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Honorees include Brazil’s President Lula and 10 leaders working to improve health and nutrition in their communities NEW YORK (September 23, 2024) – At its event, Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation honored remarkable leaders who are advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) with solutions to keep people healthy and nourished in a rapidly warming world. The annual event took place during United Nations General Assembly week and was hosted by Janet Mbugua, media personality and anchor. The event, which highlighted opportunities to ensure better nutrition for all so everyone can…
Two children doing their best to eat a meal of spaghetti, May 1952. Original publication: Picture … [+] Post – 5865 – There’s Simply No End To It! – pub. 17th May 1952. (Photo by Ronald Startup/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Getty Images Some people are willing to eat almost all types of foods to satisfy their hunger. And some, labeled picky eaters, prefer eating the same dishes they are familiar with. As it turns out, this reluctance to eat new foods or “pickiness” is not something any individual has full control over because it is mainly a genetic trait, a new…
In these retro reviews, I’ve been looking back in time at the top 3 blog posts on my site of all time. And we have finally made it blog post #1, one on the topic of unrealistic beauty standards… It is titled, “Does this uterus make me look fat?” Pretty catchy title, huh? It’s essentially a takedown of the pressures to achieve a flat belly, pointing out the ridiculousness of the assignment given all the vital organs that occupy space in there. But do you want to know something kind of laughable? The majority of the blog wasn’t written by…
Albert Martinez —ALBERT MARTINEZ/ FACEBOOK In spite of the fact that he continues to be in demand on TV and the big screen, actor Albert Martinez, at 63, admitted he is already considering retiring from show business. This is why, of late, he only agrees to doing projects he thinks could be part of his legacy. “Basically, I have done every role I can imagine. That’s why I told my manager (Shirley Kuan) that I can already retire. She just said, ‘Don’t retire and just pick a semiretired arrangement. Just choose projects that you want to do, those that you…
The UK government’s plans to restrict junk food ads, ban energy drink sales to children and phase out smoking have been met with a predictable refrain: that this is all a “nanny state” plot. “Keir Starmer plots vast expansion of the nanny state”, the Telegraph warns. The Daily Mail reported a “furious backlash” to “nanny state” smoking bans.The phrase was first widely used in 1965 when a former Conservative minister was unhappy about the introduction of the 70mph speed limit on England’s motorways. He was expressing the view that the government shouldn’t treat its people like naughty children who need…
Checkers Little Shop has returned, and this time with its largest ever collection of 44 collectable miniatures to surprise and delight both young customers and adults alike.Image suppliedThe new minis are made from 100% recycled plastic, and to make playtime Xtra special, some of them also offer fun new features, including glow-in-the-dark, scratch and sniff, sparkle and much more.The latest collection includes some of South Africa’s most loved and recognisable brands, including Sixty60, Forage & Feast, Oros, Sunlight, All Gold, Kit Kat, Vaseline, Tastic, and much more. In line with Checkers’ commitment to environmental sustainability, the Little Shop minis are…
They’re called “forever chemicals” because they basically never break down. They’re linked to ailments including liver disease, certain types of cancers and delayed development in children.It’s now becoming apparent that these synthetic chemicals, collectively known by the acronym PFAS, have also been unwittingly spread on American farmland for years through the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer. That sludge can have high concentrations of such chemicals.The most common way that people are exposed is likely by eating contaminated food or water, according to the federal government.What does this mean for personal health? Here’s what we know and don’t know.How widespread…
Plastic wrap used on cucumbers has been found to contain phthalates. J Rosello/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption J Rosello/iStockphoto/Getty Images Thousands of chemicals used in food packaging and food production are leaching into food itself. “It’s [from] your soda can, your plastic cooking utensils, your nonstick frying pan, the cardboard box that your fries come in,” says Jane Muncke, a toxicologist based in Zurich. “It’s retail food packaging, but also the processing equipment, and your [kitchenware] and tableware at home.” More than 3,600 chemicals found in food packaging are also found in human bodies, according to a paper published…
Due to the shame and secrecy with eating disorders and the fact that parents are not attached at the hip to their kids, it is often very well into the illness that parents become aware that detrimental social media behavior is occurring.The vast majority of parents adore their children and cannot fathom that their habit of posting photos of themselves in provacative poses could be part of their illness. Or that incessant comparing to photoshopped images is part of their daily routine that fuels the eating disorder.Many of us are so busy just doing life that we’re unaware of “Pro-Ana”…
City officials have identified 17 priority areas that lack access to healthy food. Those neighborhoods, primarily in South St. Petersburg, have more convenience stores than all other food resources combined. Residents in the priority areas have disproportionately higher obesity and diabetes rates. Nearly 90% of public school children qualify for free and reduced-cost lunch. Four of the areas lack single-ride bus routes that pass by grocery stores. However, local leaders believe the Healthy Food Action Plan can mitigate those nutritional food deserts. Healthy St. Pete, which operates under the Parks and Recreation administration, oversees the initiative. City council members heard…