Learn more about the most popular products on store shelves and what the science says about their nutrient content and safety profiles. The USDA estimates that the average American consumes more than ...

News More Than 50 Million People Turned to Hunger Relief Programs in 2023. Feeding America estimates that more than 50 million people turned to the charitable food system in 2023.

A recent commentary published in The Lancet journal highlights the critical importance of skeletal muscle mass in the context of medically induced weight loss, particularly with the widespread use of ...

For their analysis, the researchers used data from the 2003–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a nationally representative annual survey of more than 34,000 adults over 20 ...

New research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body’s vasculature against stress even after eating high-fat food. Food choices made during periods of stress can influence the ...

In the VR setting, participants reporting positive emotions perceived stronger aromas. For example, almond and vinegar became more intense when participants were happy or experienced a positive ...

Heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were more common and linked to reduced access to healthy foods among people who live in neighborhoods previously subjected to redlining, ...

Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrythmia) by 11%, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU ...

The Physical Activity Alliance, the nation’s largest national coalition dedicated to advancing regular participation in physical activity, released the 2024 United States Report Card on Physical ...