Increasing Demand Driven By First-Time Users Food banks across the nation report that the current recession and the continuing rise in unemployment are having a profound effect on their ability to feed millions of Americans living at risk of hunger, according to a new survey released today by Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger [...]
Over a Million Americans Join Dr. Ian Smith’s 50 Million Pound Challenge to Take Action The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has now confirmed that America is in a national obesity crisis. More than one out of three Americans is obese and it’s threatening America’s well-being, not only as individuals, but as a [...]
Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The striking findings suggest that vitamin D deficiency could place millions of children at risk for high blood pressure and [...]
Global Experts Call for Improved Hygiene Practices to Fight the Spread of Infectious Diseases American hygiene habits are going downhill and kitchen surfaces continue to harbor illness-causing bacteria that can threaten families, according to a new international study released today from the Hygiene Council, sponsored by LYSOL brand products. Investigators swabbing for bacteria in the [...]
Experts Recommend Addressing Obesity through Health Reform, National Strategy Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the [...]
While the Fourth of July barbecue is as uniquely American as baseball and apple pie, the first International Weber GrillWatch Survey(TM) shows that outdoor cooks around the globe celebrate their own national holidays in much the same way. Independence Day is the number one grilling holiday in the United States, according to the Survey, with [...]
US, Thailand and South Africa most affected expat locations Almost half of expats in UK considering returning home Emerging markets rank above established centres for expat finances UK worst for saving behind Spain and France Despite economic crisis, expats are wealthier and save more than in country of origin HSBC Bank International revealed that the [...]
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, in her keynote address at the Organic Trade Association (OTA)’s All Things Organic(TM) Conference and Trade Show, announced that an equivalency agreement has been reached between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This historic equivalency agreement will allow the continued smooth flow of [...]
This Sunday, thousands of people around the globe will join the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and its major corporate partners, TNT, Unilever and DSM, in a walk to raise awareness and money to feed hungry school children in some of the poorest countries in the world. “Walk the World comes at a time [...]
The National Restaurant Association today launched a new campaign – the National Restaurant Association Conserve/EPA ENERGY STAR Challenge – and is encouraging the nation’s nearly one million restaurants, their 13 million employees, as well as their suppliers and guests to reduce energy and water use in establishments. More information on how to participate is also [...]