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Researchers say packaged foods marketed to children contain higher levels of sugar and are lower in essential nutrients than other products.
They said cereal and toaster pastries had the most child-appealing marketing among the products they studied.
Experts say more education for parents as well as government regulation on product marketing to children is needed.
Foods marketed at kids with the most child-appealing packaging are often higher in sugar and lower in vital nutrients than those with less appealing packaging.
That’s according to a Canadian…
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Healthy food beyond reach for many low-income Londoners: Health unit
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Londoners on welfare seeking nutritious meals would spend nearly half their monthly income doing so, a new health unit report says, as stagnant social assistance rates and skyrocketing grocery costs put basic needs out of reach for the city’s poor.
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There are a lot of foods out there that seem to be—and may even claim to be—healthy. In reality, though, they may actually be detrimental to your weight loss plans. That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to nutrition labels while shopping and consider how overeating healthy food can result in the same amount of calories and unhealthy side effects as processed refined foods. As it turns out, there are a few dinner meals that experts say you should stay away from, even if they seem like a good option, because they can result in visceral fat.
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Here’s the average salary for each generation says they need to feel ‘financially healthy.’ Gen Z requires a whopping $171K/year — but how do you own expectations
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