A "study of more than 5,000 Norwegian 15- and 16-year-olds showed a clear and direct association between soft drink intake and hyperactivity, and a more complex link with other mental and behavioral disorders."

The Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed a lawsuit today in California against McDonald's, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Chili's, Applebee's, Outback Steakhouse and TGI Friday's, saying that every sample tested of grilled chicken from every chain "tested positive for a dangerous carcinogenic compound called PhIP" during analysis at an independent laboratory. A staff attorney with the PCRM said the restaurants are in violation of a 1986 California law that requires them to give a "clear and reasonable warning" about carcinogens in their food. The law carries a fine of 2,500 dollars per violation per day.

A hospital in Portland, Oregon, called Good Shepherd Medical Center offers patients organic food made from scratch. Instead of serving special meals, such as fat-restricted or sodium-restricted, to individual patients based on their medical problems, it just "serves healthy food to everyone." Hospital food staff shop at farmer's markets and health food stores. The hospital is just one of many going organic and healthy in an effort to actually promote health.