Over the past 25 years, life expectancy has risen far slower in the US than many other developed nations. Why? Smoking, obesity, and poverty appear to be some of the main culprits. What can be done?
The USDA is calling for new standards for school lunches, here's a rundown of the proposed changes.
A growing number of locales are posting calories counts on menus, but studies find that customers at Taco Time and in NYC didn't order any healthier after they were posted.
Here's a map of the prevalence of food deserts across the US, and another series of maps charting eating habits across the country.
And Mark Bittman writes that we should strive to "eat real food" and lists a number of proposals that he thinks might make that happen
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