Panera’s Asiago Sausage & Egg Sandwich puts your breakfast order on a par with a McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Here are a few better bets.
The national movement to improve restaurant kids' meals is growing. Communities and corporations have recognized the need for healthier options on the kids' menu. However, federal action is necessary to expand this policy to cover all children and ensure implementation of this critical effort to improve children’s health. A nationally representative poll conducted in October 2024 found that about 75 percent of Americans support restaurants having at least two kids’ meals that meet nutrition standards. Further, 83 percent of respondents with children in their household under the age of 13 support restaurants having at least two kids' meals that meet nutrition standards.
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Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, which raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. Salt (sodium chloride) boosts blood pressure. In fact, cutting sodium consumption by about a third could prevent an estimated 252,500 deaths over 10 years.
If you want a healthy takeout meal, whether you’re in the mood for a Thai curry or Chinese stir-fry, what—and how—you order matters. Here’s our cuisine-by-cuisine guide to healthier menu items and takeout tweaks.
A "small" ice cream at a Ben and Jerry's scoop shop has more calories than you think. And many flavors have nearly a day's worth of saturated fat and added sugar.
The undersigned organizations support this petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, American Public Health Association, Consumer Reports, and Consumer Federation of America calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require covered establishments (e.g., chain restaurants and convenience stores) to include calories and additional nutrition labeling when posting/maintaining menus on third-party platforms.
Restaurants are a key source of food for American families. Families with children consume food away from home four to five times a week on average. Between 2015 and 2018, children ages 2-11 years old consumed an average of 11.4% of their daily calories from fast food alone, not accounting for food from other types of restaurants. A 2021 national survey found that one in six parents say their child eats fast food at least twice a week.
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As the first city to mandate added sugar warnings on chain restaurant menus, New York City is leading the way by promoting transparency and helping consumers make informed dietary choices. New York consumers have a right to know about the safety risks associated with overconsumption of added sugars and deserve to have access to information at the point of service about foods and beverages that may harm their health. The proposed rulemaking represents a commonsense approach that would provide vital evidence-based information to consumers and improve the food environment, with the long-term goal of reducing the risk of diet-related chronic disease.
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