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FDA Approves New Sweetener, Advantame

Statement of CSPI Senior Scientist Lisa Lefferts
May 21, 2014
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Bill Targets Tax Deductibility of Junk-food Marketing

May 14, 2014
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House Republicans to Try to Roll Back Progress on School Meals

Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan
May 19, 2014
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First-ever Study Reveals Amounts of Food Dyes in Brand-name Foods

Amounts in Some Foods Exceed Levels Used in Many Tests of Dyes' Impact on Children’s Behavior
May 7, 2014
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Chow Italiano: What to Eat When Not in Rome

Nutrition Action Healthletter Revisits America's Italian Chains
May 1, 2014
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Dropped Census Report Creates Gap in Important USDA Nutrition Data

No Reporting on Fat and Oil Production Since July 2011
April 29, 2014
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CSPI Estimates 400,000 Preventable Deaths from Excess Salt Since 2010

New Counter Tallies Salt's Deadly Toll
April 21, 2014
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New CDC Data Show Alarming Increase in Shellfish-borne Vibrio Infections

April 17, 2014
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Joe's Crab Shack Swimming in Artificial Trans Fat

Eat at Your Own Risk: The Lifeguard is NOT on Duty
April 15, 2014
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Salt Reduction in U.K. Drives Down Heart Disease & Stroke Deaths

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
April 14, 2014
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New Toolkit Offers Tips for Healthy Meetings and Events

April 10, 2014
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Walmart to Expand Organic Offerings

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
April 10, 2014
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Restaurants Pose Twice the Risk of Foodborne Outbreaks as Homes, Data Show

Raw Milk is Disproportionately Responsible for Milk-Related Outbreaks
April 7, 2014
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Hospitals Shifting Away from Sugar Drinks, Report Finds

April 4, 2014
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Soda Sales Slump for 9th Year, Says Beverage Digest

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
March 21, 2014
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Maryland Bills Would Improve Nutritional Quality of Kids' Meals, Protect Kids from Dangerous Energy Drinks

March 7, 2014
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"Facts Up Front" is Marketing, Not Nutrition Labeling

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael Jacobson
March 3, 2014
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CSPI Supports Proposed Nutrition Facts Revisions

But the Group Will Ask FDA to Add ‘Daily Value’ for Added Sugars and Lower Daily Value for Sodium
February 27, 2014
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Obama Administration Proposes Improvements to School Nutrition and Physical Activity

Limits Unhealthy Food Marketing in Schools
February 25, 2014
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New Coke Ad Links Ted Ligety's Success to Soda Consumption

Statement of CSPI Health Promotion Policy Director Jim O'Hara
February 20, 2014
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Health Group Questions Michelle Kwan's Dual Roles as Both Member of the President's Council on Fitness and Coke Ambassador

Majority of Athletes on the President's Council are Current or Former Endorsers of Sugar Drinks, CSPI Finds
February 18, 2014
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Media Advisory: Nutrition Facts 2.0

Experts Discuss Ideas for Improving the Next Generation of Nutrition Facts Labels
February 18, 2014
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Stakeholders Point to Progress As Landmark Food Safety Law Marks Third Anniversary

Major Implementation Challenges Remain
February 6, 2014
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FDA Should Ban Azodicarbonamide, Says CSPI

Statement of CSPI Senior Scientist Lisa Lefferts
February 4, 2014
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Restaurant Chains Urged to Dump Soda From Kids' Menus

McDonald’s Agreed to Drop Soda from Happy Meal Menus in 2013
January 30, 2014

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Researchers identified roughly 280 people who chose “alternative”—that is, unproven—treatments for several non-metastatic cancers.

After five years, patients who chose alternative treatments were six times more likely to die of breast cancer, five times more likely to die of colorectal cancer, two times more likely to die of lung cancer, and no more likely to die of prostate cancer (which progresses slowly) than similar patients who chose conventional treatment.

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