While life expectancy has increased, the stretch of life lived free of disease and infirmity has
not kept pace. One big reason, according to researchers: unhealthy diets in a land of plenty …

Poor diets are associated with 4, including the top 3, of the leading causes of death in the
United States: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. Poor diets are also associated …

People are living longer and with more pain‐free and comfortable lives as we begin the 21st
century in 2001. Life expectancy was just 53 years (for males) in the beginning of the 20th …

In less than a month, US voters will choose their next president and Congress, creating the
opportunity for food, farm, and social justice activists to shape a new federal food agenda …

Some 30 years ago, I remember watching patients outside an urban clinic in Zimbabwe as
they queued to be seen by the health worker. Often I'd see a mother offering a sip of soda to …

Most Americans fail to meet federal dietary recommendations. This may be partly due to the
costs of healthy eating. This article reviews the costs and benefits of healthy eating. On the …

Diet and nutrition are one of the key determinants of health—that is, a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity …

Understanding the health consequences and costs of the foods we eat is a key component
of True Cost Accounting (TCA). A growing body of research makes it clear that we pay for the …

This chapter introduces the concept of diets and explains how diets affect health. Diets are
composed of foods that range in healthfulness and nutrition. Many different factors influence …

Health and poverty are inextricably intertwined. Being able to breast-feed, attend school,
work to grow food, earn a living or feed a family all depend on a baseline level of good …