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McDonald’s has been on a rollercoaster ride over the last year but its growth in sales shows what the company is doing right.
Whenever we talk about refraining from things, it is bound up with piety and martyrdom. A different approach could help realign us with the planet.
By bidding the price of unhealthy food down, fast food marketers are normalising everyday consumption.
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been feeling the impact of reduced sales, but a look at the broader sector shows unhealthy food is still going strong.
The fast-food chain’s surprise decision to lift its workers’ wages stems from a mix of morality, economics and politics.
How people respond to changing economic incentives appears to explain a lot of the upward trend in weight.
Last month Burger King took soft drinks off of their kids’ menu. But will making low-fat milk and apple juice the new default options change how kids eat?
David Cameron has told company bosses that firms should give their staff a pay rise. Certainly a raise in wages would be long overdue. The small average wage increase over the past year or so (1.8% between…
Low-waged workers in small workplaces are, statistically, the least likely to go on strike. They are unlikely to be unionised, are under close supervision from the boss and are easily replaceable. Traditionally…
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released a report on the role of pizza in American diets. Researcher Donna Rhodes and colleagues in USDA’s agricultural research department found that an…
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has introduced a Healthy Weight Action Plan aimed at curbing the number of obese people in the territory. As its name suggests, the plan seeks to create…
Advergaming is a relatively recent approach to advertising that overcomes many of the limitations of traditional advertising. But advergames are increasingly being used by fast food companies to target…
How do fast food workers survive on rock-bottom wages in the US? Research by the University of California at Berkeley has…
White people are represented more often and more positively in television commercials than black or Asian people, according…
The government wants to improve children’s diets by banning packed lunches and barring children from leaving school at lunchtime to prevent them from buying unhealthy food. School lunches are healthier…
Banning the use of trans fats has proven to be the most effective way to prevent the spread of major world diseases. But…
Children are subconsciously absorbing sports sponsorship messages from alcohol and fast-food manufacturers, new research…
Consumption of fast food more than three times a week is associated with increased risks of severe asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis…
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has just finished hearing submissions in a case against McDonald’s opening an outlet in the town of Tecoma. The case is part of a growing trend of…
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