New regulation mandates symbols on foods high in sodium, sugar or saturated fat, in effort to combat chronic disease.

Salt, or sodium chloride, is an essential mineral for the human body, but excessive consumption can lead to a host of health issues, including high blood pressure. Sodium causes the body to retain ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed food companies use new, front-of-package labels highlighting the levels of fat, salt and added sugar in their products. In issuing ...

CHICAGO — The nation's largest doctors group is pushing for new warning labels. Only these labels aren't for drugs — they're for food. The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to urge the ...

Even in supermarkets with the most kaleidoscopic array of items — dozens of cereals, a wall of jams in glass jars, a parade of soup cans — there’s relatively little variation in how those foods are ...

Salt is in just about everything we eat. We are eating way to much of it, and it is literally killing us. Too much sodium can raise blood pressure and lead to heart disease. The american medical ...

From the amount of calories and fat to protein and fibre, food labels contain a wealth of information. But do we understand them? WH investigates If you’ve ever found yourself mid supermarket shop ...

More than 100,000 obesity-related deaths could be averted in the next two decades if food businesses were forced to include nutritional warning labels on the front of their packaging, according to ...

The Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) has called for urgent policy action to address excessive salt consumption in the country. The public health advocacy group said its call is driven ...

Ms. Morgan is a food systems consultant. Mr. Bittman is a former Opinion columnist and a special adviser on food at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Whether you shop for food in ...