Your snack now has a naughty number; Hy-Vee is adding a new label that rates the overall nutrition score of certain products. The system ranges from 1-100 with one being the least nutritious and 100 at the most. Omaha World-Herald article by Nichole Aksamit, January 21, 2009. Reprinted with permission.
Healthy Habits: Wrist Watch, appeared in the Omaha World-Herald, Monday, July 27, 2009 by Ross Boettcher. Reprinted with permission.
A Plan to Add Supermarkets to Poor Areas, with Health Results, NY Times, September 24, 2009
The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Brownell, KD et al., NEJM 361(16): 1599-1605, October 15, 2009.
Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores, Borradaile, KE et al., Pediatrics, October, 2009
Dietician Warns Against Too Much of a Good Thing, broadcast on KETV-Channel 7 on November,2, 2009
Reading, Writing...and Raised-Bed Gardening!?!?, an article by Christy Pooschke on Omaha.net, November 19, 2009, on the outdoor garden of Western Hills Elementary.
USDA magazine, Amber Waves, March 2010, Vol. 8, Issue 1.
