All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

Some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have the opposite effect, new University of Florida research shows.

The proposed new labels scored highest among the 10,000 ... Nutrition experts say frozen foods are not only as good as fresh, they’re often better. Could dark chocolate reduce your risk of ...

Nutrition labels on your favorite grocery items may soon sport a new look. The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal Tuesday that would require food and drink manufacturers to ...

The FDA announced it was considering this new rule to align U.S. food manufacturers with other countries that already require front-of-package labels to ... sugar is only supposed to make up ...

The labels would flag whether a food or drink contains high ... He would have rather seen labels that flagged only when products contain high levels of sodium, saturated fat or added sugars ...

A new government proposal to display nutritional labels on the front of food packaging is aimed at helping Americans make more informed choices about what they eat. An eventual side effect ...

It could soon be harder to ignore the nutritional red flags on your favorite junk food. This week, the Food and Drug Administration unveiled a long-awaited proposal that would require food and ...

Calorie information was added to menus to encourage punters to make healthier food choices. But it only cuts intake by ... Canada and France. The labels – also on supermarket meals – led ...

Why only saturated fat ... based on longstanding usage," McKinnon said. The FDA says food makers will be required to put the labels "somewhere in the top third" of the front of the box.