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junk food feature articles



Mystery man attacks junk food with machete, then flees
Published August 17 2012
Concepts: food, machete, junk food, man, attacks

Anti-obesity vaccine shot offers false promise of staying slim even on a junk food diet
Published July 10 2012
Concepts: obesity, food, junk food, vaccine, weight

Junk food junkies: dying for a fix
Published June 30 2012
Concepts: food, junk food, health, enzymes, nutrient

Boycott junk food in schools - California mandates set a healthy eating example
Published May 28 2012
Concepts: food, schools, California, boycott, school

Why Rx drugs? (opinion)
Published March 13 2012
Concepts: pain, disease, health, problems, junk food

America's obesity and diabetes epidemic: Junk food kills
Published March 7 2012
Concepts: food, junk food, diabetes, health, obesity


How services like Netflix (in moderation) could help parents break the junk food propaganda stranglehold
Published March 5 2012
Concepts: food, child, propaganda, parents, children

Health insurance company preys upon the poor with junk food reward program for vaccinating your baby
Published January 23 2012
Concepts: child, health, vaccine, food, vaccines

Studies show junk foods change brain chemistry and are addictive like cocaine
Published December 24 2011
Concepts: brain, addictive, brain chemistry, foods, food

Over 140 organizations confront UN demanding recognition junk food and beverage industries kill 36 million a year
Published September 21 2011
Concepts: food, junk food, health, degenerative disease, public health

How to curb junk food cravings naturally
Published August 18 2011
Concepts: cravings, food, health, junk food, fat

US pediatrician suggests government should take obese children away from their parents
Published July 19 2011
Concepts: children, child, obese, parents, food

US pediatrician suggests government should take obese children away from their parents
Published July 18 2011
Concepts: children, child, obese, food, parents

Junk food ads on TV strongly influence children's eating habits
Published July 16 2011
Concepts: food, children, junk food, health, food ads

California fair vendor tests limits of Americans' junk food threshold by serving deep-fried Kool-Aid
Published June 24 2011
Concepts: junk food, California, tests, Kool-Aid, oil

Cheryl Ladd's take on junk food
Published May 29 2011
Concepts: food, junk food, reality, poison, life

Junk food cravings trigger same brain activity as drug addiction, suggests study
Published May 2 2011
Concepts: food, brain, drug addiction, drug, junk food

Responsible TV and Internet advertising needed to reduce childhood obesity
Published April 14 2011
Concepts: food, internet, advertising, kids, child

Vegan parents charged in death of baby raised on mother's milk; facing 30 years in prison
Published March 29 2011
Concepts: vegan, baby, parents, diet, food

Obesity rates double worldwide as more countries embrace American junk foods, indoor lifestyles
Published March 27 2011
Concepts: obesity, rates, foods, indoor, junk foods

Junk food can lead to lower IQ in children
Published February 22 2011
Concepts: food, IQ, junk food, foods, diet

Reduce childhood obesity by replacing junk food with organic alternatives
Published January 24 2011
Concepts: food, junk food, obesity, health, school

How Congress helped created the very mental illness that resulted in the Giffords shooting
Published January 11 2011
Concepts: men, mental, America, health, Congress

Junk food as addictive as street drugs
Published December 23 2010
Concepts: food, junk food, addictive, health, addiction

Professor who lost weight on Twinkies only proves that even nutrition educators can be Ding Dongs
Published December 4 2010
Concepts: weight, diet, nutrition, food, junk food

Four years after Clinton's victory over sugary drinks in public schools, they're more widely available than ever
Published November 2 2010
Concepts: schools, public schools, school, food, soda

Three-fourths of Americans obese or overweight by 2020, says alarming report
Published October 10 2010
Concepts: America, health, food, americans, people

Mexico bans sodas, fried foods and junk food from public school (while the USA does nothing)
Published September 19 2010
Concepts: Mexico, school, foods, sodas, public school

Junk food-addicted rats chose to starve themselves rather than eat healthy food
Published August 5 2010
Concepts: rats, food, junk food, research, addiction

Women: Before getting pregnant, check out your man's diet
Published August 3 2010
Concepts: men, Genetic, man, WHO, sperm

Accused murderer receives liver organ transplant while others wait to die
Published July 27 2010
Concepts: liver, organ transplant, organs, WHO, industry

Rats fed junk food pass down cancer risk through multiple generations of offspring
Published July 14 2010
Concepts: cancer, food, rats, junk food, cancer risk

Teenage girls live on junk food
Published July 12 2010
Concepts: girls, teenage girls, boys, junk food, women

Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder
Published June 29 2010
Concepts: food, foods, mental, health, healthy

Frozen yogurt is not health food
Published June 21 2010
Concepts: yogurt, health, frozen, frozen yogurt, food

Run Faster without Fast Food as Fuel
Published June 19 2010
Concepts: food, fruit, fast food, running, junk food

Companies exploiting socially-networked children to push junk food like drug dealers
Published May 10 2010
Concepts: children, food, junk food, companies, drug

Junk Food Found to Deteriorate Pleasure Center of Brain
Published April 12 2010
Concepts: food, junk food, brain, foods, eating

Why Detoxification is Key to Upgrading Your Diet
Published April 9 2010
Concepts: food, diet, detoxification, body, cravings

Junk Food Nearly as Addictive as Heroin
Published March 18 2010
Concepts: food, junk food, addictive, rats, addiction

South Korea does what the US refuses to do: Restrict junk food advertising to children
Published March 10 2010
Concepts: food, advertising, junk food, Korea, junk food advertising

Doritos ads represent sick, demented nature of junk food companies and their products
Published February 27 2010
Concepts: Doritos, food, junk food, violence, WHO

Food industry continues to market junk food to children
Published January 27 2010
Concepts: food, junk food, children, child, food industry

Nickelodeon food ads promote junk food to children
Published December 14 2009
Concepts: food, junk food, food ads, CSPI, nutrition

How to Host a Junk Food, Candy Free Party for Kids
Published December 10 2009
Concepts: party, food, kids, ice, health

"Smart Choices" food label is marketing fraud; Tufts University involvement questioned (opinion)
Published September 22 2009
Concepts: nutrition, food, Tufts University, child, sugar

Should We Tax Sodas and Junk Food to Pay for Health Care?
Published August 3 2009
Concepts: tax, health, soda, sodas, food

TV Triggers Deadly Automatic Snacking Behavior
Published July 28 2009
Concepts: food, advertising, snacking, food advertising, child

The Junk Food Dilemma Calls for a Change in Mindset (Opinion)
Published July 15 2009
Concepts: food, sugar, junk food, mindset, heart

Urge Nickelodeon/ Viacom to Stop Marketing Junk Food to Children
Published December 15 2008
Concepts: child, food, children, marketing, junk food

Teach Your Children the Hidden Meanings Behind Junk Food Advertisements
Published September 22 2008
Concepts: children, child, food, advertising, junk food

The Health Ranger Answers Common Questions About Nutritional Supplements (transcript)
Published September 4 2008
Concepts: health, supplement, food, supplements, people

Canadian Government Pressured to Ban Junk Food Ads
Published August 28 2008
Concepts: food, ban, health, child, government

Health Ranger Volunteers to be Michael Phelps' Nutritionist to Win More Gold in 2012 Olympics
Published August 21 2008
Concepts: food, foods, 2012, health, gold

Olympian Phelps Serves as "Ambassador" to McDonald's, Introducing Chinese Children to American Junk Food
Published August 21 2008
Concepts: children, McDonald's, food, child, Michael Phelps

Junk Food Advertising to Children Banned in UK
Published August 2 2008
Concepts: children, child, food, junk food, advertising

The Politics of National Health Care Reform: Why no Popular Presidential Candidate can Solve Our Health Care Crisis (transcript)
Published July 3 2008
Concepts: health, disease, people, men, drug

Advocate Group Urges Ban on Junk Food Marketing to Children
Published February 21 2008
Concepts: marketing, food, drug, ban, children

Eli Manning: Superbowl Star Promotes Junk Food to Children
Published February 4 2008
Concepts: food, junk food, junk foods, celebrities, Oreo cookies

Super Food Bowl Animation Announced by the Health Ranger
Published January 29 2008
Concepts: food, health, Super Food Bowl, foods, super food

All Jacked Up: The Explosive Junk Food Documentary the Food Companies Hope You Never See
Published January 17 2008
Concepts: film, food, junk food, documentary, movie

Junk Food Ads, Fast Food Increasing Teen Obesity
Published October 9 2007
Concepts: food, child, school, obesity, junk food

Legislative effort targets school junk food, aims to upgrade nutritional guidelines
Published June 14 2007
Concepts: school, food, junk food, targets, foods

Animals are smarter than humans when it comes to feeding their children (opinion)
Published April 6 2007
Concepts: children, food, humans, health, milk

Junk food giants form "task force" that claims to combat child obesity
Published March 30 2007
Concepts: food, combat, junk food, form, food giants

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't
Published February 15 2007
Concepts: health, drug, food, health care, disease

Researchers seek to insert caffeine into baked goods
Published January 29 2007
Concepts: caffeine, researchers, donuts, pastries, junk food

7UP drops "all natural" claim after CSPI threatens lawsuit
Published January 17 2007
Concepts: CSPI, 7UP, natural, soft drinks, junk food

Acrylamide content of most foods remains a mystery
Published January 16 2007
Concepts: acrylamide, foods, food, junk food, fried foods

Kraft Foods faces suit over "all natural" claim on Capri Sun drink
Published January 12 2007
Concepts: Kraft, sun, foods, Kraft Foods, natural

Pediatricians call for ban on junk food advertising to children
Published December 12 2006
Concepts: food, pediatricians, junk food, advertising, ban

UK consumer group reveals junk food companies' misleading ad tactics
Published November 29 2006
Concepts: junk food, children, UK, misleading, marketing

American Diabetes Association receives millions each year from junk food companies, candy manufacturers and pharmaceutical firms
Published November 27 2006
Concepts: ADA, companies, diabetes, the ADA, food

FTC demands junk food companies disclose money spent marketing to children
Published October 25 2006
Concepts: food, marketing, companies, FTC, children

Americans know junk food causes weight gain, but they eat it anyway
Published October 19 2006
Concepts: food, junk food, weight, americans, gain

Eating junk food during pregnancy raises newborn's risk of diabetes, obesity
Published October 10 2006
Concepts: junk food, diabetes, pregnancy, eating, risk

Junk food makers join with Clinton to announce unenforceable guidelines on marketing junk foods to schoolchildren
Published October 9 2006
Concepts: food, junk food, foods, vending machines, junk foods

International taskforce calls for global ban on junk food advertising to children to combat obesity epidemic
Published September 6 2006
Concepts: food, obesity, children, junk food, ban

Disease Economy: How the United States economy runs on "treating" chronic disease
Published April 4 2006
Concepts: disease, economy, people, Disease Economy, health

Health Ranger hails CPSI effort to stop Kellogg Co. from marketing junk food to children
Published January 19 2006
Concepts: food, health, junk food, CSPI, marketing

Commercial Alert vs. USDA: How one non-profit is fighting to eliminate junk food from America's schools
Published December 6 2005
Concepts: junk food, school, child, the USDA, junk food advertisers

Taste inflation revealed: why sugar, salt and fragrance make you stupid
Published October 18 2005
Concepts: taste, food, sugar, salt, inflation

Where's the health in health care reform?
Published October 14 2005
Concepts: health, heal, people, WHO, health care

"Vending Machine" documentary looks to expose childrens' junk food habits in public schools
Published October 10 2005
Concepts: food, junk food, kids, health, documentary

Interview with Jennifer Mattox, founder of Faerie Films and director of school nutrition documentary "Vending Machine"
Published July 18 2005
Concepts: school, food, kids, Faerie Films, film

American Diabetes Association peddling nutritional nonsense while accepting money from manufacturer of candy and sodas
Published June 1 2005
Concepts: sugar, diabetes, blood, insulin, food

Changing food choice and dietary habits requires breaking old behavior patterns
Published March 7 2005
Concepts: food, dietary habits, foods, people, health

How to slash national health care costs by 90% through education, nutrition, and a ban on junk food marketing
Published December 5 2004
Concepts: food, health, nutrition, foods, disease

How to quit the soft drink habit: new ebook reveals proven five-step strategy for ditching obesity-promoting beverage
Published October 6 2004
Concepts: soft drink habit, soft drinks, fizzy drinks, soft drink companies, how to

One-third of American diet is junk food and soft drinks: we're malnourished and obese at the same time
Published June 2 2004
Concepts: food, junk food, foods, diet, SAMe

Food manufacturers scheme on how to sell more junk food to children
Published November 18 2003
Concepts: food, junk food, food manufacturers, how to, sell


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