18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to test and evaluate approaches limiting" the ...
Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test
Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu that it's hoping will eventually be hit with its core audience — young men. The chain says it will start testing the menu July 25 at about 40 locations in Dayton, Ohio. The burritos and bowls will have double portions of ...
Gastonia neighborhood revitalized with garden
Gastonia's Highland community has seen its share of struggles with growth over the last 30 years. But Frances Hoyle even seems to get a little taller when she talks about what's sprouting there these days. "We've got a little something coming up," she said of the rows at the Highland ...
One-time teenage mom pays lessons forward
Low graduation rates and meager earnings plague the population of teen moms, a variety of research has found. But it's not just the young mothers whose lives are changed by pregnancy. Their babies often suffer, too. A fact sheet prepared by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy indicates children ...
Diabetes prevention: participants see results
The jagged lines on Deborah Morgan's weight chart are going in the right direction. Morgan, of Shreveport, is one of nearly two dozen people participating in a diabetes prevention program at Martin Luther King Health Center in Shreveport. She's lost eight pounds toward the program goal of a 7 percent ...
Company recalls weight loss supplements
A South Florida company is voluntarily recalling weight loss supplements called "JaDera" and "Xiyouji Qingzhi." Florida Dolphin Intertrade Corp. announced Friday that these products have been found to contain undeclared Sibutramine, which was a previously approved controlled substance for the treatment of obesity. It was removed from the U.S. market ...
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Crews rescue girl, women from flooded SUV in Iowa NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Emergency response crews have been credited for rescuing a girl and two women from an SUV in northern Iowa that was submerged in rushing floodwater. The crews pulled them out of the vehicle Wednesday night near Northwood, ...
Senators ask network to ban kids' junk food ads
Four U.S. senators are calling on children's cable network Nickelodeon to ban ads targeted at children that promote and sell junk food and sugar. A letter was sent this week to Nickelodeon and its parent company, Viacom, by Democratic Sens. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Richard ...
Central Ind. farmers turn to organic growing
Carol Roberts' father was a traditional industrial farmer in Howard County for 39 years. Like most row-crop operations, he sprayed pesticides, herbicides and other high-potency chemicals on his fields to kill bugs and keep weeds at bay. Then he was diagnosed with liver cancer, and that changed everything. "After getting ...
NH town takes steps toward healthier lifestyle
The town of Ashland, N.H., has started an effort encouraging restaurants to offer healthy menu options and labeling nutritious choices as part of a community program. The Ashland Healthy Eating Active Living Coalition also is discussing the creation of a community garden, upgrading a nature trail and giving the public ...
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