Awareness vs. Obsession: Nutrition Information in College Dining Halls?
source: http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/02/awareness-vs-obsession-nutrition-information-in-co...
There has been a firestorm of discussion recently around the issue of displaying nutrition facts (i.e. calories, fat grams) on labels placed in front of food items in college dining halls. While the issue has been hotly debated on many campuses, including Yale and Harvard, it has also become a focus of national attention. In response to the growing controversy, Newsweek recently posted a web exclusive article titled “Rethinking the Freshman 15″. The question posed in the article is whether posting nutrition information promotes health or promotes an unhealthy obsession with numbers and food?
Read more at http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/02/awareness-vs-obsession-nutrition-infor...
Read more at http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/02/awareness-vs-obsession-nutrition-infor...
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