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  • Even the non-food economy has learned the benefits of having food around: according to researchers at Tulane University, a fifth of furniture stores, for example, serve up candy and other high-calorie snacks.

    Beating Obesity 2010

  • Evidence suggests that high-calorie, low-nutrient-value foods like those peddled at fast food outlets, including French fries, burgers, soda and whatever is in a McNugget creates a generation of children raised on poor-quality foods who go on to wrestle with diet-related diseases and struggles with education.

    Christina Pirello: What Will Fast Food Think of Next? Christina Pirello 2011

  • When Gloria, Vera's employer, gets a shot at the lead role in a high-calorie weeper called "The Belle of New Orleans" that also has a small but choice part for a slave, Vera contrives through elaborately silly means to audition for the part.

    Slaves of the Past Terry Teachout 2011

  • Patients need familiar foods which tempt them to eat and many patients need high-calorie possibly even fried foods – every mouthful needs to pack a punch.

    Sometimes fry-ups are the right thing for patients | Letters 2011

  • Ms. Deen, whose high-calorie recipes and super-sized portions have made her both a Food Network favorite and a public health nightmare, appears appallingly opportunistic for simultaneously revealing both her diagnosis and a deal with a pharmaceutical company.

    Nancy Huehnergarth: Paula Deen at the Crossroads: Punch Line or Role Model? Nancy Huehnergarth 2012

  • We must fundamentally restructure our food supply, so that the focus is not on meat and high-calorie, high-fat foodstuffs with little nutritional value.

    Should Healthy People Take Cholesterol Drugs to Prevent Heart Disease? 2012

  • No more dashing out at the last minute to get high-calorie takeout.

    Kid-friendly diet helps fight childhood obesity at home 2010

  • This U.S.-led study compared the core body temperatures of 24 subjects on a long-term, calorie-restricted diet, 24 lean endurance runners on a high-calorie Western diet, and 24 sedentary men and women, also on a Western diet.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • There's one change many parents need to make that will be more noticeable to kids: Get rid of most high-calorie, low-nutrition candies, soda, cookies, chips and ice cream.

    Kid-friendly diet helps fight childhood obesity at home 2010

  • Ms. Deen, whose high-calorie recipes and super-sized portions have made her both a Food Network favorite and a public health nightmare, appears appallingly opportunistic for simultaneously revealing both her diagnosis and a deal with a pharmaceutical company.

    Nancy Huehnergarth: Paula Deen at the Crossroads: Punch Line or Role Model? Nancy Huehnergarth 2012

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