Weekend Reading: Food as an Art
Reading picks for when you have a spare moment.… 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
A new series does a fantastic job explaining how America got fat, but doesn't attempt to galvanize changes to the food system.… More »
As sushi has gone mainstream, lower cost suppliers have come into the market offering fishy products.… More »
Even small changes to school regulations can cause a massive uproar.… More »
After a decade of intensive genetically modified plant cultivation, weeds have emerged that are resistant to the most popular herbicide.… More »
Pharmaceutical companies are rushing to produce new weight loss drugs. But some of them come along with alarming side effects.… More »
According to the Government Accountability Office, the United States' food supply isn't prepared for a major disaster.… More »
The globalization of food and public health means the FDA must be everywhere at once.… More »
A dog food contamination scare isn't just problematic for your pets -- they also endanger you.… More »
As sushi's gone mainstream, the supply of raw fish has expanded beyond the traditional cuts to a new product called "scrape."… More »
These scrumptious reads are worth your time.… More »
Marion Nestle takes a close look at the FDA's goals around giving consumers more information about the food that they are eating.… More »
"Volunteers," by which we mean prisoners, were deprived of nutrients and then given the bare minimum they needed to be restored to health.… More »
Two new studies question the link between food deserts in low-income areas and obesity, but the story is a whole lot more complicated than putting grocery stores in poor neighborhoods.… More »
Despite Michelle Obama's high-profile child obesity campaign, the White House hasn't managed to change the nation's kids' diets.… More »
Now that the disease has been detected in an American cow, Marion Nestle takes stock of what we know about bovine spongiform encephalopathy.… More »
While young bodies seem to have a miraculous ability to keep pounds off, the lifestyle choices you make as a young adult can set you up for a healthier life later.… More »
The FDA continues to hedge its bets on the controversy over the chemical, which is used to make certain types of clear plastics.… More »
While we get a lot of advice about what to eat, what people need to hear is actually quite simple.… More »
The United States spends an obscene amount on crop insurance. Will the 2012 farm bill do anything about it?… More »
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