Death risk may be higher for participants of U.S. food assistance program

A new study finds that subjects who are a part of the federal food assistance program SNAP may be at a much higher risk of death than nonparticipants.

US schools make progress by limiting access to unhealthy foods

Most students in grades kindergarten through 12 have access to foods and beverages during the school day outside the federal school meal programs, which are called competitive foods.

Special report: "Trans Fat, Regulation, Legislation and Human Health"

Clinical Therapeutics features a special report in its March issue focusing on the science and policy leading up to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) preliminary steps toward restricting industrially produced trans fatty acids, or trans fat, at the federal level.

Food Pyramid Gives Way To Food Plate, USA

For the last two decades the federal government has used the Food Pyramid as the basis for good nutritional advice, which never told people how much of which types of foods they should eat. Many also criticized it for not taking into account the impact on insulin of some high carbohydrate foods…

Funding Bill Passed; Food Safety Measure Sent To President; 9/11 Worker Legislation Still Held Up

Although Congress gave approval to a short-term funding measure for the federal government, the bill doesn’t contain money to pay for enforcement of new health law regulations. Meanwhile, work continued on other pending proposals…