It’s been 10 years in the making, but the agency sent guidelines for re-doing the nutrition label to the White House for review
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How Good Is Walmart’s ‘Great For You’ Nutrition Labeling?
Walmart announced this week that it will highlight healthy foods in stores with bright green “Great For You” labels.
The Healthland Podcast: Diets, Divorce and Cigarettes
On the podcast this week: results from a major Harvard study on how to eat right. Also, a controversial new trend in how some divorced parents are raising their children. And finally, the war over government labeling of …
More Calls to Overhaul Deceptive Front-of-Package Labeling
Food manufacturers have long used so-called front-of-package labeling — those carefully worded health and nutrition claims like “High in fiber!” or “All natural!” splashed on the front of processed food packages — to catch …
Now, With More Fiber! (And, P.S., Also With More Sugar to Cover It Up)
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teamed up with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to issue a report on October 13 calling for clearer nutritional information on food packages, their focus was largely on …