Breaking the Drought in Food Deserts
What happens when a grocery store opens in an inner-city neighborhood?
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Trendy Diets Are Nothing New
Quick slim downs, cleanses, celebrity diets, and all the other diet fads have been around for a lot longer than you'd think.
The History of School Lunches
American school-lunch policy has always been at the mercy of broader ideological trends, from patriotic militarism to corporate neoliberalism.
Fewer Fast Food Outlets Does Not Mean Thinner People
Evidence points to a failed attempt at social engineering.
Superfoods Aren’t Really All That Super
Why do we keep reaching for them as a quick health fix when the science says they're not so special?
Some People Have Strong Opinions on How We Should Define ‘Healthy’
What does it mean for a food to be “healthy”? The Food and Drug Administration has been considering…
Snack and Grocery Companies Ask to Put Off New Food Labels
Food manufacturers are looking for more time to finish their homework. In the last year of Barack Obama’s…
Food Stamp Recipients in Seven States Will Now Be Able to Buy Groceries Online
Here’s why that may be good for SNAP recipients. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Last week,…
A New Review, Funded by Food Companies, Calls Recommended Sugar Limits Untrustworthy
This isn’t the first time a company has paid for university scientists to write a review, which are…
The Scientific Paper a Sugar Industry Group Commissioned for $50,000
What’s a favorable scientific finding worth? Almost $50,000, apparently. That’s how much the Sugar Research Foundation, an industry-organized…