NEW YORK -- Subway riders, after being cautioned about smoking, sugar and teen pregnancy, are getting a new message: Pass on the salt. The city's Dep...

While Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to keep tobacco products out of sight from customers at New York city stores was met with mixed reviews last week...

NEW YORK -- Walk into any convenience store or gas station in the country, and chances are the cigarettes will be in roughly the same spot: at eye lev...

NEW YORK — Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bullishness, political realities and legal questions make for an uncertain future for one of the pr...

A day before New York CIty's unprecedented soda ban was set to begin, Reuters reports a judge has rejected the restrictions, calling the initiative "...

NEW YORK — Salt has quietly been slipping out of dozens of the most familiar foods in brand-name America, from Butterball turkeys to Uncle Ben's...

NEW YORK -- Could plastic foam containers get 86'd from the menu of takeout food options in the nation's biggest city? A sanitation official said Wed...

NEW YORK -- People nervously waiting around in New York City hospitals for loved ones to come out of surgery can't smoke. In a few months from now, th...

In an effort to curb obesity in New York City, the Board of Health officially approved Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban the sale of large, sugary drinks ...

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — Say goodbye to venti Frappuccinos, gallon movie theater slurpees and big sodas. The ...

NEW YORK — New York City cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks Thursday in what was celebrated by some as a groun...

Starting in September, Mayor Bloomberg's push to encourage breastfeeding will incorporate a new program urging hospitals to keep baby formula under lo...

Is Mayor Bloomberg quietly plotting to tackle the city's alcohol consumption again? Despite a quick and angry backlash following the mayor's last a...

Just a day away from Tuesday's public hearing on the proposal to end the sale of large, sugary drinks in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to ...

In the latest installment of Mayor Bloomberg's mission to curb obesity, the city has introduced a new "Shop Healthy" program calling for bodegas and ...

NEW YORK — Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves? In New York City – which already bans smoking in public parks...

* Coke says consumers already see calorie counts * McDonald's calls ban misguided * Bans in other places could follow By Martinne Gelle...

Judging by the city's livid reaction to rumors of Nanny Bloomberg limiting alcohol sales in January, New Yorkers enjoy their booze and will swiftly de...

Perhaps taking a cue from Nanny Bloomberg, Christine Quinn is speaking out against Burger King's plans to begin rolling out whopper-doling food trucks...

Haven't had enough of witnessing Bloomberg's superb acting skills, head-bobbing to Lady Gaga, or comedic chops? Here to encapsulate all that goodness ...