Connecting Goodness
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Childhood Obesity

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Governments Must Act to Reverse Alarming Rise in Childhood Obesity

The Editors · January 25, 2016

New York, N.Y. Facing a global epidemic in childhood obesity with the number of overweight children under five on track to jump from 42 million to 70 million over the nex…

YummyHealth Company Raises the Candy Bar

Merilee Kern · March 4, 2016

Credit: YummyHealth. New York, N.Y. In 2012 Lisa Goldbaum—a journalist, wife and devoted mother of two—came to a startling realization: empty calories defined her family’…

Slow Food at Sprig Fights Fast-Food Culture

Jim Luce · August 22, 2012

New York, N.Y. In a sea of steaks, burritos and grab-and-go food in busy Midtown East, there is a beacon of the Slow Food movement, serving healthful food in an elegant,…