1.
Advergamers play with nutrition by making
fast food rewarding.
‘Advergaming is a relatively recent approach to advertising
that overcomes many of the limitations of traditional advertising. But
advergames are increasingly being used by fast food companies to target
children by rewarding play with unhealthy food products... Results suggest
young people actively engage with advergames and are more likely to eat
unhealthy foods after
playing them. While the same also holds for healthy advergames, they
are much less common.’
I don’t know which I object to more; the term ‘advergamer’
or the ongoing exploitation of kids to serve commercial interests that create
unhealthy kids who then are sold commercial correctives.
2.
Snacking your way to better health
A naughty title because it isn’t really about the kind of
snacking many people do. It’s about eating nuts and that ‘very study has
indicated that nuts make an independent contribution to health and longevity,
even after taking other factors into account.’
I admit that I am happy we have a bag of mixed nuts in the
fridge into which I can dip when I have that urge to snack and I do feel
righteously healthy when I do J
3.
American food holidays
I just knew you all would want to know that there is this
site from which you can find out what food to celebrate on what day with your
US friends.
4.
Five reasons why ‘food’ is a massive
global
Food is an essential part of health and wellbeing – chosen,
prepared, cooked and consumed correctly, food is medicine – it can and has been
an enormous catalyst to gains in life expectancy and quality of life to
populations around the globe. But – and this is an important ‘but’ –
mismanaged, unregulated, recklessly advertised, poorly produced and over
consumed, food can have dire public health consequences. And those consequences
are currently playing out around the world.’
Not new info but a good summary for the water-cooler
discussions we should be having.
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