(Family Features) Healthy eating doesn’t have to be difficult or require you to take favorite meals off your family’s menu. In fact, making smart choices when cooking at home can give you more control over the types of tasty, heart-healthy dishes you put on the table. High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk…

By: Robert M. Califf, FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs Last month was the first anniversary of the White House Conference and National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.  The FDA continues to make significant progress in our nutrition efforts, which can help combat the diet-related disease epidemic. The conference and the corresponding National Strategy…

Halloween is a day full of costumes, pumpkins, parties, and of course, lots of candy. While it may not be the most nutritious snack, telling your kids that they can’t have candy on Halloween will likely not go over well. Instead of dreading the bottomless candy bag, here are some tips on how to prepare…

Proud of cutting back on your red meat consumption? A new study suggests it may not be enough. Meat lovers could be boosting their risk of type 2 diabetes with as little as two servings of red meat per week, the research shows. And average Americans—as well as Australians, Argentines, Mongolians, and Serbians—consume more than…

Latino children face a significantly higher chance of developing diabetes and other chronic diseases in their lifetimes. That’s why researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are trying to help reverse the trend of health disparities that often start in childhood. For nearly all of his young life, high school senior Jesse Lopez has been batting…

Healthy diet and wellness tips to reverse breast cancer A breast cancer diagnosis often leads to a change in your relationship with food. Treatment related symptoms, disrupted routines and increased stress can affect your appetite, causing you to eat more or less than normal. The main question one wonders is, what should I eat while…

Parents should provide their children with healthy options for nutritious eating and model good behaviors to help them build good habits for a lifetime, UM nutritionist Shannon FitzGerald advises. iStock photo OXFORD, Miss. – Getting children to eat healthy meals can be a challenge, but a University of Mississippi nutrition expert says the task is…

For obvious reasons, the school season is generally filled with activity and busyness. There’s homework to consider, activities to attend, and just the rush of the day-to-day. Lots of grown-ups are affected by academia, too. Whether you’re taking classes as an adult student or you are a parent with school-aged kids, adjusting to the rhythm…

Written by Jacob Sautter, dietic intern with Dining Services. As you start the journey that is college, one of the keys to success is maintaining a balanced and healthy diet. For some, this new and exciting chapter might be the first time you have to think, “What should I be putting on my plate each…

A growing number of Australians see a healthy diet as a luxury they cannot afford. Key points: Experts estimate one in four Australian families experience food insecurity But measuring the extent of the problem is difficult, because the government doesn’t regularly collect data on food security One researcher described food insecurity as a “hidden problem” in Australia Described…