Tag: Nutrition
Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the...
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington
Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford...
Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food...
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety...
The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized...
Michael Carolan, Colorado State University
Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every...
Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...
Why public health worries don’t have to ruin your cookie doughWhy...
Brian Zikmund-Fisher, University of Michigan
The following three statements are all true: Eating cookie dough can be dangerous, even after we’ve dealt with any raw...
Why most food labels are wrong about calories
By Richard Wrangham, Harvard University and Rachel Carmody, Harvard University
Looks so official and definitive….
FDA
Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer...