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NEWS ABOUT: breakfast cereal

breakfast cereal stories: 3 news summaries
tHEY'RE MAGICALLY NUTRITIOUS

 Kellogg's 
 'Immunity' Claim 
 Stokes H1N1 Ire 

Company profiting from parents' swine flu fears, critics charge

Nov 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Kellogg's claim that its cereal has immunity-boosting powers is a cheap way to capitalize on parents' swine flu fears, critics tell USA Today . "This one belongs in the hall of fame," says the director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The boxes in question announce... More »

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Kellogg • immunity • swine flu • H1N1 virus • breakfast cereal • women's issues

85% more sugar, anyone?

Worst Cereals Are Most Heavily Marketed to Kids

Industry's promise to self-regulate an 'abject failure'

Oct 26, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cereals marketed to kids are drastically less nutritious than those pitched to adults, despite industry promises to clean up its act, finds a new study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The study confirms what a quick glance at the cereal aisle would tell you: Cereals... More »

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nutrition • childhood obesity • cereal • breakfast cereal

(Newser) - The FDA has a message for Cheerios: You're a cereal, not a wonder drug. The agency says General Mills must tone down its health claims or risk having its product yanked off shelves, the New York Daily News reports. The cereal box makes all sorts of claims about lowering... More »

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FDA • cholesterol • General Mills • Food and Drug Administration • Cheerios • breakfast cereal

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