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Children

Food Ads Confusing Children

Researchers contend children under the age of 10 are mistaking apple slices for french fries and failing to recognize milk as a substitute for soda.
April 4, 2014
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Only 10% of the participants identified Burger King’s sliced apples as actual apples, while the majority of children said they were french fries.
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Teens

CSPI wants Sugary Drinks Off Menus

Health organizations and U.S. nutrition experts say they are calling on fast-food restaurant chains to take sugary drinks off their children's menus.
February 18, 2014
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Subway, Chipotle, Arby's and Panera already exclude sugary drinks from kids' meals.
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shopping

C-stores Making Food Inroads

More convenience stores are concentrating on providing a greater variety of fresh, high-quality foods.
February 14, 2014
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Convenience-store foodservice is a $10.9 billion industry and a key area of opportunity for convenience stores across the country.
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Tyson Whole-grain chicken

Nuggets of Truth

Mississippi researchers examined chicken nuggets from national fast-food chains to see what they were made of.
October 8, 2013
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Chicken meat was not the predominate component in either nugget.
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McDonald's Wings feat

McDonald's Takes Wing

McDonald's wings will be introduced across the fast food chain's restaurants across the nation in a revamp of the giant's domestic menu.
August 28, 2013
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The chicken is expected to remain on the menu until the end of November.
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Teens

Fast Food Frequency

A recent Gallup poll reveals that eight out of 10 Americans eat at fast-food restaurants at least once a month.
August 7, 2013
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The survey also found that young adults, aged 18-29, eat fast food more often.
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Obesity

Fast Food in Americans' Diets

If the average American put all the food he or she ate in a day on a platter, about a tenth of it would be wrapped in paper or cardboard as part of a value meal.
February 22, 2013
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If the average American put all the food he or she ate in a day on a platter, about a tenth of it would be wrapped in paper or cardboard as part of a value meal.
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Restaurant Calorie Labeling

In Canada's Restaurants

August 29, 2012
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A new report shows that differences are blurring between fast food and fast casual restaurants in Canada and reveals the driving forces of the commercial foodservice industry.
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