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Dietary Guidelines Should Be Led by Science—Not Politics

Mary Story, Eric Rimm Center for Science in the Public Interest News
Proposed language in the House Farm Bill would explicitly introduce political interests to and harm the integrity of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans—the foundation of school meal programs, SNAP, WIC, and other necessary nutrition programs.

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PURE study makes headlines, but the conclusions are misleading

The Nutrition Source Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
The recently published Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (“PURE”) study made headlines about the conventional wisdom on fats and carbs, but several methodological problems cast doubt on its conclusions.

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Calorie Counts on Menus Make a Difference

Editor, University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney
Calorie counts make a difference! Listing them on menus influences consumer choices.
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