Category: Issue 445
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New Study Claims BPA Exposure Lasts for Generations
A recent study has reportedly claimed that the first generation of mouse offspring exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) before birth “displayed fewer social interactions as compared with control mice, whereas in later generations… the effect of BPA was to increase these social interactions.” Jennifer Wolstenholme, et al., “Gestational Exposure to Bisphenol A Produces Transgenerational Changes…
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Low-Glycemic, Low-Carb Diets Allegedly Burn More Calories Than Low-Fat Regimes
A recent study analyzing the effects of three weight-loss maintenance diets has purportedly concluded that subjects who adhered to either a low-glycemic or very low-carbohydrate diet burned more calories than those on low-fat diets. Cara Ebbeling, et al., “Effects of Dietary Composition on Energy Expenditure During Weight-Loss Maintenance,” Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2012.…
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PLoS Medicine Continues “Big Food” Series
This week’s issue of PLoS Medicine includes an article in its “Big Food” series titled “Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco.” According to the authors, “market data on commodity sales from EuroMonitor Passport Global Market Information database 2011 edition” show a “significant…
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UK Lobby Group Calls for Ban on Caramel-Coloring Ingredient
The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) has reportedly urged the Ministry of Health to prohibit use of the chemical 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI), a byproduct of fermentation often found in soy sauce, roasted coffee and the caramel coloring added to colas and beer. In January 2012, California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment adopted…
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Law Blogger Focuses on Vegetable References in Health-Care Reform Ruling
Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf has observed in his blog that each of the three main opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the “Affordable Care Act” “discussed the consumption of vegetables.” In his opinion upholding much of the law as a valid exercise of congressional authority, Chief Justice John Roberts stated “[M]any…
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WTO to Field Dispute over India’s Restrictions on U.S. Poultry
The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently agreed to a convene a dispute settlement panel to investigate India’s restrictions on the importation of U.S. poultry, eggs and other agriculture products purportedly due to concerns over avian influenza. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) apparently requested the panel after failing to resolve the dispute during an April 16-17,…
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Rudd Center Publishes Report on Cereal Marketing to Children
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity has issued a report claiming that cereal companies “have improved the nutritional quality of most cereals marketed directly to children, but they have also increased advertising to children for many of their least nutritious products.” Titled Cereal F.A.C.T.S. Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score, the report…
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Whole Foods Claims Lack of Control over Retail Stores in Motion to Quash Skinny Girls Subpoena
According to a news source, Whole Foods Market Inc. is seeking to stop its deposition in consumer fraud litigation filed against Skinny Girl Cocktails LLC, arguing that it does not own or operate Whole Foods retail stores nor does it “decide which suppliers, food brokers or distributors are to be used by Whole Foods Market…