Category: articles

Jul 30 2012

Whose responsibility is it to pay our exorbitant medical bills?

by Courtney

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I don’t know enough about the Affordable Care Act to swear by it. I’m not sure if it is without a doubt the best possible plan that anyone could have...

Jul 21 2012

articles, inspiration, obesity, recipes

Inspiration for the weekend

by Courtney

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Why food waste matters, and how to prevent it in your kitchen. Zucchini fritters recipe. Add some feta and they’re so delicious! Apparently, other countries are catching up to the...

Apr 14 2012

articles, food

Food waste in America…yikes

by Courtney

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Found this article about food waste on Eat Drink Better. I don’t have a compost pile at my apartment anymore because we don’t have a yard to put it in,...

Apr 07 2012

articles, biking, exercise, health, obesity

Biking and walking in the U.S.: 2012 benchmarking report

by Courtney

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A friend of mine just passed this fascinating document along to me. It’s a report done annually on walking and biking in the U.S. I was shocked (but I guess...

Apr 04 2012

articles, children, food, nutrition

What’s inside a school lunch burger (and a lot of processed veggie burgers)?

by Courtney

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Here’s an interesting this video from NPR about the unnecessarily long list of ingredients in a school lunch burger. The food scientist in the video argues that children who don’t...

Jan 27 2012

articles, children, cooking, education, food, health, nutrition

What the new school lunch menus will (hopefully) look like

by Courtney

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The USDA put out a proposed before/after menu for schools, comparing what old lunches look like (hot dogs, pizza, tater tots…basically baseball game food) to what the new ones should...

Jan 08 2012

articles, food, health, resources

Some new blogs for the new year

by Courtney

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In the past year I’ve discovered so many fantastic, informative food and health blogs. They inspire me to keep eating healthy, cooking creatively, and staying active. Here are a few...

Dec 01 2011

articles, exercise, food politics, health, health care, mental health, obesity

A culture of health in America

by Courtney

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Amsterdam, where travel by bike is easy I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be American. Now, I don’t want to get too deep into it....

Nov 05 2011

articles, children, food, obesity

The frustrating fight for healthier school lunches

by Courtney

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The headline of this article caught my eye: School Lunch Proposals Set Off a Dispute. What is there to dispute, I wondered? The first paragraph, which described the changes that...

Jul 23 2011

articles, food, resources

Organic water? and other ploys that take advantage of people’s attempts to be healthy

by Courtney

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If there’s one thing that drives me crazy, it’s big corporations trying to take advantage of people’s desires to live healthy and sustainable lives. In the last ten years or...