World leaders confer in Rome as food prices rise
The United Nations has convened a high-level conference of the World Food Program in Rome to discuss the challenges of climate change, bioenergy and food security amid rises prices. Making an...
View ArticleThe end of food
The signs are all around us: salmonella outbreaks; riots over food shortages; fears over mad cow disease; water shortages; skyrocketing global food prices. These are portents for the end of easily...
View ArticlePediatrics panel suggests screenings, drugs to deal with childhood cholesterol
Guest: Dr. Peter Jung, pediatrician, Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas
View ArticleHungry for change: Rethinking how the poor get healthy and affordable food
Back in the 1960’s, when the middle-class fled the cities for suburban refuge, there was an unforeseen consequence: the ‘grocery gap.’ It’s been widening over the years and as gas and food prices soar...
View ArticleA nutritionist's take on the new children's cholesterol guidelines
Guest: Dr. Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University
View ArticleThe latest restaurant trend: Eat now, pay whatever
With food and gas prices soaring, eating out has become a luxury. But a growing movement, with its pay-what-you-can policy, is making a trip to the restaurant affordable—and for some, free. The...
View ArticleA fast-food moratorium raises questions of freedom and fries
In a section of Los Angeles, the city council has put a moratorium on new fast food restaurants. The measure is intended to promote healthier lifestyles in a working-class area where obesity is a...
View ArticleStop global warming? Put down the burger
Do you want to battle climate change effectively? Then put down that cheeseburger! The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that direct emissions from meat production...
View ArticleNutraceuticals: Sardines in orange juice, and other foods mixed for... health?
Food manufacturers are increasing the healthful properties of orange juice, chocolate, yogurt, peanut butter and countless other products by adding "nutraceuticals," foods (or part of a food) that...
View ArticleMore melamine-tainted milk found in China
Shops and supermarkets across China have been withdrawing dairy products after the revelation that powdered baby milk, and now liquid milk, has been contaminated. A government watchdog group said...
View ArticleBaby-led weaning: When your baby skips the puree and feeds himself
"Baby-led weaning" is about skipping the baby food and letting your infant feed himself. The Takeaway talks to Helen Stewart, who blogs about baby-led weaning and to Keith Dixon, the father of an...
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Recipe: Luau-style BBQed pork shoulder (and how to eat well during a recession)
"If you can plan ahead two days in the kitchen, rather than just for tonight, you can go a long way toward saving tons of money -- just by avoiding those urges to go out and buy convenience food."...
View ArticleEnding hunger at home
A striking one in ten Americans use food stamps, but many who are eligible aren't getting help. Even before the current economic meltdown, stagnating wages and increasing food prices made hunger a...
View ArticleWhat foodies want from Obama
Advocates for everything from healthier school lunches to more humane treatment of farm animals to sustainable agriculture see an ally in the future President, but so far there's not much evidence that...
View ArticleThe red (meat) scare
A new study finds that a diet rich in red meat and processed meats can lead to premature death. The study, which is the largest of its kind, came out yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. For...
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A Can-Do Way to Keep Fruit and Veg
For many of us, saying 'so long' to summer is not an easy thing. But there is one way to capture the sunny season in a bottle – or a jar, at least. With the abundance of wonderful fruits and vegetables...
View ArticleFirst Take: Nutrition in Schools, Haiti's Radio Stations, Romance in the...
UPDATED 9:20 p.m. Alex Goldmark, the Senior Producer on the night duty here.Well, after a little investigating we're changing our changes. The producer we put on the explosion story out of Connecticut...
View ArticleMaking Unhealthy Meals Less Happy Meals
Tuesday, the board of supervisors in Santa Clara County, California, decided to take a step further in the fight against obesity: they banned toy giveaways with kids' meals that don't meet certain...
View ArticleTakeouts: New Investigation into Banks, Listeners' Take on Raw Milk
FINANCE TAKEOUT: New York Times finance correspondent, Louise Story, explains a new investigation into eight banks which may have misled ratings agencies in order to inflate the grades of certain...
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