Drop the Twinkie, junkie. Just in time for the holidays come these findings from your pals at Scripps Research Institute: Junk food is addictive. Rea...
Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
Whether it's Danimals, a sugary cereal, or glow in the dark Mac 'n Cheese -- think about the real reason you bought these items. Is it because your children really need them? Or because of the clever packaging.
Christina Pirello | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
Type 2 diabetes is such an American epidemic that we can skip giving kids bikes for Christmas and move right to the wheelchairs they'll be needing later in life. Forget the basketballs, baseball gloves and bats.
Grist | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green
With the rumors swirling that Michelle Obama is a big fan of former FDA Commissioner David Kessler's new book The End of Overeating, it seems reasonab...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York
In light of all of Mayor Bloomberg's recent health initiatives, the non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom is asking, "When did the Big Apple become B...
Christina Pirello | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
For the life of me, I can't figure out why every single American isn't eating a healthy diet. I can't believe that there's one person who wants to be fat, at risk of disease, lethargic, foggy and achy.
Laura Trice | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living
I recently received a care package that contained your Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bite-lettes. I had never had them before and they are such a welcome treat!
Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | Style
Today is National Junk Food Day. The origins of the holiday are unclear, but we think it's a great reason to chow down on a sugary snack, as long as y...
Deirdre Imus | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living
It's lunchtime at your child's school. Do you know what's on the menu?
Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.
Alan Miller | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
In these troubled times it seems the one thing that we can be sure of is that bureaucrats and politicians are keen to go after the small pleasures of life and hit us where it hurts.
Natalia Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living
Typically, once you detoxify your relationship with yourself, you will be able to elevate your other relationships with ease.
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
A study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the present.
Margo G. Wootan | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics
Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents, and that increase has been linked to soda intake and the sale of junk food in schools.
Janice Taylor | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living
We teach by example. You can tell your kids till you are blue in the face that they should not eat junk but if you are imparting this wisdom with a bag of Cheetos in one hand... good luck!
Howie Greene | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
It may be about Florida, Florida Florida tonight, but it'll be about Cake, Cake, Cake for me! High voter turnout? High Fructose Corn Syrup in MY election headquarters.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living
Is it responsible to link a junk food of such notoriety to sports?
AP | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home
PORTLAND, Ore. — A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to g...
Robert Weissman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business
Sports, of course, remain centerstage, but commercialism has overwhelmed whatever other values the Olympics hope to embody.
Men's Health | Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D. | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living
Did you know there are more than 15 types of saturated fat? And despite the fact that they've been damned as a whole by nutrition experts for decad...
New York Times | Andrew Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
At Frito-Lay's factory here, more than 500,000 pounds of potatoes arrive every day from New Mexico to be washed, sliced, fried, seasoned and portioned...
Newsweek | Jennifer Ordoñez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Except for the occasional oversize bag of naked Cheetos lying around (they're not yet covered in fluorescent orange cheese flavoring), the maze of win...
Ellen Kanner | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green