July 2, 2009 Back to part three in our series on healthGAMERS in a jiff…but first, a quick coffee break, with some health news you can use. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Starbucks' ubiquitous media and … [Read more...]
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Starbucks Filters In Feedback For Healthier Choices
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 10 worst foods, 4th meal, All natural, barista, better for you foods, branding overhauls, caffeine, chain restaurants, childhood obesity, coffee wars, corporate responsibility, CSPI, CSR, dieticians, energy-drinks, fair trade coffee, fast food, Food Politics, food porn, frappuccino, green initiatives, greenwashing, healthGAMERS, healthier fare, healthier fast food, Healthy-Kids, HFCS, IdeaList, junk-food, Kids influencers, lighter food, multinationals, My Starbucks Idea, nutrition, real food, reinvention, smoothies, Starbucks, Starbucks healthier foods, Starbucks Shared Planet, turning the tides, V2V, Vivanno, whole foods, Xtreme Eating Awards
Deconstructing the “Eat This, Not That” Book for Kids

Feb. 22, 2009 It’s Sunday, and I rarely post on the weekend, but I have to say, I’m having a book for brunch, digesting and devouring the Eat This, Not That! For Kids by David Zinczenko with Matt … [Read more...]
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Kidney Stones In Kindergarten? Put Down the Sports Drink, Kiddo!

Today’s New York Times reports "A Rise in Kidney Stones Seen in U.S. Children," naming high sodium intake of processed foods as one of the culprits, sending wee ones into urology clinics (no pun … [Read more...]
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