nutrition

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors today passed a controversial proposal that would ban toys and other marketing incentives from children's food -- like McDonald's Happy Meals -- unless those meals met the city's nutritional guidelines that limit fat, salt, sugar and calorie content. In a...

Nestle's nine-month sales topped analysts estimates and the company announced a new strategy to become the world's largest nutrition, health and wellness company on Friday.

Americans are on an eating binge. More than one third of adults -- more than 72 million people -- and 17% of children are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's no surprise that the weight-loss industry has become a $59.7 billion business and is expected to grow 2%...

Ginseng supplements, popular with consumers for their perceived energy-boosting benefit and effectiveness against the common cold, often carry less ginseng than indicated by their labels and have other ingredients, according to a newly released report. ConsumerLab.com, an independent testing...

For decades, Nabisco's Wheat Thins and Honey Maid Grahams reigned as some of the healthiest choices in the snack aisle. But in the past few years, consumers have begun to sling around the words "processed foods" and "refined flours" as if they were curses, and embraced new offerings from upstarts...

Several days ago, I was in my kitchen, mid-morning, feeling peckish when I suddenly remembered there was a breakfast sandwich in the freezer. And I just figured, "Well, I'll eat it. What's the harm?" But as the microwave seconds ticked away, I made the mistake of looking at the nutritional...

Vitacost.com is a relatively tiny online retailer that's been battling with giants such as Amazon , Walmart), and GNC. Even so, Vitacost is a leading pure play in Internet retailing and direct marketing of health and wellness products, such as vitamins and dietary supplements.

Bottlers declared guidelines to cut sugary drinks in kids' diets a success, claiming a 95% drop in full-calorie sodas shipped to schools and a 72% cut in all drink types. Yet sales haven't suffered and childhood obesity and diabetes rates climb unabated. So what's happening to all that soda?

Editor's note: On Feb. 9, Money College writer Megan Cottrell talked about the "Freshman 15" from the perspective of losing weight and gaining in the wallet. Now it's the guys' turn, as Bill Burman takes on the topic most males would rather not think about as they wolf down nachos and blow bucks at...

Thanks to the recession, more Americans are interested in growing their own vegetables. Bad timing, according to an Associated Press report that seeds for some popular veggies might be in short supply this spring. However, I had the chance to speak by phone with George Ball, chairman of the...