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...MENU: Chain restaurant Ruby Tuesday lists nutritional data on menus--like...
...just don?t agree on how to get Americans to eat healthier and eat less. While representatives of both the food industry and our federal government emphasized offering ?consumer choice? and adding healthier options to our grocery stores and restaurant menus, many others feel that expanding the offerings on the national buffet is not the answer...
...restaurants in offering detailed dietary information right on the menu. Now they are reaching out with a new, healthier kids menu. We need more of that. We?ve seen McDonald?s respond to health concerns with new salad offerings and, we just learned, some changes to their kids? menus, such as apple slices for dessert...
Others on the panel felt advertising was not the number one blame for obesity and they faulted lack of physical education and poor school lunch menus. Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said that banning marketing to kids would be unconstitutional and would not end the problem: ?Even our dogs and cats are fat and it?s not because they?re watching too much advertising...
...Thompson and other speakers also spoke of steps that could be taken by businesses and employers, insurance companies, and the food and restaurant industries that might make it easier for people to embark on a healthy diet. He praised Ruby Tuesday's for adding calorie information to their menus and he said that Applebees and McDonald's were taking steps towards adding healthier food choices. In addition, Kraft foods has agreed stop advertising some products to children...