Diet-Related Disease
Opinion: With 70 percent of antibiotics fed to healthy livestock, they're ineffective for sick people; we are brewing a perfect pandemic
By Nicholas D. Kristof
The New York Times 2010-03-07
McDonald's gains Weight Watchers' endorsement of three products in New Zealand; obesity experts say it's a ploy
The Associated Press; The Guardian 2010-03-03
Links found between gut microbes, obesity in mice; researcher now looking for same signs in humans with metabolic syndrome
By Brandon Keim
Wired Science 2010-03-04
Food Safety
Opinion: New salmonella outbreak shows senate should act on common-sense measures on food safety
The editors
The Washington Post 2010-03-11
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein, subject of recall over salmonella taint, is used in thousands of processed foods as flavor enhancer
By Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune 2010-03-06
Basic Food Flavors, which has recalled millions of pounds of hydrolized vegetable protein, knew plant held salmonella, FDA says
By Lyndsey Layton
The Washington Post 2010-03-10
"Someone should not be able to walk into a restaurant and order a plate of an endangered species."
Hunger & Food Security
Food, water needs are accelerating rich countries' 21st-century land grab in Africa, one of hungriest continents
By John Vidal
The Guardian (UK) 2010-03-07
New definition of poverty notes that food is smaller share of poor families' costs and includes food subsidies
By Amy Goldstein
The Washington Post 2010-03-03
India's agriculture decline, soil degradation from subsidized chemical fertilizer overuse undermines its ambitious positioning
By Geeta Anand
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-02-23
Nutrition
Opinion: As Congress weighs options for child nutrition, it must guarantee implementation of Institute of Medicine school food guidelines
By Ann Cooper
The Washington Post 2010-03-05
Peer pressure pushes Japanese women into thinness; many eat only two-thirds of average adult's energy needs, nearly 20 percent smoke
By Blaine Harden
The Washington Post 2010-03-07
Adding milk to black tea reduces antioxidant potential, study shows; researchers note public health implications
By Stephen Daniells
nutraingredients.com/Decision News Media 2010-03-02
Sports & Performance
Baseball players lead drive for better food on clubhouse menus
By David Biderman
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2009-12-11
Regulators struggle to keep up with supplements industry
Nearly two-thirds of American adults take dietary supplements, mostly multivitamins, calcium, omega-3, says trade group. Supplements aren't regulated as drugs; study showed 9 percent of 300 drug-induced liver injuries potentially were linked to supplements. Senate subcommittee plans hearing on safety. Since last December, FDA has warned about 70-plus weight-loss supplements; agency urges consumer vigilance.
By Anna Wilde Mathews
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2009-09-07
Sweet peak: Energy drink rinse linked to athletic performance
In trial, cyclists pedaled faster after rinsing their mouths with high-carb drinks, but saw no difference with artificially sweetened versions in study. Brain scans showed that glucose, maltodextrin in the mouth triggered pleasure circuits in brain not activated by artificial sweetener. Circuits are thought to reduce athletes' perceptions of how much effort they are expending, allowing them to work harder, longer. And: In rat study, artificial sweeteners result in more sluggish metabolism that stores, rather than burns, incoming excess calories (click 'See also').
By Ian Sample
The Guardian (UK) 2009-04-15
Water
Ambiguity hobbles Clean Water Act; drinking water of 117 million vulnerable to exclusion from enforcement
By Charles Duhigg and Janet Roberts
The New York Times 2010-03-01
Foul byproduct of fracking, a drilling technique for natural gas, pollutes water supplies
By Marc Levy and Vicki Smith
The Associated Press; Charleston Daily Mail (SC) 2010-02-02
Cities grow, sewers fill, rain falls and waste poisons waterways
By Charles Duhigg
The New York Times 2009-11-22