‘Encouraging’: US kids’ intake of solid fat and added sugar decreasing, but still exceeding recommendations

By Stephen DANIELLS

08-Nov-2013 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 07:05 GMT

US children are consuming less solid fats and added sugar from stores, schools, and fast-food restaurants, but intakes are still exceeding recommendations, says the first study of its kind to track the trends from 1994-2010.

Corn refiners: There is a ‘total lack of credible scientific evidence’ to support claims in lawsuit that HFCS is to blame for teen’s type 2 diabetes

05-Nov-2013

By Elaine Watson

Corn refiners targeted in a product liability lawsuit alleging high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is to blame for a teenage girl’s type 2 diabetes say the case should be dismissed immediately owing to “the total lack of credible scientific evidence to...

Have starch from grains and fat, but not fructose, been significant contributors to obesity?

01-Nov-2013

Increased energy intakes primarily from starch in grains and fat may have significantly contributed to sky rocketing obesity rates in the US, but not fructose, according to a new analysis of 40 years-worth of data from the USDA.

Efforts to curb junk food marketing to kids have been repeatedly thwarted by commercial interests, says ex-CDC director

17-Sep-2013

Although federal efforts have led to “modest improvements” in food quality and marketing practices in recent years, “commercial interests have consistently overridden the health concerns of children”, according to one former government health expert.