Food, Nutrition, Health

1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health

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The landmark conference that led to the hugely successful “War on Hunger.”

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Graph showing DALY count and age-standardized DALY rate from 1990 to 2019, reflecting the global burden of disease.

Global Burden of Disease: in an awesome report, an international group of experts estimated the burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories.

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Global Burden of Disease: in an awesome report, an international group of experts estimated the burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories. Read More »

Hand salting sliced tomatoes on a plate. WHO recommends salt reduction for better health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates for salt reduction because 2.5 million deaths could be prevented each year if earthlings consumed less salt.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates for salt reduction because 2.5 million deaths could be prevented each year if earthlings consumed less salt. Read More »

Nutrition label showing calories, fat, and sugar content of food, next to a tomato slice.

WebMD calculator enables you to tally up the calorie content of foods you consume in a meal or a day (includes fresh, packaged, and chain-restaurant foods).

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WebMD calculator enables you to tally up the calorie content of foods you consume in a meal or a day (includes fresh, packaged, and chain-restaurant foods). Read More »

Two Gatorade bottles (blue and green) on a tree branch, with a background of green foliage.

Ultra-processed foods—a quick primer (Washington Post).

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Ultra-processed foods—a quick primer (Washington Post). Read More »

Woman using phone to check food label while grocery shopping with baby in cart. SmartLabel information.

SmartLabel: the American food industry website that lists nutrients, ingredients, presence or absence of GMOs, and other information for thousands of packaged foods.

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SmartLabel: the American food industry website that lists nutrients, ingredients, presence or absence of GMOs, and other information for thousands of packaged foods. Read More »

Salt Wars book cover: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet by Michael F. Jacobson

Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet

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Salt: The Forgotten Killer, by Michael F. Jacobson, the founder of the National Food Museum, explains the evidence demonstrating that a high-sodium diet contributes to as many as 100,000 premature deaths each year…and reveals industry’s efforts to prevent governmental action to reduce that toll.

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