healthy eating

Chicago entrepreneur Karriem Beyah grew up working in the grocery business, but when he courted some industry heavyweights to bring stores to the South Side, their response was disdainful: "Who wants to go over there?"

Don Thompson, a champion of McDonald's expanded menu offerings and spruced-up restaurants will soon take the top spot at the world's biggest burger chain.

Walmart, which has long been associated with cheap, high-calorie, low-nutrition foods, wants to get healthy: Its new "Great for You" initiative aims to show shoppers it can help them eat healthy on a budget. But can the retail tiger change its spots -- or it's rep?

For more than 30 years, the standard McDonald's Happy Meals have been exactly the same -- a burger or chicken nuggets, fries and a soda. But no more. In an attempt to help youngsters make healthier food choices, the fast food chain is making big changes to its kid's-meal-in-a-box.

Big business and politicians aren't strangers, but when the First Lady and Walmart, the world's largest retailer, stand together and announce a plan to offer a healthy eating initiative and at less cost, it's a bit more than simple rhetoric. Walmart says it will reformulate thousands of its Great...

Little by little, the pounds add on each year if you keep filling up on movie popcorn, soda, sports drinks, scones and other convenience foods meant to make life easier. Without exercising more or changing your diet to adjust for the 610-calorie, 20-ounce eggnog latte you added to your morning, you...

These days, it feels like you need a master's degree in label reading whenever you are shopping at the grocery store. Every product seems to tout that it's "organic," "whole grain," "sustainable," "trans-fat free" or "all natural." We interviewed nutritionists, dieticians, and physicians to help...

Carrot farmers want to convince young eaters to put down that bag of chips and pick up a pack of baby carrots. So, a new ad campaign will use weapons favored by the junk-food giants: flashy snack bags, video games, humor and YouTube videos.

Time-pressed Moms: you may be tempted to make a quick stop at one of the fast food chains to get your little one a quick breakfast on the way to school, but we say: "Don't do it." It may be convenient, but ask any nutritionist and they'll say it's not necessarily the healthiest way to start the day...

The term "Vegan Feast" sounds like an oxymoron, as joyless and tasteless as you can imagine. At least that's what I thought as I headed to the Future Leaders Institute Charter School in Harlem for a dinner of rabbity-sounding "plant-based food." Was I ever wrong. For starters, there was joy...