Archive for June 30th, 2010
In most U.S. states, one in four are obese
Americans are continuing to get fat, with obesity rates nudging upwards in 28 states over the past year, a new report shows.
“More than two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent,” Jeff Levi, executive director of the Trust for America’s Health, said during a Tuesday news conference. “Back in 1991, not that long ago, not a single state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. There’s been a dramatic change in a relatively short period.”
Read more here: Obesity Rates Jump in 28 States, Report Shows
Best, worst summer BBQ foods
Last July 4, Joey Chestnut earned his third consecutive victory in Coney Island’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest—the gustatory champ downed 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. That jaw-dropping stat is made scarier still when you realize that Chestnut consumed over 20,000 calories in that time. That’s a whole day’s worth of calories … per minute.
Read more here: Best & Worst BBQ Foods
Erik Trinidad Talks Fancy Fast Food on Masterclash
Asylum.com sat down with Slashfood’s very own Erik Trinidad to talk about Fancy Fast Food, how it started and how his madness has transformed into a national phenomenon in the latest edition of Masterclash.
Read more here: Erik Trinidad Talks Fancy Fast Food on Masterclash
Parents sue McDonalds over Happy Meals
The Center for Science in the Public Interest says Happy Meals are responsible for overweight children. The Washington-based consumer advocacy group threatened to file a lawsuit against McDonald’s, charging that the fast food chain “unfairly and deceptively” markets the toys to children.
“McDonald’s marketing has the effect of conscripting America’s children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald’s,” CSPI’s Stephen Gardner wrote to the heads of the chain in a letter announcing the lawsuit.
The center, which has filed dozens of lawsuits against food companies in recent years, is hoping the publicity and the threat of a lawsuit will force McDonald’s to negotiate with them on the issue. The group announced the lawsuit in the letter to McDonald’s 30 days before filing it in hopes that the company will agree to stop selling the toys before a suit is filed.
Read more here: Parents sue McDonalds over Happy Meals
