Study: Small urban corner stores offer increased healthy food options

Federal food policy changes led to increased availability of healthy foods at smaller urban corner stores in Baltimore, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.

Will Large Soda Ban Help New York Obesity Battle? Seems Not

Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s idea banning of large sugary drinks in New York City have any impact on obesity rates? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham do not think so. They say that the focus is too narrow – on just one item – and does not address the big picture in the battle against the obesity epidemic