Food trends lean toward sustainable, healthy food choices: study

MANILA – About 700 exhibitors participated in the International Food Exhibition held Friday in Pasay City, with local products and delicacies showing Filipino taste and culture.

The Center for International Trade and Expositions and Missions is aiming to boost the country’s export sales after posting a negative growth for the first quarter of 2023.

Food trends lean toward sustainable, healthy food choices: study

“We go where the buyers are. There’s this difficulty of SMEs to go individually, we ask the market to come. We still have programs participating abroad. We had one in Feb, Dubai, another one will be in China. While we have locally-held international shows, we also

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Grocery prices making healthy food unaffordable for BC families, report says

Many BC families in lower-income households cannot afford to have healthy, nutritious diets due to food costs.

A BC Center for Disease Control report, Food Costing in BC 2022found that the average cost for a nutritious diet for a family of four in May and June 2022 was $1,263 per month.

“Food insecurity is a significant public health issue,” said Dr. Geoff McKee, BC Center for Disease Control’s medical director of population and public health.

“The price of food does not affect everyone equally and the root cause of household food insecurity is low income.”


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TikTok, a 3-year-old shamed for Pringles and how we talk about food

Megan Peavey didn’t think it would be a problem to send her 3-year-old son to school last month with a Pringles snack stack.

The school has a policy requiring “healthy snacks” for students, but Peavey didn’t consider the 100-calorie pack of chips to be unhealthy, especially when with other balanced snack options.

“Please help us make healthy choices at school!” read a message written in marker on the Pringles container, which was sent back home to Peavey.

“They snack-shamed my 3-year-old, (and) they snack-shamed me by writing that passive-aggressively on his trash,” Peavey said in a TikTok video.

Parents, guardians

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Pine Bluff major wants new food options to become a healthier city

Making sure people have access to healthy and affordable foods is a problem across Arkansas, and Pine Bluff is working to solve the issue one healthy step at a time.

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Making sure people have access to healthy and affordable foods is a problem across Arkansas, and it’s an issue that’s difficult to address.

A “food desert” is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food. These food deserts can have long-term impacts that span across generations.

The City of Pine Bluff is experiencing this issue, but the community is working to solve it

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Michelle Obama launches a healthy food and beverage company for kids



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Former first lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday the launch of a healthy food and beverage company she co-founded to offer parents “healthier, great-tasting products” for their children.

“I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, you can’t just work from the outside. You’ve got to get inside—you’ve got to find ways to change the food and beverage industry itself,” Obama said in a speech at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival. “I’m proud to announce the national launch of a company designed not only to provide better products, but to jumpstart

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Michelle Obama launches PLEZi company to improve child nutrition

Michelle Obama announced Wednesday that she has co-founded a new company to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products that she says will be less detrimental to their long-term health because of their lower sugar and higher nutrient content. video player above: Want your kids to eat veggies? Parents can set an example by eating them, too, study finds The former first lady’s work with PLEZi Nutrition is an extension of her efforts to improve child nutrition when she was in the White House.” I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, …

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Want A Healthy Heart? These 4 Diets Are A Must-Try

Have you been looking for a diet that’s good for your heart too? Are you confused with such varied information on different diet regimens available on the internet? If yes, then we have got the perfect news for you to clear your thoughts. The American Heart Association (AHA) has recently come up with a consolidated list of diets that can significantly reduce several heart-related risks. According to an official release by AHA, “The number of different, popular dietary patterns has proliferated in recent years, and the amount of misinformation about them on social media has reached critical levels”, which has

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Do consumers actually want healthy food and drink?

Junk food high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) is on the industry’s radar. In the UK, rules limiting the location of HFSS foods in shops have already come into play, and it’s expected that more junk food restrictions – including multibuy deals – are on the way.

As food makers work to reformulate HFSS products to comply with incoming legislations, ‘healthy’ food is front of mind. While it’s likely non-HFSS will take a greater market share in the UK, the laws don’t reflect whether consumers want healthy food choices.

So where does ‘health’ fit on the purchase decision hierarchy?

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