Tuesday, September 13, 2005

San Francisco Examiner used restaurant reviews to bring in advertising

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The great journalism watchdog weblog, Romanesko , links to this expose in Grade the News . The San Francisco Examiner and Independent agree...
Monday, September 12, 2005

Obesity and preschoolers

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When we moved from the Columbia Heights neighborhood in DC to an inner suburb of Boston two years ago, I spent a lot of time thinking about ...

Ruskin and Schor: Who's to Blame for Childhood Obesity?

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From Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor's recent article in The Nation : In recent months the major food companies have been trying hard to c...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Labor conditions for California's farm workers

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From the Economist this week (no link to the actual story), a report on new rules in California, providing somewhat improved conditions for...
Saturday, September 10, 2005

What's the harm in promoting dairy weight loss?

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In the comment section of a previous post , Mark from Calorie Lab offers a helpful link to a new study on dairy weight loss, which fails ...
Thursday, September 08, 2005

Charlotte's Web

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My son has been loving Charlotte's Web , reported to be the best-selling children's paperback of all time . He listens to the whole ...

New USDA report supports controversial dairy weight loss advertisements

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The July 1 report from USDA to Congress, which I have been seeking, finally appeared today without fuss on the website of the department...