Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Whole Foods Market Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp. and other food sellers sent scouts to New York last week for the annual Fancy Food Show, where 2,400 exhibitors showed off 180,000 specialty products.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Keeping a food diary may be a key to losing extra weight, a new weight loss study shows.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
PORTLAND, Ore., July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said a new study suggests tracking daily food consumption in a journal can double a person's weight loss.
Read Food diary boosts weight loss (UPI) (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Group of Eight leaders said rising oil and food costs pose a ``serious challenge'' to the global economy, indicating inflation has become their primary concern.
Read G-8 Says Oil, Food Prices Pose Risk to World Economy (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
The "D8" group of developing nations Tuesday resolved to boost food production to combat shortages that it said threaten to trigger widespread political unrest.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Eight of the world's most powerful leaders called Tuesday for efforts to cool sizzling oil prices, warning soaring fuel and food costs were a threat to world economic growth.
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy would ultimately be resilient.
Read G-8 worried about food, oil; optimistic on economy (AP via Yahoo! News) (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Keeping tabs on what you eat with a food diary can double your weight loss, a new study shows.
Read Keep a Food Diary, Lose Twice as Much Weight (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Europeans remain wary, but policy makers and food companies are pressing the genetic modification topic in a bid to temper aversion to biotech crops.
Read High food prices may cut opposition to genetically modified food (International Herald Tribune) (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 6:49 am, Over one day old
Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized powers are deeply concerned about rising oil and food prices but remain positive about the outlook for the global economy, they said in a communique released Tuesday.
Read G-8 has positive outlook despite oil, food prices (AP via Yahoo! News) (Links)