Vegan fast food: 33 plant-based options

With interest in veganism on the rise, there are now more plant-based food options available in fast food restaurants than ever before. Learn about 33 of them here.

What fast foods can you eat on a low-carb diet?

Many people choose to follow a low-carb diet. This means eating out can be a challenge. It is especially true of fast food restaurants.

Fast food and diabetes: Tips and options for eating out

Fast food should usually be avoided, but sometimes you need a quick bite on the run. Can people with diabetes eat fast food without risking their health?

Ban fast food deliveries to schools: Almost one quarter of young people order takeaways to their schools

A new report, ‘The Child’s Obesity Strategy’, is calling for a ban on fast food takeaway deliveries to schools and the introduction of new initiatives such as film-style classifications on…

High levels of phthalates detected in people who eat fast food

People who consume a lot of fast food may also be consuming high levels of phthalates – a potentially hazardous industrial chemical – according to new research.

Fast food linked to poorer bone development in early years

Greater access to fast food outlets is linked to poorer bone health, while access to more healthy specialty stores is linked to higher bone mass in young children, new study finds.

"Happy Meals" Bill could improve healthfulness of fast food meals for kids in New York City

A bill to improve the nutritional value of fast food restaurant meals marketed to children – like McDonald’s Happy Meals – could have a wide enough impact to reduce calories, fat, and sodium…

Certain communities disproportionately affected by fast food marketing for children

A newly published research study examining only marketing directed at children on the interior and exterior of fast food restaurants has found that the majority of black, middle-income and rural…

Healthy fast food advertising for kids goes unnoticed, study shows

In 2009, fast food restaurants agreed to include healthy foods in advertising targeted at children in order to combat the obesity epidemic in the US.

Could living or working near fast food shops make you obese?

It may seem like an obvious association: exposure to fast food restaurants and likelihood of obesity. But researchers whose study revealed these findings say the link shows evidence of a “dose-response relationship” and could have implications in the wake of the increasingly worrisome public health issue that is obesity.Publishing their work on bmj.

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