STUDY: Secret to ordering healthier food is seeing how far you have to walk to burn it off
Scientific American reports that New York City’s public awareness posters that show how many miles a person has to walk to burn off the calories in a 20oz soda can persuade people to make healthier decisions. Seeing calories is one thing, but translating that into exercise provides a whole new level of understanding.
How Tech Has Changed How We Cook - The Atlantic
The cooking site AllRecipes was founded 15 years ago by a group of food-loving anthropology grad students. In 1999, the then-two-year-old site surveyed its users, asking them questions about why and when and how they cook. Now, to commemorate its birthday, AllRecipes re-conducted that same survey, asking its current users the same questions it asked back in 1999.
Fat Humans Are The Equivalent Of An Extra Half Billion People On Earth
North America has just 6% of the planet’s population, but 34% of its biomass comes from obesity. For some perspective, Asia has 61% of the world’s population and just 13% of biomass from obesity.
Full infographic at Carbs Are Killing You (via secondverse, rickwebb, brit)
(via Greatist.com)
"It’s available only in select stores for a few weeks at a time, a marketing ploy based on absence making the heart grow fonder and, perhaps, stronger: The patty gets an impressive 75 percent of its calories from fat, and marketers as savvy as McDonald’s know it does them little good to actually kill off their customers right away."
I have often wondered this myself:
WTF is PROCESS CHEESE FOOD? Is that the stuff they feed cheese? I dunno, I guess anything you have to label as FOOD probably isn’t really food. (via Squawkfox)
Mapping The Real State Of America — Fast Company
What’s potentially most surprising is how many people in Washington, D.C. are eating fruit, beating even California, where much of the fruit in Washington, D.C. is likely from.
Hold the Lamb, Eat More Lentils: New Guide Ranks Proteins by Carbon Footprint - GOOD
For example, eating just one less burger per week for a year is equivalent to taking your car off the road for 320 miles.
"I’m surprised they didn’t go to the dodecahedron as their next alternative."
- New Symbol For Healthful Eating: Hello Plate, Goodbye Pyramid : NPR
