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Study finds kids’ intake of calories, fat increases on days they eat pizza
Study published in Pediatrics indicates that children and teens consumed an additional 84 calories and 230 calories, respectively, on days that they eat pizza. However, researchers also indicated that the only time that eating pizza didn’t increase kids’ daily caloric intake is when it was consumed at a school cafeteria. This could be due to schools using healthier ingredients, such as whole-wheat crusts and more vegetables.
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Vancouver hospital can’t control rat problem
A surging rat population in the cafeteria and food prep area at B.C. Women’s and Children’s Hospital has prompted management to step up rodent control efforts. But inspectors said they don’t believe rodents pose an imminent health risk.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine slams Greenville (S.C.) Memorial Hospital for its contract with Chick-fil-A, calling it one of the “six worst public hospital food environments” out of more than 200 medical centers surveyed. But the hospital’s administrators have taken issue with the report, calling it flawed and suggesting that the PCRM has ignored a number of steps the hospital has taken to improve patent and community health.
Providence Health & Services, based in Portland, is phasing such drinks out of its hospitals, clinics and business offices over a two-month period. According to the healthcare system, Providence would be the largest such organization on the West Coast to make such a change. The ban includes drinks sweetened with HFCS, sucrose, dextrose and even cane sugar.