When you are in the mood for fast food, here are my 10 fast food commandments to to help you control weight.
Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012
* General Mills sued over packaging claims * Calif. woman challenges "made with real fruit" claim * Judge says reasonabl...
Posted 05.08.2012
When you're having a bad day, what do you do? Do you reach for foods you shouldn't even be near? Maybe it's a bag of potato chips, a chocolate bar, or...
Lora Rosenblum | Posted 05.07.2012
What was it that calorie labeling had that the soda tax did not -- or vice versa -- and more generally, what does this say about the current opportunity for obesity related legislation?
Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.01.2012
Nutrition is one of the many examples of how parents want children to do as we say and not what we do (particularly when what we are doing is scarfing the leftover bits of chicken nuggets as we carry the plates to the dishwasher.)
Tamar Haspel | Posted 04.23.2012
A funny thing happened after I moved to Cape Cod and started planting things to eat. Slowly, my fundamental idea of what food is started to change.
Mark Morford | Posted 04.19.2012
Are these people sick? Are they dying? Are they toothless and limbless and cannot feed themselves without spilling hot soup onto the rug? Are they Lady Gaga? No, they are not. What they're doing, of course, is taking part in a radical new diet. You know, for morons.
Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.05.2012
From its juices to sandwiches, Pure Fare items are portion-controlled, and contain no white sugar or flour. I decided to eat Pure Fare food only for a full week, and these were some of my observations.
Jamie Schler | Posted 05.15.2012
I have been rather stunned, confused and dismayed by the deluge of junk food posing as the homebaked and homecooked on so many American food blogs, and I am not alone.
Posted 03.13.2012
Most of the overlap between the food world and the United Nations' mandate is about life-threatening hunger. The UN steps in to facilitate the distrib...
The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 03.02.2012
When you leaf through Bon Appetit or the dining section of a major newspaper, chances are there will be gorgeous food photos, expertly tested recipes ...
Carl Safina | Posted 04.22.2012
Some people get rich by creating good things, and they support many people. But some people -- they used to be called robber barons -- succeed at others' expense. So just as wealth isn't necessarily bad, "efficiency" isn't necessarily good.
AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 02.06.2012
CHICAGO -- Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. ...
Riva Greenberg | Posted 04.02.2012
I find how Yach is looking at health and wellness -- from the ground up -- almost revolutionary amid the status quo, and his working within this snack foods giant to improve quality of life around the world a mighty stand.
Mark Morford | Posted 04.01.2012
For the love of God and guns, sex and sunlight, iPhones and puppies and all that you hold dear, please please please do not eat this new and completely repulsive food-like item you see before you. Can't you see it's made of chemicals and fat and dead, lost dreams?
The Huffington Post | Allie Compton | Posted 01.31.2012
If Republican State Senator Ronda Storms gets her way, Florida residents may soon be prohibited from purchasing "nonstaple, unhealthy foods" like chip...
David Berreby | Posted 03.14.2012
Ask people how fattening those organic chocolate-covered peanuts are, and they'll guess a lower number than they did for the non-organic version. They'll also eat more than they would have otherwise. The same goes for "low-fat" products.
Michele Simon | Posted 02.18.2012
Last month, when Congress declared pizza a vegetable, it was hard to believe things could get much worse. But never underestimate politicians' ability to put corporate interests ahead of children's health.
HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.18.2011
If the base can't embrace Mitt's switches and Newt's swagger, is it their fault or voters unhinged by Fox and Obama?
Daniel Klein | Posted 02.08.2012
The people you love shouldn't try to change you. They should just take you on a six month road trip around the U.S., have you meet random people from the internet who kill things at a swamp in the middle of the night.
Donald Cohen | Posted 01.22.2012
For decades, industries have opposed laws, rules and even basic consumer information that have made us all healthier. At every step they predict disaster but, in fact, they respond with new ideas and innovations, and we all benefit.
Madeleine Crum | Posted 11.21.2011
Sure, we've heard of Proust's Madeleine, that little lemon cookie that packs a punch, and the enticing dinner parties Mrs. Ramsey is known for whippin...
Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 01.18.2012
The food industry's single biggest priority is preserving its ability to market junk food to young kids. If you don't believe me, ask the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
Donald Cohen | Posted 12.13.2011
The food lobby alternates between saying marketing guidelines won't make a difference in reducing obesity among American children, and saying they are unnecessary government intrusions. Which is it?
Meg Campbell | Posted 12.11.2011
I predict the day will come when commercial interests will be similarly barred from selling their wares on school property and when students will be required to refrain from bringing in junk food.
Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 05.24.2012