To Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, it seemed like a sensible way to attack a major public health problem. To the soft drink industry, giant food companies, makers of snacks and candy, supermarkets, and anti-hunger groups, it seemed like an attack at the grocery checkout counter. The mayor wants to reduce obesityand diabetes by banning the use of food [...]
The first analysis of the healthful antioxidant content of blueberries that grow wild in Mexico, Central and South America concludes that some of these fruits have even more healthful antioxidants than the blueberries — already renowned as “super fruits” — sold throughout the United States. These extreme super fruits could provide even more protection against [...]
Recommendations for making U.S. food aid more nutritious call for significant changes in the content of foods the United States delivers to the world’s hungry. The United States is the world’s largest supplier of food aid, reaching 55 million people in 46 countries last year, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). That [...]
