Compulsory Nutritional Information In Menus Makes No Difference To Calorie Intake

You would have thought that forcing restaurants to list nutritional information in their menus would make people more careful about what they ate – apparently it makes no difference at all. In January 2009, King County, Washington, USA, made it compulsory for fast food outlets with 15 or more locations to disclose nutritional data on their menus, including calorie information…

USDA Revises Corn, Soybean Crop Estimates Driving Up Prices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday “reported that last year’s corn and soybean crop was smaller than its earlier estimates,” Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Healthy Habits For New Hampshire Children

As part of an ongoing effort to instill healthy habits for New Hampshire children, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire is pleased to announce a multi-year grant to the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF)…

Breastfeeding Exclusively For First Six Months May Not Be Best For Babies

Breastfeeding babies exclusively without introducing other foods until they are six months old may not be in their best interest, suggest UK researchers in a study published this week in BMJ…

Looking For A Healthy Beverage? Get Back To The Basics

Sports drinks and enhanced waters have become extremely popular among athletes and consumers who want to live a healthy lifestyle. Yet a growing body of evidence points to old-school beverages tea, coffee and low-fat or chocolate milk as the best elixirs for nutrition, health and workout recovery…

Population-wide Reduction In Salt Consumption Recommended

The American Heart Association issued a call to action for the public, health professionals, the food industry and the government to intensify efforts to reduce the amount of sodium (salt) Americans consume daily…

Coffee May Help Protect Against Diabetes

Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why.