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Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:44 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:44 a.m. Classes that once prepared students to stay home and care for their families have become a training ground for everything from fashion designers to dietitians.

Yesterday, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was out stumping to gain public support for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, which will soon be coming through Congress.

Some of the most widespread forms of malnutrition can best be reduced by delivering micronutrients and fortifying food in new, cost-effective ways, in combination with community outreach work, experts have said.

Just 10 pages after completing its third full ream of paper, H.R. 3692, the monstrous health care reform bill the House passed last week, reveals on page 1,510 yet another reason to reject Obamacare: an unfunded federal mandate for nutrition labeling at chain restaurants and even on vending machines.

Three Singapore biomedical institutions have launched a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers and their fetuses as well as infant children to determine just how profoundly environmental factors early in life influence the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years.

It's not hard to get all of your daily needs from nonmeat sources, nutritionists say, but it takes thought and planning -- plus a few tricks.

An internationally-renowned nutritionist from Newcastle University has joined a new UK panel of experts formed to help us understand why eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Over 100,000 types of cancers are caused by excess body fat, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research, which Thursday released comprehensive data on cancer cases in the United States and reaffirmed its message that people should maintain a normal body weight and remain physically active throughout life.

PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A- A nutritionist whose research was instrumental in adding fruits and vegetables to the federal Women, Infants and Children food subsidy will receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award for outstanding achievement in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.

Novus International Inc. launched a human nutrition division, Stratum Nutrition, to offer a portfolio of specialty and functional ingredients to the dietary supplement and food/beverage industries in North America and Europe.

There's a nut war going on, and it's more than the usual squirrel battle to gather the most food before winter sets in.

A honeycomb of wild bees is pictured in a file photo. Use natural sugar sources in your baking, such as honey, molasses or agave nectar.

Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while young, study findings hint.

The Collier County School District has rolled out a new project that allows students who qualify for reduced meal benefits, which means they pay 40 cents for lunch instead of the $2 at the elementary school level, to receive school lunch for free.

The number of emergency food boxes distributed by the Weld Food Bank is rising fast as more people face layoffs, fewer hours at work and expiring unemployment benefits, said Sarah Alessi, the event and marketing coordinator for the food bank.

Prevalence of lactose intolerance may be far lower than previously estimated, according to a study in the latest issue of Nutrition Today.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 1:11 pm US/Eastern BOSTON Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Experts say obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the US every year and that number will rise as rates of obesity continue to rise.

A lot of lives have changed since Barack Obama won the presidential election one year ago last Wednesday, none so much as the life of Chicago's Sam Kass, the engaging, shaved-head assistant White House chef and food initiative coordinator, a crusader for healthy eating who has shot to fame in the almost 10 months the Obamas have been in the White ...

New research sheds light on the possible link between the genes you inherit and the size of your belly.

Medical Equipment Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme Involving Nutritional Supplies and "Arthritis Kits" WASHINGTON The owner and operator of a Houston-area durable medical equipment company today pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney ...