More than 40 million low-income Americans benefit from the Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which replaced “food stamps” in 2008. Eligibility criteria vary by ...

Stanford University professor Jay Bhattacharya appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for his confirmation hearing as the next director of the National ...

Aussies are falling short of key national health targets, according to scientists who have used an innovative technique to ...

Australians tend to eat too much junk food and not enough fruit and vegetables. But how might these trends change in the ...

According to a recent study published in Nature Metabolism, just five days of consuming junk food can significantly change ...

A Maine father lost almost 200 pounds in preparation for his son's graduation photos. After losing the weight through ...

We’re going to see very, very soon just how serious everyone is about making America healthy again,” Vittert said.

The Tennessee House is expected to discuss and possibly vote on a bill that would place limits on buying junk food using SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

To make snacking a healthy habit, try combining a carbohydrate source (whole grain, fruit, or yogurt) with a healthy protein or fat.

The FDA has relied on food companies for decades to determine whether their ingredients are safe. Some chemicals and ...

The discussions, scheduled for today, will be the first sit-down meeting between the HHS chief and the companies he has claimed are harming Americans, Politico reports. Also making news: junk food ...

Cancer. DNA damage. Tumors. These are all very scary things to think about. Not only can they be genetic, but it seems like just about anything can give it to you.