Nutrition News

Big runoff in the Mississippi River could lead to a record or near-record dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, according to a forecast from scientists preparing to measure the oxygen-starved waters where fish and other organisms struggle to survive.

Getting Nutrition In LTC Facilities Right - Interview In Advance Of The Long-Term Care CXO Summit, 25-26 July, 2013, Florida Staci Vetrovsky of Nutrition Care Systems, Inc., a solution provider company at the marcus evans Long-Term Care CXO Summit Fall 2013, on why LTC facilities need to focus more on nutrition.

Having spent a fair amount of time perusing running websites for nutrition tips, I am used to encountering strange food and drink recommendations, particularly in online forums where everyone is a nutritionist .

People will now find it easier to make healthier choices about the food they eat with the new consistent front of pack nutritional label launched today by Public Health Minister Anna Soubry.

What it says it does: This app gives you hundreds of interesting and useful nutrition tips, diet and weight loss tips, and nutritional health facts! Referenced from Nutrition.gov, USDA.gov, and the Food and Nutrition Information Center, the app includes some of the most prominent information in food and human nutrition.

Losing weight after giving birth is never easy. But what a Kingwood mom did after giving birth to twins is simply inspiring.

Chocolate giant Mars and crisp manufacturer PepsiCo are among over 20 food makers and retailers to agree to adopt new "hybrid" front-of-pack nutrition labels in the UK.

How many calories in that bite? My Fitness Pal and other fitness and nutrition apps can help find the answer.

The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

Beebe Medical Center has announced that Kim Westcott, MS, RD, LDN, CSO, has earned her recertification as a board certified specialist in Oncology Nutrition, a designation she has held for five years.

The G8 has the information and tools to prioritise nutrition in development, but it will have to create the right political environment to hold true to commitments The 2013 G8 meetings come on the wave of a great push to end malnutrition.

Starbucks Corp will display calorie counts for coffees and snacks at all its U.S. locations starting June 25, ahead of a federal requirement that large American food chains prominently disclose nutrition information.

Bonko Diawara holds her 17-month-old daughter, Diarra Yattibere, as she recovers from malnutrition, at a nutrition center at Selibaby's hospital, in the Guidimakha region, Mauritania, June 2012.

If you believe everything you read, eating blueberries may be just about the healthiest thing in the universe.

The latest nutrition news may put a damper on your desire to grill hot dogs, pork chops and T-bone steaks this summer.

Yep, smart eating can make you feel better through all three trimesters. We look at common symptoms you may experience, from morning sickness to heartburn to insomnia, and come up with some foods to try.

It may be premature or simply dead wrong to call it an argument, so let's just say that a "discussion" has begun among health and nutrition experts regarding the calorie amounts listed on food labels.

The Australian confectionery industry has broadly welcomed a 'star based' voluntary front-of-pack labeling system but is concerned about time frames to introduce the measures.

I used to love grocery shopping with my mom when I was a kid. Whether it was riding on top of the shopping cart or running up and down the aisles, it was almost as if the supermarket was my playground.

It may seem a little hard to digest, but a man who hasn't eaten three solid meals a day in months claims he has stumbled upon the secret to good health - and it doesn't involve calorie counting and exercise.