Soda makers fight taxes on sugary beverages, try to downplay health risks
Soda makers have gone to great lengths to fight taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, including backing a newly approved ballot initiative in Washington that prevents cities and towns from imposing such taxes. A November 6, 2018 Kaiser Health News…
Choosing healthy fast-food options
More than a third of American adults eat at fast-food restaurants every day. But it’s possible to make healthy choices at these restaurants, say experts. “People aren’t just going to stop eating at fast-food restaurants tomorrow,” said Sara Bleich,…
Curbing young kids’ sugary beverage consumption
Preschool and daycare may be the most effective settings for programs aiming to limit sugary beverage consumption in young children. Strategies that may help keep kids away from soda and other sugary drinks include limiting access to these…
Baltimore bans sugary drinks from kids’ menus
Baltimore recently became the largest city to prohibit restaurants from including sugar-sweetened beverages on kids’ menus.
Living near combination grocery stores linked with obesity in children
Children and teens who live in neighborhoods with many combination grocery/other stores—stores that sell food as well as other items—have higher odds of being overweight or obese than kids who live near fewer of these types of stores,…
Inflammatory diet linked with increased colorectal cancer risk
Inflammation-causing properties in foods such as red and processed meats, sugary beverages, and refined grains may be responsible for increasing people’s risk of colorectal cancer, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.…
Sugary beverage consumption in U.S. declining but remains high among certain groups
For immediate release: November 14, 2017 Boston, MA – Consumption of sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) fell for both children and adults between 2003 and 2014, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H.…
Philadelphia soda tax does not appear to hurt store sales
Since Philadelphia’s beverage tax became law in January 2017, soda and other sweetened beverage sales in the city have declined 57%, but overall business at chain stores in the city has not suffered, according to a team of…
Purchases under federal SNAP program show higher spending on less healthy foods
September 18, 2017 – The SNAP program—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps—is a federal program designed to reduce food insecurity and help families obtain nutritious foods. But a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan…
Not all plant-based diets are healthy
Eating a plant-based diet can reduce the risk of heart disease—but not all vegetarian or vegan foods are beneficial for health, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers followed 200,000 adults…