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Blog /// America Weighs In
August 19, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
The numbers are out: America is becoming more obese. But is beating ourselves up about it making us fatter? The Centers for Disease Control recently released its Vital Signs report on adult obesity, based on a telephone survey of 400,000 people, and the numbers were undeniably alarming. -
Blog /// Eating for Understanding
August 9, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, maybe that’s also the most direct route to hearts and minds. That’s the philosophy underlying a new restaurant in Pittsburgh. Conflict Kitchen, a takeout-style storefront that serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict, rotates its identity every four months to educate diners.Tags: goodwill, restaurants, food, conflict
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Blog /// Talking to The Beekman Boys
August 2, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
Planet Green’s new series, “The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” chronicles the adventures of Dr. Brent Ridge, a former Martha Stewart Omnimedia VP, and his partner Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of The Bucolic Plague, as they harvest crops, make soap and cheese, and work on their 19th century mansion in Sharon Springs, N.Y. But if you’re tempted to think that a show about former Manhattanites-turned-gentlemen farmers is some kind of contemporary farm version of the screwball comedy The Money Pit, think again.Tags: farming, television, animals, vegetarianism, food
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Resources /// How to Prevent Childhood Obesity
July 27, 2010 by Marysa Sheren for Beliefnet
With obesity posing a huge threat to children everywhere, kids' nutrition and exercise are becoming a top priority for families. And a healthier kid is a happier kid. Nutritional research shows that eating habits developed during childhood set the stage for longterm patterns. Parents can positively affect a child’s relationship with food years down the road. Kids also reap whole-life benefits of more energy, better health, and a more stable mood.Tags: beliefnet, parenting, role models, nutrition, food, exercise
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Blog /// Success for the Honor System
July 21, 2010 by Andrea Bennett
This just in: People are basically good. At least according to an experiment conducted by Panera, which operates 1,400 franchised and corporate-owned bakery-cafes across the country. Since we called attention to a New York Times article on June 4th about the first pay-what-you-wish Panera – in suburban St. Louis – the company has decided to expand the honor bar concept to locations around the country based on results from the vanguard café.Tags: goodwill, food, charity, restaurants
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Blog /// A Restaurant Tries The Honor System
June 4, 2010 by Kathy McManus
“Take what you need, leave your fair share.” That’s the new policy at a Panera Bread café in suburban St. Louis, where diners are asked to pay what they want for their food, leaving the money in a donation box—and leaving some wondering if a restaurant can successfully serve up a side order of responsibility.Tags: charity, food, restaurants
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Report /// The Health Mentor
May 20, 2010 by David Berreby
"Guess what I had for breakfast?" As the "health coordinator" in an overcrowded school in a poor Brooklyn neighborhood, Benjamin Spoer fielded that question a lot. For two years, his job at Abraham Lincoln High School was to help its 2,500 students take responsibility for their own health — to steer them toward exercise, good nutrition, and other habits that ward off chronic illness. That's a hard sell for many American teen-agers, even in upscale neighborhoods where the message is reinforced by organic-food stores, personal trainers, gym classes, and achievement-oriented families. In a rough New York neighborhood, though, most of the students' daily experiences, from omnipresent ads for junk food to grocery stores with no fresh produce, were nudging them in the opposite direction.Tags: food, parenting, students, community, role models, mentors, obesity, teenagers, nutrition, high school
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Blog /// Movie Munchies
May 7, 2010 by Kathy McManus
With movie theater popcorn packing dangerously high amounts of calories, salt, and fat, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton said in a recent entertainment industry speech that concessionaires should offer more responsible food choices in the fight against obesity. “By bringing healthier snacks into your concession stands, you would be helping our country meet an urgent public health need,” said Lynton, suggesting alternatives of fruit cups, granola bars, baked chips, unbuttered air-popped popcorn, yogurt, and vegetables with dip.
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