WHEW: Kind Bars Can Boast About Being 'Healthy,' After All
Our long national nightmare is over: Kind actually CAN call its granola bars “healthy,” when all is said and done.
Kids Reject L.A.'s New Healthy School Lunches, Compare Them To Dog Food
Those who say there's nothing wrong with continuing to count pizza and french fries as vegetables in school lunches often argue that if you try to feed kids healthier foods they'll refuse to eat them. The Los Angeles Unified School District's revamped lunch program seems to prove that point. Students have been…
General Mills Sued For Marketing Fruit Roll-Ups As Health Food
As someone who grew up in the '90s, I've probably consumed my own weight in Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit By The Foot, and Gushers. I'm fairly certain that my mom bought them for me because I whined when the commercial came on, and she figured they were no worse than Dunk-a-roos, which contained 100% of your totally not…
French Assembly Passes 'Burqa Ban'
• As expected, the French Assembly has indeed voted in favor of banning the full facial veil in public spaces; the measure extends to both burqas and niqabs. The bill is expected to be ratified by the Senate in September.
Healthier Menu Options Lead To Less Healthy Choices
Fast food restaurants added salad to their menus in recent years to make their food seem healthier, but according to new research having salad on the menu only makes you more likely to order fries.
