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Opinion: Rolling back SNAP benefits puts millions of children at risk of hunger and long-term health consequences

28.03.2023

At our pediatric clinic, we recently saw a child whose mother lost her job during the pandemic working as a caterer. The mother struggled to put food on the table …

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Cereal, pasta, and other food companies blast the FDA for a too-strict definition of ‘healthy’

21.02.2023

WASHINGTON — General Mills, Kellogg’s, and the rest of the country’s cereal makers are mad at the FDA. So are the packaged food companies, the pasta industry, and the pickle …

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First Opinion / Health

Opinion: Congress: Close the gap between funding for nutrition research and the toll diet-related disease takes on Americans

02.12.2022

You are what you eat. Every year, new scientific discoveries make clear that food is critical to health. In recent years, nutrition research trials have shown that a Mediterranean diet …

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Opinion: Ensuring food security and health beyond the Covid-19 public health emergency

18.10.2022

Expansions to social safety net programs during Covid-19 have been essential for low-income Americans hit hard by the pandemic. But the stabilizing impact of these expansions will be at risk …

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Which diet and health habits are backed by science? Now there’s a tool for that

10.10.2022

Does eating red meat increase one’s risk of heart disease? Would eating more vegetables help? Is leaving high blood pressure untreated really a death wish? The answers might vary, depending …

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Opinion: FDA’s plan to define ‘healthy’ for food packaging: Better than the existing labeling anarchy, but do we really need it?

07.10.2022

The FDA has announced the set of rules it proposes to enforce for manufacturers to claim that a food product is “healthy.” The proposed rules are a lot better than …

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FDA proposes new rules for which foods can be called ‘healthy’

28.09.2022

The Food and Drug Administration wants to update its rules for which foods can be branded “healthy.” The proposed label rule aims, in part, to address a question as old …

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First Opinion

Opinion: The White House has a major chance to improve coordination of federal nutrition efforts

16.09.2022

At the end of September, the White House will host a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, the first such conference in more than 50 years. Its goal is to …

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Opinion: ‘Food is medicine’ interventions should be the main course at White House nutrition conference

01.09.2022

Much of the public’s perceptions around food as an intervention for health are dated. So are the U.S. government’s perceptions and its health care policies. Not by a matter of …

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