CHICAGO — Americans' diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier but there's still too much sugar, white bread and artery-clogging fat, a study suggests. Overall, the authors estimated there was a modest improvement over 16 years on the government's healthy eating index, from estimated scores of 56...
Breastfeeding Is Best Public Health Policy. Why Is It Discouraged?
Breastfeeding has long been the gold standard for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and World Health Organization all recommend it. Thus, the recent New York Times report of U.S. interference in the World Health Assembly’s attempt to...
Lawmakers Say No to Soda Taxes. What Will Gov. Brown Do?
SACRAMENTO — Soda taxes may stop popping up in California and elsewhere, thanks to a new push by the beverage industry to fight such measures. California lawmakers passed a bill to ban local taxes on soda for the next 12 years Thursday and sent it to Gov. Jerry Brown, who...