FTC Asks Food Industry to Put Their Money Where Children’s Mouths Should Be
Jul 08Today, the Chicago Tribune reported on recent reaction to new government advertising guidelines encouraging advertisers and the food industry to promote healthy food to kids. Food, advertising industries call voluntary guidelines unreasonable The Guidelines Research suggests the ads aimed at kids encourage them to eat foods high in fat, sugar, sodium, etc. encourage childhood obesity. Officials...
The CDC is the Place to Be!
Jun 23The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA is one of the premier public health organizations in the world! CDC experts and programs provide data and statistics on diseases, engage in health promotion campaigns, conduct emergency response surveillance, sponsor interesting videos and other information sources and much more. The CDC is also a great place for folks trained in...
Healthletter is the “New” Newsletter
Jun 14Sometimes the best programs are “just” about providing information. For example, for the past 40 years the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Nutrition Action Healthletter has provided nutrition and other health information to hundreds of thousands of people in North America. When I read these types of sources, I see inspiring health promotion efforts…and...
UNC SPHF 2011 in the School!
Jun 05For the past week, my staff and I have been completing the final stages of preparation for the arrival of 30 (primarily minority and disadvantaged) undergraduate college students to arrive our campus. We (as in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health community) invited them to join us for eight weeks to gain a better understanding of public health, including career opportunities, and to...
The Internet’s the Limit for Learning about Public Health Nutrition
May 26Many different types of organizations and individuals (public and private) create YouTube videos, webcasts, podcasts, webinars, etc. on public health topics. You can learn something useful about a career field from real world efforts to share information and feature experts….and, of course have some fun, too . Examples on Whatispublichealth.org: Podcasts and Webcasts Here is an example of...
China’s Food Safety News in the News
May 16Who knew that China’s food safety issues would be so popular? I found the story on MSNBC’s website with a byline from the Associated Press. In sum, China is allowing their press more freedom to expose food safety issues. While there is healthy (pun intended) skepticism on how long the Chinese press will have some flexibility on this, the opening is creating some buzz. Food safety is...