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...hardly a secret how American children have come to this sickly pass. In the era of the 64-oz. soda, the 1,200-calorie burger and the 700-calorie Frappuccino, food companies now produce enough each day for every American to consume a belt-popping 3,800 calories per day, never mind that even an adult needs only 2,350 to survive. Not only are adults and kids alike consuming far more calories than they can possibly use, but they're also doing less and less with them. The transformation of American homes into high-def, Web-enabled, TiVo-equipped...
...have no palate (yet) for real beer. The new alcoholic energy drinks have a further pull on the youth market: the promise that you can get drunk but still party all night because of the caffeine. Quite drunk: Joose, for instance, has the color and approximate flavor of strawberry soda, but it's 9% alcohol, compared with 5% for a typical can of Budweiser...
...Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, differs from the 2005 recommendation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). For example, Harvard recommends 1,000 IUs of Vitamin D for most people, limits dairy intake to two servings a day, and adds sugar-sweetened products such as soda to the “use sparingly” section of the pyramid. Cheung said that the differences between the two pyramids could be explained by external factors. Unlike the USDA model, she said, the Nutrition Source’s pyramid is entirely science-based and free from commercial influence...
...make some parents reel. Heather Timmons, 32, a full-time mother and homeschooler of four children in Brownsville, Ore., sticks to the doable. She tackles a different environmental challenge each month, whether it's (almost) eliminating paper towels or making her own household cleaners with vinegar and baking soda. "I believe it's important to do your part and be responsible," says Timmons, who does so by consolidating car trips, buying toys secondhand and substituting vintage plates for paper at her kids' birthday parties. "But at the same time, I don't want to be freaking out about it." Parents...
...Number of calories in a McDonald's Big Mac meal, which includes a burger, fries and soda...