To most people, calories are the North Star of nutrition: a rigid quantity assigned to each and every food that never wavers or changes. Two individuals who eat the exact same thing in the exact same ...

Learn practical nutrition tips if you forget to eat, including simple strategies to maintain energy, prevent nutrient gaps, and support overall health.

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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a puzzling new outline advising the public on the ‘best foods to insert into the rectum,’ sparking widespread confusion. The guidance ...

It’s been about a month since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—an anti-vaccine activist and lawyer who has no background in medicine, health, or science—released dietary guidance for Americans.

The vast majority of baby foods, drinks and snacks sold in the United States for children ages 6 months to 36 months are ultraprocessed and may contain additives increasingly linked to potential ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday took steps toward banning BHA, a food additive used in processed foods such as meats and bread. BHA, or butylated hydroxyanisole, has been used in the food ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. How trustworthy is the new U.S. food ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have been in the spotlight in recent months, but an expert is warning that some warrant more scrutiny than others. UPFs are industrially manufactured and contain ...

As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement’s efforts to replace artificial, petroleum-based food dyes with natural ones, the US Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the use of ...