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How Diets Affect Weight Around the World

  • Posted by: GOOD , Always With Honor
  • on November 4, 2009 at 6:00 am

How Diets Affect Weight Around the World

Approximately two-thirds of the United States’ adult population is overweight. This is because, on average, adults in the United States are eating upwards of 3,500 calories each day, when 2,000 calories a day is plenty for an active adult. Both types of foods, and the amount of daily calories an adult chooses to consume can have a significant impact on their health, as you can see by the distribution of calories in diets around the…

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Your Daily Water Use

  • Posted by: GOOD , Fogelson-Lubliner
  • on October 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Thirsty? So is everyone else. We’re headed for a water shortage. Here’s how a few simple choices can reduce your daily water use by 1,213 gallons. A GOOD Transparency video.

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GOOD and Whole Foods Market have teamed up to bring you a series of infographics and videos on what we eat: where it comes from, what’s in it, and what choices you can make to ensure you’re eating as well…

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What’s in a School Lunch?

  • Posted by: GOOD , Always With Honor
  • on September 17, 2009 at 3:53 pm

What’s in a School Lunch?

Each school day, more than 30 million children are provided with reduced-cost or free lunches as part of the National School Lunch Program.  The NSLP requires that lunches meet nutritional guidelines established by the USDA.  Here are two lunches; each meets the USDA’s guidelines.  One represents the type of processed foods typically found on school-lunch trays, and the other represents an alternative lunch of whole grains, legumes, low-fat dairy, fresh fruit, and vegetables.  Click here…

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    A series of infographics exploring food and our relationship with food. Created in partnership with Whole Foods Market.

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