Workers Mind Their Eating: Some Employers Encourage Healthy Junk-Food Denial
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By Margarita Bauza, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 19--Kathy Angel has a hard time controlling her sweet tooth, particularly at the office.   There's the morale club's monthly cake celebration. The doughnut holes. The candy dishes.
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Despite rules banning the advertising of unhealthy food online, some brands bend the rules, research suggests.
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The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those in the food industry who claim that the obesity is caused not by what you eat but how little exercise you take.
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A Michigan company's decision to dismiss workers who smoke, even if it's on their own time, has privacy and workers' rights advocates alarmed and is raising concerns about whether pizza boxes and six packs are the next to go.
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Those people who took the time to actually digest the fat new sheaf of dietary guidelines the federal government released this week had a few questions.
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Nearly 30 percent of American workers are obese, which can reduce their productivity and greatly increase their cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Sometimes, you just have to throw out the numbers. Theyâre for statisticians, mathematicians, accountants. Theyâre for people toiling in cubicles, eating at their desks, and breaking for the occasional unhealthy snack.
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Two weeks ago, we asked readers to tell us how their employers aided or thwarted their efforts to pursue fitness. We expected to hear about pedometers, lunchtime walks, company fitness centers and yoga classes.
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At least three national fast-food chains have made it harder for New Yorkers to learn the calorie content of their hamburgers, fries and subs. Wendy's, White Castle and Quiznos sandwich shops were among a handful of eateries that yanked nutritional information from some restaurants or their Web sites this week in an attempt to avoid having to post the same info on menus in New York.
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Deborah McNaughton and Melinda Weinstein want us to face a simple truth: Many people consume too many calories and their unhealthful eating is costing them a piece of prosperity.
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Fast food is definitively bad for your health, a 15-year study of people&#39;s eating habits has confirmed. The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those
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NEW YORK  - Though dieters often see their weight "yo-yo," a new national survey suggests that many Americans do fairly well at keeping the pounds off.
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Bills to protect restaurants and food companies against lawsuits by people who claim the meals or snacks made them fat are moving ahead in the states like hamburgers passed out a drive-thru window.    Measures known as "cheeseburger bills" bar people from seeking damages in court from food companies for weight gain and associated medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes...
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NEW YORK  - People who feel they have flexibility in their job schedules tend to have a healthier lifestyle than those with less workplace freedom, new study results suggest.
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In the struggle against obesity, Americans are losing. And among the favorite targets for blame are fast-food chains such as McDonald's.
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All year, Karen Zohner struggles to keep excess food and goodies out of her targeting radar. It helps her keep her health and weight under control.
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A small study suggests that there is a way to counteract the negative health effects of a high-fat meal.