U.K. Food Industry Successfully Fights Package Labeling Efforts
In what is essentially an invitation to the fox to guards the chickens, the UK government has asked big food to help develop new policies.… More »
Marion Nestle is professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and the author of Food Politics, Safe Food, What to Eat, and Pet Food Politics. More
In what is essentially an invitation to the fox to guards the chickens, the UK government has asked big food to help develop new policies.… More »
Whether it works or not, Walmart's new logo, which will only go on in-house brand products, does follow some pretty strict nutrition criteria.… More »
Eggs are boiled and sterile, but contamination must have occurred after they were peeled or while they were sitting in buckets of salt water.… More »
On the second anniversary of the campaign to fight childhood obesity, reflecting on how smart it was to target school lunch and food deserts.… More »
A provocative new report from the prestigious science journal Nature suggests that sugars are so unhealthy that they should be regulated.… More »
Most low-income families cook at home at least five times per week and consider healthy meals to be important and realistic, but a struggle.… More »
Researchers had volunteers eat diets that differed in proportions of carbohydrate, protein, and fat, and found that, while some were harder to stick to than others, all of them worked.… More »
Campaigns to require the labeling of GM foods are starting to heat up, with the number of countries requiring disclosure now up to 50.… More »
Placing red and green traffic light labels on food available in a hospital cafeteria was enough to convince people to eat the healthiest options.… More »
Dr Pepper's new marketing campaign for men not only excludes half the market, but is "crude and obtuse," even it is does prove effective.… More »
Only someone who has actually eaten what our kids are fed in school could write so convincing an expose about this broken food system.… More »
The new standards call for more vegetables and fruits, a requirement for whole grains, and for all milk to be just one percent or less.… More »
A report on outbreaks last winter identified the source as 'Mexican-style fast food Restaurant Chain A,' but shouldn't we be told more?… More »
Stats climbed when deregulatory policies were introduced to boost farm production, but they've finally stalled. Have we gained all that we can?… More »
Food Production Daily reports that hitting meat with electrical current reduces toxic E. coli on the surface, but surface bacteria isn't a problem.… More »
After nearly 30 years, the EPA could finally put a limit on the amount of these cancer-causing chemicals we should be exposed to every day.… More »
The Food Network star has been living with diabetes for three years we now know, but the most stunning part about this story might be the American Diabetes Association's reaction.… More »
According to the latest rumors, the Office of Management and Budget wants to merge some agencies, including the FDA and the USDA.… More »
An aggressive campaign of subway posters in both English and Spanish reminds passersby to pay more attention to how much they're eating.… More »
It is, according to U.S. News, which recently ranked various diets on flexibility, effectiveness, ease of use, and taste. They advised against diets that are too restrictive and difficult to follow.… More »
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