Boiling down dietary health
By attempting to reduce dietary health to a single statistic, the recently enacted menu-labeling ordinance will only distract New Yorkers from the bigger picture. read more here »

Food cops going too far
By boiling down countless considerations for a healthy diet into a handful of nutrients, Windy City officials would send a dangerous message. read more here »

Banning junk food isn't the answer to curbing obesity
USA Today's article on healthful school food quotes MeMe Roth, who founded the advocacy group National Action Against Obesity: "We need to get junk food out of child-care centers, preschools, YMCAs." read more here »

The mercury-in-the-fish story
Americans have been drowning in stories about “toxic” tuna sushi and high mercury levels in fish. read more here »

What's on the menu? Regulation
There are ways to ensure that consumers have access to a surplus of information without having it thrust in their faces on restaurant menus. read more here »