Even Hospitals Don't Want to Give Up Junk Food - The Atlantic
"In some places, patients can have a hard time accessing healthy meals."
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SimplySeema 9yr Yes, so unfortunate and hope this changes. Spoke to Brodo (great bone broths in Nyc) and they are looking to get bone broth into hospitals. Fingers and toes crossed it happens. -
DietID_TeamDietitians 9yr Yes! This is one of the many things I get on my soap box about! The fact that our health care havens are treating diet related diseases with bad diets and pills! -
JenniferEmilson 9yr It's really a shame that the place where sick people go to get healthy are relying on mass institutional prepared foods. Forget the issue that a better diet in the first place should encouraged by doctors, as opposed to prescribing chemicals to treat issues!! -
akhilg2002 9yr Good thing is that a lot of hospitals and systems are changing in this, especially bigger name places, as they are getting better PR for being healthier places etc, and getting out of long term leases with fast food places and companies like Sysco. I used to work at U of Michigan hospital where a McDonald's was so prominent. It's now long gone and would be unheard of today. Hopefully communities like Foodstand can keep putting pressure on hospitals and health systems to provide better food, to employees, patients and visitors... -
DietID_TeamDietitians 9yr Yes! We need to continue to celebrate these successes so more people follow along. Looking forward to this trend carrying out in schools as well
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annefood 9yr My sister in law is in the hospital often and has taken to photographing all of the appalling food she is given. It's terrifying. It's basically an injection of chemicals and sugar.
Good article about the poorly constructed "studies" out there
fivethirtyeight.com
"Photographs by Anna Maria Barry-Jester As the new year begins, millions of people are vowing to shape up their eating habits. This usually involves dividing foods into moralistic categories: good/b…"
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DietID_TeamDietitians I love this article so much, because it highlights in inconsistency of food data. We all need to be more discerning about what we read. I'd love the nutrition folks to weigh in on this - those who...
A Plan Worth Its Salt - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com
Too much sodium!!
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DietID_TeamDietitians Labeling is so critical, as most people don't know what's in their food when they dine out. And I totally agree with the author's last point that even hedge fund managers complain about how...
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kellydee A judicious use of salt can really enhance flavors. I avoid packaged foods so I can control how and when to use both salt and sugar.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Great idea @kellydee -adding it yourself makes you so much more aware