Food & Nutrition

The obesity epidemic has helped focus attention on Americans' eating habits, with an eye to the extent to which they are associated with consumption of excess calories.

There has long been evidence that socioeconomic status has a positive and linear correlation with general health and even more specific medical conditions.

For 21st century dieters, is it time for the written food journal to go high tech?

As we've noted before, the amount of sodium an adult should consume has been, and still is, a bone of contention, with some experts finding t

Choline is a B-complex vitamin found in the lecithin of many plants and animals. The Institute of Medicine notes that is prevents some chronic diseases. That's good. But a new paper suggests supplemental choline is clot enhancing.

Public-health campaigns focusing on reducing smoking have found that including graphically disturbing images in their messaging has proven to be effective.

If you just read the headlines, you'd immediately run to your pantry (or wherever you keep soft drink) and pour all your diet sodas down the sink.

How many minutes is your commute to work? The average American spends around 25 minutes - one way - according to the U.S.

The push to change consumers' dietary habits, taking a page from changing our use of tobacco, has seen a surge in the special taxation of sugar sweetened beverages [1], like soda. So far these initiatives have seen indifferent success.

When I was learning how to do word problems in elementary school, we were taught to ask ourselves a few questions after arriving at an answer.