#Labels

I started out my careeer as an instructor in a university biology department teaching cell and molecular biology.  I got handed a nutrition course to teach and quickly discovered it was the best way to engage students in learning biology.  I’ve never looked back. Now the FDA has made the same

I signed a letter organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest calling on the FDA to do more to research front-of-package labels. This is in response to the FDA’s announcement of what it plans to test in developing a front-of-package labeling scheme. We asked the FDA for specific

I’m working on a new edition of What to Eat and am spending a lot of time in grocery stores seeing what’s new and different since 2006—vastly more than I thought when I signed up to do this project, which is why it is taking a long time to do. One change is in the number of products displaying

My book talk today: Online with Hunter’s Food Policy Center in conversation with Charles Platkin, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.  Registration is HERE. ****** The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announces that it and the Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumers League are

Last week, STAT News asked if I would write something about the FDA’s definition of “Healthy” for them.  I agreed because I was planning a blog post on it anyway (posted here). I wrote a draft and had a great time working with a STAT editor, Patrick Skerritt, to fill in some missing pieces.