Archive for September, 2011

Sep 28 2011

Olive Garden & Red Lobster To Cut Calories & Sodium

Early last week First Lady Michelle Obama gave her support to Darden Restaurants, the parent company of mega-chains Olive Garden and Red Lobster, following their announcement about making healthful changes in all of its restaurants menus.  Darden announced plans to reduce calories and sodium by 10% over the next five years, and by 20% over […]

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Sep 12 2011

Bringing Back Home Economics: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Last week there was an article in the New York Times about reviving home economics programs in the public school system.  The idea is that teaching students to produce and cook nutritious food is important and could help in the fight against fighting obesity and chronic disease. I couldn’t agree with this premise more!  I […]

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