{"id":5173,"date":"2011-07-31T04:57:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T02:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2015-12-07T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:52:27","slug":"weekend-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/weekend-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few links from the world o&#8217; the web&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Are Americans consuming less sugar? Average consumption in 2008 was 19 teaspoons\/day. It&#8217;s high, <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/jul\/30\/news\/la-heb-added-sugar-consumption-20110729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but significantly less than the 25 teaspoons\/day we\u00a0ate\/drank\u00a0in 2000.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are new nutrition labels in our future. <a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?URI=http%3A%2F%2Fwell.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2Fdesigning-a-better-food-label%2F%3Fref%3Dhealth%26_r%3D5&amp;REFUSE_COOKIE_ERROR=SHOW_ERROR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can cast your peepers over some of the submitted designs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should hot dogs have warning labels? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/blogpost\/post\/billboard-warns-hot-dogs-are-as-risky-as-cigarettes-meat-industry-disagrees\/2011\/07\/28\/gIQAYRPNfI_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The PCRM thinks so.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to help famine victims in East Africa?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.delish.com\/food\/news\/a38649\/how-to-help-famine-victims-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Justine Sterling at Delish.com provides links to relief organizations providing food, water and medical care.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gross-out alert! Fried Ice Cream burger is a hit at the Florida State Fair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/jul\/25\/business\/la-fi-mcdonalds-20110726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McDonald&#8217;s to make Happy Meals somewhat healthier<\/a>, by\u00a0halving the\u00a0portion\u00a0of fries and adding a serving of fruit or veg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/HEALTH\/07\/29\/nevin.weight.loss.irprt\/index.html?hpt=he_c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congrats to Will Nevin, for losing 177 pounds!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exercise physiologist Peter Janiszewski, Ph.D.,\u00a0discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/obesitypanacea\/2011\/07\/21\/kickstarting-your-exercise-routine-when-your-motivation-is-in-a-slump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to kickstart your exercise routine when your motivation is sagging.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2011\/jul\/30\/edzard-ernst-homeopathy-complementary-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Professor Edzard Ernst calls Prince Charles a &#8220;snake oil salesman&#8221;<\/a> after HRH pitches a dandelion and artichoke detox remedy.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great and healthy weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few links from the world o&#8217; the web&#8230; Are Americans consuming less sugar? Average consumption in 2008 was 19 teaspoons\/day. It&#8217;s high, but significantly less than the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[827],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5173"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10385,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions\/10385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}