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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Obesity rates in young children in the U.S. have dropped by 43 per cent.
In this case, obesity means “very overweight,” which is not good for a person’s health.
Over the last 10 years, the number of young children in the U.S. who are obese has gone down by a lot.
In 2004, nearly 14 per cent of American children aged two to five were obese. In 2012 the number went down to 8.4 per cent.
Celebrity chefs serve up amazing food that tastes great and is good for you, right?
Research shows that most people believe that food created by famous chefs is generally healthy.
Well, maybe not.
Some researchers at Coventry University in Britain took a look at 904 recipes written by 26 celebrity chefs.
A celebrity chef is a chef who has become famous and popular—often because of they’re on a TV show or own a famous restaurant.
More than 85 per cent of the recipes the researchers tested “fell substantially short of the UK government’s healthy eating recommendations,” according to a media release on the Coventry University website. Most of the recipes called for ingredients that are known to contribute to health problems like obesity and heart disease.
Last fall, New York City banned the sale of extra-large servings of pop and other sugary drinks in restaurants and movie theatres.
They did it to help fight the problem of obesity in the city.
The ban, which is set to begin on March 12, 2013, was proposed by New York City’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and approved by the New York City Board of Health in September 2012.
Under the new rule, businesses that have food-service licences – such as restaurants, theatres, delis, fast-food places, hot dog stands and sports stadiums – would not be allowed to sell pop in containers larger than 16 ounces.
People would still be able to buy supersized drinks at convenience stores, vending machines and some newsstands.
