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After 20 years of hemming, hawing, and “evaluating the science,” the FDA is finally muscling its way onto the most coveted ...

Simply put, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees food labeling. In 2016, for example, the FDA changed the Nutrition Facts label to echo updated scientific information and research.

A grocery shopper at a Chicago store on Jan. 15. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) In the final days of the Biden administration, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a front-of-package food label ...

One way to address this? Learn how to read nutrition labels, UNICEF and several health experts suggested. They're also urging governments to introduce front-of-package labels that can indicate whether ...

Greenberg: It looks like an abbreviated version of the Nutrition Facts panel that you would ordinarily find on the back or the side of a retail packaged food product. And it's designed to be an, uh, ...

Jan. 24, 2025 — We're nearly one month into 2025, but if you're struggling to hold onto your New Year's resolution, stay strong, as new research shows that forming a healthy habit can take ...

These two commercial diet programs focus on weight loss, but they use different approaches to help you achieve that goal. The Latest These two well-established weight loss companies can help make ...

You can enjoy this versatile cheese by itself or as an ingredient in recipes. The nutritional profile of cottage cheese varies depending on the level of milk fat used, and the amount of sodium added.

Though sparkling water is not as acidic as sugary sodas, it's still more acidic than plain old water, which can be bad news ...

Some of these nutrients, such as bromelain and manganese, are also important for supporting sexual health, which might have ...

In the Marley Spoon test kitchen in Berlin, there was one mayo brand that reigned supreme: Hellmann's. It's not surprising.