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 | | - New York becomes first city to prohibit large sugary drinks
New York City's health board voted 8-0 with one abstention on Thursday in favor of restricting the sale of sugary drinks in sizes larger than 16 ounces. Despite claims that such a ban restricts personal freedom, the Health Department said that it has received a favorable response from the public. The approval of the bill is a major step to curb obesity and save lives, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Reuters (9/13)        |  |  |  | | How to turn money you already spend into points you can use:
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  | | - Ice packs, clean lunch boxes help keep food safe, RD says
An insulated soft-sided lunch box and regular use of ice packs to keep food cold are important for preventing foodborne illnesses in children, who may be more likely to be affected by them, registered dietitian Joan Salge Blake writes. Children should be taught to throw out leftover lunch food and any plastic bags, and parents should wash lunch boxes and food containers after each use. The Boston Globe/Nutrition and You! blog (tiered subscription model) (9/13) - Study finds exercise affects how people respond to food cues
Women who looked at pictures of food after working out for 45 minutes paid less attention to them, according to a Brigham Young University study that suggests exercise affects how people respond to food cues. The study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise included obese and average-weight women, and found the same results for both groups. Medical News Today (9/13) - School fitness test to emphasize having a healthy body
The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition is replacing the old fitness tests that rate schoolchildren using percentile scores for exercise ability with a program that uses "healthy fitness zone" measurements. The program will measure fitness based on research in the areas of cardiovascular fitness, body composition, muscle strength and endurance, and flexibility. WebMD (9/13) - Study finds social networking reduces exercise time
The amount of time students spend on social-networking sites reduces the amount of time they are active and exercising, according to research from the University of Ulster. Online surveys from 350 students also showed that Facebook users were less likely to play team sports. HealthDay News (9/13) | Institutional Foodservice | | - Researchers: Physicians should demand healthier food at work
Physicians should improve their diets and demand healthier foods at work, U.S. researchers say in a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors said health care facilities should set the example for others, including businesses, by serving healthier foods. They suggested that U.S. guidelines requiring hospitals to limit calories in their meals could help change behaviors. Los Angeles Times/Booster Shots blog (tiered subscription model) (9/12) | Recipe of the Day |  | | |  | |  | You know more about your customers than ever before!
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 | |  | One of the reasons I'm excited about the new program is because kids won't be measured on how fast they can run compared to their classmates; it'll be based on what they can do and what their own goal is."
--First lady Michelle Obama, discussing a new school fitness test, as quoted by WebMD |
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