Nutrient Analysis-Menu Label Rules

Is Putting Nutrition Info on Menus A Good Idea?

July 11, 2012

Adding nutrition information to menu labeling has been, and will continue to be, a hot button topic among the retail food industry. Efforts to curtail the obesity epidemic and the co-morbities that come with it can often seem at odds with the goals of restaurants or convenience food businesses. In March of 2010 Congress passed [...]

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San Antonio Hospital Joins the ¡Por Vida! Movement for Healthy Options

February 28, 2012

San Antonio’s University Hospital is the latest location to join the ¡Por Vida! Healthy Menu Initiative, launched by the Metropolitan Health District. This means that they will offer healthy options in their cafeteria lines, all at under 700 calories, 750 mg of sodium, and no more than 23 grams of total fat. The Healthy Restaurants [...]

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Low-Salt Diet Ineffective?

May 6, 2011

More ammunition to help liberalize diets and question new dietary guidelines decreasing sodium consumption to 1,500 mg/day… Low-Salt Diet Ineffective, Study Finds. Disagreement Abounds. A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research’s limitations mean the debate over [...]

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Emerging Practice Area of Restaurant Menu Labeling

May 6, 2011

Online Certificate of Training Program in Restaurant Menu Labeling To prepare members in the emerging practice area of nutritional labeling for restaurant meals, ADA’s Center for Professional Development offers a new certificate of training program. The program consists of four modules that build on each other: Module 1: Legislative Background, the Law and Emerging Trends Module [...]

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Restaurant chains prepare for new menu-labeling rules

April 19, 2011

More opportunities for Dietitians as Menu Label Rules become a reality! EAT OUT, EAT HEALTHY A federal menu labeling law will: Require restaurant chains with 20 or more locations to print calories on menus. Require chains to make fat, sodium, sugar and other nutritional information available on request. Require similar nutrition labels on vending machines. Exempt [...]

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