nutrition

First Opinion Fatima Cody Stanford and Kelly Copes-Anderson

Recognizing obesity as a disease, not a choice, is a step toward health equity

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: A reporter and a reader on rethinking why people gain weight

First Opinion Gary Taubes

How a ‘fatally, tragically flawed’ paradigm has derailed the science of obesity

First Opinion Christina Severin and Erin McAleer

Smoothing the path to fighting food insecurity

First Opinion Vanita Rahman and Matthew Rees

Make America healthy again by paying more attention to nutrition

First Opinion Michael F. Jacobson

The quiet pandemic caused by consuming too much salt

First Opinion Michelle D. Holmes

Black lives depend on the U.S. dietary guidelines. Don’t water them down

First Opinion Leslie Mikkelsen

Farmers markets provide healthy food and support local economies. Keep them open during Covid-19 lockdowns

First Opinion Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Diana B. Cutts and Allison Bovell-Ammon

Cutting 700,000 Americans from SNAP will increase health costs

In the Lab Shraddha Chakradhar

To tackle childhood malnutrition, researchers turn to the microbiome

First Opinion David B. Waters

Medically tailored meals save lives. Health plans should cover their cost

Health Associated Press

U.S. preschoolers growing less obese, data show, in latest sign of improvement

Health Associated Press

CVS announces further expansion into health care services

Health Associated Press

Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer

First Opinion Nicola Guess and Ethan J. Weiss

Is tribalism undermining objectivity about low-carb, high-fat diets?

First Opinion Dariush Mozaffarian and Siyi Shangguan

Do food and menu nutrition labels influence consumer or industry behavior?

First Opinion Andrew Goldstein and Akash Goel

Dear Congress: SNAP work requirements will harm health, not improve nutrition

Health Associated Press

Fewer U.S. teens smoking, doing drugs, and drinking milk

First Opinion Steven Dallas, Peggy Liu and Peter Ubel

A simple change of direction can make restaurant calorie labels more effective

First Opinion Suhas Gondi and Andreas Mitchell

Med schools need to get with the times on medical marijuana, chronic pain, and more

Health Megan Thielking

Custom meals could help curb hospital stays for people with chronic disease

Health Sharon Begley

Matching DNA to a diet doesn’t work: ‘We didn’t even come close,’ researcher says

Politics Andrew Joseph

FDA urges maker to recall Limbrel after liver and lung injury reports

First Opinion Justin Fendos

Xi Jinping Thought doesn’t mention China’s health care crisis. It should

First Opinion Sari Vatske

In a land of plenty, a food bank and a health insurer team up to take on food insecurity