Health & Wellness
Kids Explore Stop & ShopQUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop here has enhanced its elementary school tour program by adding new elements and giving it a new name. The tour is now called the “Stop & Shop Store Explorer Program,” and includes information about recycling, the environment and Stop & Shop’s Healthy Ideas shelf-tag program. ... Nielsen: GMO-Free Is Fastest-Growing Corporate-Brand ClaimSCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Store brands comprise almost 40% of items making health and wellness claims related to preservative; one in four organic product sales; and nearly one in five items making natural and fat claims in food, drug and mass channels, according to the Nielsen Co.... IFIC: Food Labels Could Be ImprovedWASHINGTON - Consumers have an overall positive perception of food labels, but would like certain information relocated or added to packaging, according to new research from the International Food Information Council Foundation.... Doctors’ Group Endorses NuVal SystemBRAINTREE, Mass. — NuVal, a nutritional scoring system currently used in more than 500 supermarkets in 18 states, has received official endorsement from The American College of Preventive Medicine here. ... Fresh & Easy Introduces Gluten-Free TagEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is using a red, gluten-free icon to help identify gluten-free products throughout its stores.... Whole Foods Offers Largest Discounts to Healthiest EmployeesAUSTIN, Texas — A new incentive program at Whole Foods Market will consider an employee's blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index to determine how large a discount they'll be offered, according to a Financial Times report.... |
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FTC: More Enforcement of Rules for Health ClaimsNEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is keeping close watch on nutritional claims made by major food marketers, especially when their products are geared... advertisement 
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