "fast food" burgers and fried chicken may cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes -- the kind closely linked to obesity, new research hints. Regularly eating "super sized" portions of high calorie fast foods is widely viewed as a contributing factor to the growing number of Americans with bulging waistlines. Moreover, "it is well established ...
As you more than likely already know, practically everybody associates weight gain with junk food. In fact, there has been billions of dollars invested into research regarding the fast foods which have become a staple diet for so many people nowadays. Unfortunately, the average person has become so accustomed to eating junk foods, that they are no longer even aware ...
Taiwan is planning the world's first tax on junk food in a bid to encourage the public to eat healthily and cut obesity rates, a report said Monday. The Bureau of Health Promotion is drafting a bill to levy the special tax on food deemed unhealthy, such as sugary drinks, candy, cakes, fast food and alcohol, said the Apple ...
