A diet heavy on cheap, modern food like instant noodles that fills bellies but lacks key nutrients has left millions of children unhealthily thin or overweight in southeast Asia, experts say.
Read moreJapan manages a rare feat for a developed country when it comes to feeding its children — high scores for nutrition but very low obesity rates. One major key? School lunches.
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Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers and steak? A team of international researchers says probably not, contradicting established advice.
Read moreA federal judge affirmed a $3.6 million award of attorney fees in a class action accusing Arena Pharmaceuticals of hiding harmful effects of its weight-loss drug.
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Parents bringing a new baby into their home can sometimes feel like they’ve been hit by a meteor that leaves a crater in their wallets and sleep schedule. But a study published Sunday says caring for that bundle of joy can improve the household diet.
Read moreReplacing one serving of beef with poultry each day can slash dietary greenhouse gas emissions by half, suggesting we don’t need to give up meat to reduce our carbon footprint, according to new research released Monday.
Read moreFast food fed one out of three adults in the United States, and consumption tended to increase along with income, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
Read moreThe Second Circuit revived a challenge Tuesday by a New York inmate who says prison officials seem unable to accommodate both his dairy allergy and his religious diet as a Nazarite Jew.
Read moreWhile admitting no wrongdoing, Dr. Oz, Harpo Productions and associated media companies reached a $5.25 million class action settlement Friday with customers who claim Oz promoted a bogus weight-loss product.
Read moreA trove of ancient fossils in central Spain has given scientists clues about the behaviors and diets of long-extinct animals, according to a study published Wednesday.
Read moreA new treatment that involves freezing the nerve that carries hunger signals to the brain could help mildly to moderately obese people lose weight.
Read moreA fifth of Americans account for nearly half of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, largely through the consumption of beef, a new study finds.
Read moreVegetarians cannot sue Buffalo Wild Wings for failing to disclose that its french fries, mozzarella sticks and other fried non-meat items are cooked in beef tallow, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreA high-salt diet may impair blood flow in the brain and cause dementia, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience that examined the effect of salt consumption on mice.
Read moreFrance, the country that gave the world butter croissants and foie gras, often has been a place where being overweight was seen as something of a sin. But its capital is taking a hard look at the contradictions with a campaign to counter sizeism, an often disregarded kind of discrimination.
Read moreThe U.S. fishing industry caught a strong tide in 2016, the government reported Wednesday, unveiling its annual snapshot that tracks fisheries by species, as well as annual seafood consumption and the productivity of top fishing ports.
Read moreThe federal government claims in court that a Long Island company and its owner made and distributed adulterated dietary supplements that were mislabeled, in violation of federal law.
Read moreA Florida woman claims in court her son was hospitalized with kidney damage after his coach from a city-sponsored youth football team told him to guzzle laxatives to lose weight.
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A Seattle-based company called Pact promises to pay customers who use its app to complete exercising and diet goals, but charges them whether they do it or not, and keeps charging them after they try to cancel, the Federal Trade Commission claims in court.
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