AMA asks fast-food chains to add nutritional facts
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The American Medical Association said on Wednesday it wants fast-food and chain restaurants to add nutritional information to menus and menu boards as part of an effort to combat obesity in the United States.
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Health officials proposed a new regulation requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus. A federal judge struck down an earlier plan.
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Nutrition information and calculators from many popular restaurants.
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NEW YORK  - An Internet-based system that  provides online food shoppers with purchase-specific dietary  advice helps them buy foods that are lower in saturated fat  than the foods they initially set out to buy, according to new  study findings.
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Writer Michael Pollan answers questions about nutrition, health and real food.
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A city agency voted Tuesday to revive a plan to force chains to post calorie counts for their foods right on the menu, hoping the fat-filled truth will shock New Yorkers into eating healthier.
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Biotech companies, medical device   makers and food manufacturers joined patient groups and three   former U.S. health secretaries on Monday in calling for   increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
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Hoping the fat-filled truth about certain fast-food items will shock New Yorkers into eating healthier, city officials are reviving a plan to force chains to post calorie counts for their foods right on the menu.
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Nutrition experts and the Food and Drug Administration advocate teaching children to read food labels themselves instead of relying on mom and dad.
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NEW YORK  - People who opt for a meal at a "healthy" restaurant often consume more calories than they would dining at fast food joints that make no health claims, a new study shows.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 31 : Fast-food consumption increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a study by US researchers.
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Fast food outlets are common inside U.S. children's hospitals, leading more patients to consume hamburgers and fries and encouraging them to view the fare as healthier than it probably is, a study said on Monday.
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People would like simple signposts to help them to make informed and healthier food choices, according to new research from the UKâs Food Standards Agency (FSA).
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Keep the food pyramid but make it more understandable, food industry and consumer group officials told a panel of Agriculture Department officials on Thursday.    The department is revising its nutrition graphic to reflect new eating guidelines that are due out early next year by a dietary guidance advisory committee...
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Having fast-food restaurants in children's hospitals influences patients' families to eat fast food and to think that it's relatively healthy, new research suggests.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that fish and other foods and dietary supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids can claim on their labels that they help reduce the risk of
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QUESTION: I&#39;ve been trying to avoid artificial sweeteners, so I&#39;ve been buying regular soft drinks. Now I hear that they can lead to diabetes.