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New research has compared whether food waste is reduced more by consumers who are driven by sustainability or those driven by nutrition and health. With somewhat unexpected findings, the study highlights the need to reconsider our approach to addressing ...
Poor nutrition in the US causes more than 600,000 deaths and an estimated $1.1 trillion in health care spending and lost productivity annually, as well as profound health disparities. Food Is Medicine interventions, which incorporate nutrition-related ...
Refugees and displaced people are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition and undernutrition. Displaced from their homes, they may be sheltering in areas with limited food or markets, have lost their jobs or livelihoods and have limited access to national ...
Heidi Borst is a freelance journalist, healthcare content writer and certified nutrition coach with a love of all things health and wellness. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, MS..
The United States has for many decades been reevaluating its relationship with food through the lens of health. The nation is facing an epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases from cardiovascular conditions to diabetes and obesity. The health-related ...
Colorado communities are preparing for an unprecedented end to federal food assistance with the government shutdown grinding on. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits will run out on November 1st.
A new store in Chicago aims to make healthy food more accessible with a Nutrition Corner and foodservice options.
Usman’s surviving twin was readmitted to the nutrition program in July and still receives ready-to-use therapeutic food packets and critical care for severe malnutrition, Mercy Corps said, but the threat of further funding cuts puts ongoing treatment for this child and others at risk.
A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund SNAP, ordering the White House to outline a plan to provide at least partial assistance starting Nov. 1.