Margo Wootan

Type: Person

Name: Margo Wootan

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Making healthy choices off kids' meals menus is not easy

Aiden and Desmond Griep love fruits and vegetables. The brothers, ages 5 and 3, respectively, also love McDonald's. Two or three times a week, their Woodland Park family goes out to eat, and the boys get their favorite chicken nuggets and fries from the ... [Published North Jersey.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Vegetables, Fruit

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Nutrition not improving at fast food restaurants

Compared to prior years, scores remained unchanged for fruit, vegetables, grains and oils, but improved for calories from solid fats and added sugars as well as meat and saturated fat levels. Photo wordpress.comFast food has become ubiquitous in the American ... [Published Trinidad Guardian - May 11 2013]

Entities: Fast Food, Saturated Fatty Acids, Nutrition, Diet

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

Food Marketers Raise Concern Over Calorie Regulations

A section of the Affordable Care Act requires food companies to list calorie counts on menus or food marketing, but a grocery industry organzation is calling foul. One consumer group, meanwhile, says the changes aren’t as difficult to implement as su ... [Published Associations Now - May 10 2013]

Entities: Calorie, Affordable Care Act, FDA Food & Drug Administration

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Agriculture

Despite Touting ‘Healthier’ Products, Fast Food Chains Haven’t Improved Their Menus In Years

Despite lauding new, “healthier” choices such as egg whites and wraps, major fast food chains’ menus haven’t improved much over the past decade in terms of nutritional value, according to a new study. The study , recently published in the American ... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013]

Entities: Fast Food, Sodium, Calorie, US Department of Agriculture

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

KFC Corporation

Fast Food Hasn’t Gotten Much Healthier, Study Says

WEDNESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — Next time you have a craving for fast food, don’t kid yourself that choices today are much healthier, a new study says.The nutritional quality of menu items at fast-food restaurants has improved only modestly over 14 ... [Published Health.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Fast Food, Diet, KFC Corporation, Sodium

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 3 reports

Study: Despite fruits and salads, fast-food chains still unhealthy

Don't let the Mc-salads and Kentucky Fried apple slices fool you. Fast food is just as unhealthy as ever.A 14-year study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found only modest improvements in fast food restaurants' nutritional offerings, despite ... [Published MSN News - May 07 2013]

Entities: Fast Food, Fruit, Sodium, Margo Wootan, Diet

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

The Truth about the Cost of Eating Healthy

Two studies released this week examining the cost of healthy foods show the gap between perception and reality. ShopSmart magazine conducted a national poll of women about eating healthy. What they found is that 88% make excuses for not eating healthful ... [Published Care2 - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Dietitian, Obesity, Margo Wootan

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Restaurant kids meals are rarely healthful

Kids menus at most chain restaurants have too many calories, too much salt or fat, and often not a hint of vegetables or fruit, according to a new study.The Center for Science in the Public Interest, which studies food and health, looked at almost 3,500 ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Calorie, Overweight, Vegetables, Fruit

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Fast food, waistlines expand worldwide

Even as McDonalds, Yum Brands and Dominos Pizza work to placate anti-obesity advocates at home, theyre taking high-calorie offerings to other parts of the globe and hooking a new generation in emerging markets. Their target customers, often part of a ... [Published Journal-Gazette - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Fast Food, Obesity, McDonald's Corporation

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Far from healthy

Even though children's nutrition has received lots of attention the past few years, you're still more likely to find chicken fingers and fries on kids' menus than wraps and salads.Ninety-seven percent of major restaurant-chain children's meals were deemed ... [Published Erie Times-News - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Chick-fil-A, Nutrition, Calorie, IHOP

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Restaurant meals for kids fail nutrition test

ORLANDO, Fla. ? Even though children?s nutrition has received lots of attention the past few years, you?re still more likely to find chicken fingers and fries on kids? menus than wraps and salads.Ninety-seven percent of major restaurant-chain children?s ... [Published Bend Bulletin - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Chick-fil-A, Dietitian, Calorie, IHOP

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 4 reports

Kids? fast-food meals still mired in fat and salt

Even though children?s nutrition has received lots of attention the past few years, you?re still more likely to find chicken fingers and fries on kids? menus than wraps and salads.Ninety-seven percent of major restaurant-chain children?s meals were deemed ... [Published Miami Herald - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Chick-fil-A, Nutrition, Calorie

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Despite Touting ‘Healthier’ Products, Fast Food... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013] Despite lauding new, “healthier” choices such as egg whites and wraps, major fast food chains’ menus haven’t improved much over the past decade in terms of nutritional value, according to a new study. The study , recently published in the American ...
Practically All Of The Kids’ Menus At U.S. Rest... [Published Think Progress - Mar 28 2013] In the vast majority of popular U.S. restaurant chains, the menu items geared toward kids aren’t meeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s nutritional recommendations, according to a new study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest ...