Candy vs. snacks: parent and child discussions of characteristics that define candy and snack foods (1022.4)

The candy prophylactic: danger, disease, and children's candy around 1916.

By 1916, America had firmly established its international reputation as ‘‘a great candy eating nation’’ (‘‘Brooklyn Leads’’ 1). American candy consumption was by some estimates approaching half a pound per week per person; if that was an average, there were many eating significantly more (‘‘Pure Candy’’). Children, too, in the early decades of the twentieth century were buying and eating candy ...

Candy Medication

Availability of snacks, candy and beverages in hospital, community clinic and commercial pharmacies.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to measure the availability of energy-dense foods and sugar-sweetened beverages in pharmacies and to examine differences by pharmacy type and presence of a food policy. DESIGN Trained research staff visited pharmacies (n 37) to measure shelf space and variety of snacks, candy and sugar-sweetened beverages available within 10 ft (3·05 m) of the ph...

Candy cocaine esophagus.

Reversible thermal injury to the esophagus from drinking boiling-hot liquids has been reported to produce alternating pink and white linear bands that impart a "candy-cane" appearance to the inner esophageal wall. This injury has been associated with chest pain, dysphagia, odynophagia, and abdominal pain. We describe a case of candy-cane esophagus caused by thermal injury from smoking freebase ...

Candy flavorings in tobacco.