You want your patients to eat healthier. But American food labels don’t make that easy. A few diet and nutrition specialists offer tips for teaching your patients about food labels — including updated ...

You shouldn’t need a degree in chemistry to buy granola, but food companies are betting you won’t read past the buzzwords on the front of the packaging. Marketing words like natural, light and immune ...

Whether you’re chasing a 5K finish line, trying to finally see your biceps, or want to stop feeling like a zombie at the gym, what you eat matters. And no, reading nutrition labels isn’t just for ...

Feeling confused by buttery spread labels? Learn to decode marketing claims, understand ingredient lists, and choose the healthiest option for your family.

MIAMI - When 10-year-old Marie Grandguillotte goes grocery shopping with her mother, she reads the food labels. She looks for calories and ingredients and knows to avoid fat and cholesterol. Reading ...

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. Countless FDA rule changes, congressional ...

A large UK survey reveals that making food warning labels easier to read reduced sandwich consumption at first, but as consumers and manufacturers adapted, the effect faded and eventually reversed, ...

Reading the food labels was "a little bit confusing, but after a while I got used to it," said the fifth-grader from suburban Doral. Nutrition experts and the Food and Drug Administration think there ...