A new start - mission statement

I started Sugar Rush initially for a school project on public health - namely sugary drinks, their contribution to the obesity epidemic, and how public policy could help curb it.  The more I researched it the more important the issue became to me, and I eventually chose to continue the blog long after the course ended.  While I still intend to discuss new findings about the adverse health effects of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs), I have been broadening Sugar Rush's topic range to include more public health and wellness issues, though primarily with a nutritional bent. 

This change is where Wayland Patch comes in - the blog will examine the bigger picture, but from a localized perspective.  This could b anything from the USDA's new requirement that public schools serve healthier snacks to cutting back on sugar in your diet without loading up on artificial sweeteners.

I'll be posting both here and at my original blog - feel free to check out some of my earlier work on the original Sugar Rush at www.sugarwatchers.blogspot.com.