ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Would a nutrition label on the front of your soda can or chip bag make you reconsider your purchase? The FDA hopes so. It’s advocating for a rule change to address the crisis of chronic diseases in America. The FDA is trying to tackle the crisis of chronic diseases in America… and…

The agency issued designs for front-of-package lists that food companies would be required to include. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products, a long-awaited move aimed at changing eating habits associated with soaring rates of obesity and diet-related illness that are responsible…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new front-of-package (FOP) labeling rule aimed at helping consumers make healthier food choices quickly and easily. This “Nutrition Info box,” a black-and-white design, will display levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars, categorized as “Low,” “Med,” or “High,” along with the percent Daily Value for…

Fewer people in Africa consider the food they are eating is nutritious, new research suggested, pointing to the impact of rising living costs and food insecurity across the continent. The share of respondents from North Africa who reported the food they ate was healthy in a given week fell from 75% in 2022 to 54%…

Alcohol is *not* having a moment: Dry January is booming. The sober-curious movement continues to pick up steam. And now, for the doozy: the Surgeon General released a warning linking alcohol directly to cancer after the World Health Organization declared any amount of alcohol consumption as unsafe. If you’re looking to get your buzz elsewhere,…

Alcohol is *not* having a moment: Dry January is booming. The sober-curious movement continues to pick up steam. And now, for the doozy: the Surgeon General released a warning linking alcohol directly to cancer after the World Health Organization declared any amount of alcohol consumption as unsafe. If you’re looking to get your buzz elsewhere,…

The Food and Drug Administration is taking a significant step to improve consumer access to nutrition information by proposing a front-of-package nutrition label for most packaged foods. This proposal aligns with the agency’s broader efforts to combat the nation’s chronic disease crisis. If implemented, the label would prominently display key nutritional information, including saturated fat,…

The Food and Drug Administration is taking a significant step to improve consumer access to nutrition information by proposing a front-of-package nutrition label for most packaged foods. This proposal aligns with the agency’s broader efforts to combat the nation’s chronic disease crisis. If implemented, the label would prominently display key nutritional information, including saturated fat,…

The FDA has proposed requiring front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels on most packaged foods, categorizing levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars as “Low,” “Medium,” or “High.” This initiative aims to combat chronic diseases like obesity and heart disease by making nutrition information more accessible. Modeled after systems in countries like the U.K., the labels…

The FDA has proposed requiring front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels on most packaged foods, categorizing levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars as “Low,” “Medium,” or “High.” This initiative aims to combat chronic diseases like obesity and heart disease by making nutrition information more accessible. Modeled after systems in countries like the U.K., the labels…