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Early Results of a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effects of a Local Minimum Wage Policy on the Diet-Related Health of Low-Wage Workers, 2018-2020
CONCLUSION: There was no evidence of a beneficial or adverse effect of the Minimum Wage Ordinance on health-related variables during a period of economic and social change. The COVID-19 pandemic and other contextual factors likely contributed to the observed trends in both cities.PMID:37548177 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980023001520
Source: Public Health Nutrition - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Caitlin E Caspi Maria Fernanda Gombi-Vaca Julian Wolfson Lisa J Harnack Molly De Marco Rebekah Pratt Thomas Durfee Samuel Myers Source Type: research

Frozen fruit recall: Products sold at Aldi, Target and Trader possible for listeria
Consumers need to check freezers for specific frozen food products sold at several retailers nationwide. Sunrise Growers Inc., a subsidiary of SunOpta Inc., in Minneapolis, is voluntarily recalling frozen fruit products for possible listeria monocytogenes contamination. The frozen fruit products…#sunrisegrowersinc #sunoptainc #minneapolis #michigan #traderjoe #target #goodgather #wholefoodsmarket #walmart #listeriosis
Source: Reuters: Health - June 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How Doctors Inadvertently Fat-Shame Kids
When Beth Nathan was 10 years old, her pediatrician grabbed her belly and said, “OK! Time to switch to skim milk!” Nathan estimates that she weighed “maybe four pounds more” than her friends at school at that point. Until then, she had never thought much about her body. But the doctor’s comment hit its mark. Nathan began thinking about her weight more and went on her first diet in high school. Though she never met the criteria for an eating disorder, she also never shook the expectation that she should be thinner. She continued dieting off and on through college and medical school. And then, N...
Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Virginia Sole-Smith Tags: Uncategorized Books Excerpt freelance society-team Source Type: news

Minnesota Settles Vaping Lawsuit Against Juul
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria—the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial—just ahead of closing arguments. The terms will be kept confidential until formal papers are publicly filed with the court in 30 days, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement. “After three weeks of trial highlighting and bringing into the public record the actions that JUUL and Altria took that contributed to the youth vaping epidemic, we reached a settlement in the best interest of Minnesotan...
Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: STEVE KARNOWSKI/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaping wire Source Type: news

Exploring the associations between neighbourhood food environment, household food insecurity, and child weight-related outcomes in socio-economically and racially/ethnically diverse families
CONCLUSIONS: Poor NFEs were associated with worse weight-related outcomes for children; the association with weight was more pronounced among children with HFI. Interventions aiming to improve child weight-related outcomes should consider both NFE and HFI.PMID:36210770 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980022002130
Source: Public Health Nutrition - October 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarthak Agarwal Angela R Fertig Amanda C Trofholz Allan D Tate Jenna Robinson Jerica Berge Source Type: research

Secular trends and customer characteristics of sweetened beverage and water purchasing at US convenience and other small food stores, 2014-2017
CONCLUSIONS: Despite research suggesting previous declines in SSB consumption and purchasing in the US, we identified a persistent, high trend of SSB purchasing overtime at convenience and other small food stores. Consumption of SSBs and water are growing targets for public policy and health campaigns. Results demonstrate additional work is needed curb sweetened beverage purchasing and promote water purchasing at convenience and other small food stores, which are often prevalent in low-income and marginalized communities.PMID:35361242 | DOI:10.1186/s12966-022-01268-2
Source: Health Physics - April 1, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Megan R Winkler Kathleen Lenk Darin Erickson Melissa N Laska Source Type: research

The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears
Everyone experiences digestive problems now and then, and they’re nobody’s idea of a good time. In a survey of nearly 72,000 adults in the U.S., 61% reported having had at least one gastrointestinal (GI) symptom over the previous week, and within that group, 58% said they’d had two or more GI symptoms over the past week, according to a study in a 2018 issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Because symptoms like constipation, heartburn, and abdominal pain are generally vague and often don’t have an obvious cause, those suffering tend to fear the worst. “People get very concerned abo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Associations between shopper impulsivity and cyclical food purchasing: Results from a prospective trial of low-income households receiving monthly benefits
In this study, 249 low-income households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area received monthly benefits for three months. Overall impulsivity and impulsivity subtraits of the primary shopper was assessed using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11. Both total food expenditures and expenditures for two specific categories (fruits and vegetables, and foods high in added sugar) were evaluated. Generalized estimating equations were used to model household expenditures as a function of week since benefit distribution, impulsivity, and their interaction. Results showed that during the benefit period, food expen...
Source: Appetite - April 3, 2021 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sruthi Valluri Susan M Mason Hikaru Hanawa Peterson Brad Appelhans Simone A French Lisa J Harnack Source Type: research

Perceptions of a food benefit program that includes financial incentives for the purchase of fruits and vegetables and restrictions on the purchase of foods high in added sugar
CONCLUSIONS: A food benefit program that includes restriction on purchase of FAS or restriction paired with a financial incentive for F/V purchases may be acceptable to most SNAP-eligible households with children.PMID:33706823 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980021001051
Source: Public Health Nutrition - March 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fatima A Fagbenro Tessa Lasswell Sarah A Rydell J Michael Oakes Brian Elbel Lisa J Harnack Source Type: research