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    Family food news: Child obesity, safe food handling, produce stickers decoded

    Consumer Reports News: May 25, 2010 05:08 AM

    Tips to curb child obesity
    If you are concerned about your child's weight, there may be some new strategies worth trying. Recently, the First Lady and the members of the Childhood Obesity Task Force unveiled their action plan aimed at reducing childhood obesity (See One in five children have risk factors for heart disease), and many of the recommendations can be implemented right away. Learn more in the full Health blog post.

    9 foods to handle with extreme care
    Some foods might put you at more risk, so our experts say you should be extra careful buying and handling them. If someone more susceptible to food poisoning is in your household—young children, seniors, pregnant women, or anyone with a compromised immune system—you might want to avoid many of them entirely. (See Foodborne illness and children.) Learn more in the full Health blog post.

    Little white stickers on fruits and vegetables
    You know those little stickers with numbers on produce? They're called price look-up (PLU) codes, and the numbers can be useful to consumers. A five-digit number that starts with a 9 means the item is organic. (See When buying organic pays.) Learn more in the full Health blog post.


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