nutrition
Consultant view: Feeding well, feeling better
Food is essential to all living forms to grow and function well for the purpose they are created. The inside…
Tipping the scales
Dramatically expanding waistlines, rocketing levels of type-2 diabetes and soaring blood pressures – chronic diseases caused by unhealthy eating –…
New sodium warning labeling regulations to take effect in Philadelphia
When menu-labeling legislation took effect last year, the time had come for chain restaurants to display nutrition information for all…
Q&A with Donna Martin, president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
What have your main priorities been since becoming president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics? I happen to be…
Healthy food equals a healthy workforce
One in four meals is consumed outside the home, according to a report on foodservice management released this month by…
Guidance for menu labeling
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September issued a draft guidance document to help companies comply with mandated menu labeling,…
Menu labelling regulations set to change in US
Restaurants with 20 or more locations doing business under the same name and offering for sale substantially the same menu…
FDA proposes new food label regime in US
The proposals aim to make nutritional information easier to read and understand as part of the drive to improve public…
Foodservice of the future
What does the next decade or two hold in store for the restaurant industry? It may not be pretty. Slow…