Mark Haub decided he was going on a diet. But rather than stocking up on salads and Slim-Fast, the Kansas State professor of nutrition decided to try something different: Twinkies, doughnuts and an occasional hot dog.

Here's the catch: He kept his daily food intake at 1,800 calories. He also...

Eric Mar's defense of his Happy Meal ban fails to draw a direct link between toys and children's weight. That's because no such link exists. There's no convincing evidence that the meals themselves cause childhood obesity. A 2007 study in the journal Obesity failed to find a significant association between fast-food...

We all hear scary stories on Halloween: razor blades in caramel apples, poisoned candy, metal shavings in lollipops and maybe even a serial killer or two wearing hockey masks. Eerie...

The Post-Gazette was incorrect in writing that the human body processes high
fructose corn syrup differently from table sugar ("What's in a Name?" Oct. 9 editorial).

The American Medical Association stated in 2008 that corn sugar and table sugar
have a similar composition, "particularly on absorption by the body." The
American...

If you didn't watch the Emmy Awards show this year, you missed a good one. The HBO film about animal-welfare pioneer Temple Grandin won an astounding seven awards. This is not just a tribute to Claire Danes's gripping portrayal. It also speaks volumes about Grandin's important contributions to the...

With the release of a bacon and cheese sandwich with fried chicken as the “bread,” this year has seen no shortage of over-the-top new foods. But none of these compare to the ultimate in extreme new foods: Baby carrots.

“Baby carrots” and “extreme” are hardly words you’d think to find...

With the release of a bacon and cheese sandwich with fried chicken as the “bread,” this year has seen no shortage of over-the- top foods. But none of these compares to the ultimate in extreme new foods: baby carrots. “Baby carrots” and “extreme” are hardly words you’d think to...

Have you looked at the list of ingredients on a box of crackers or a bag of chips lately? Did you wonder what some of the ingredients were?

Nutrition labels are full of scientific-sounding names. Carrageenan and fumaric acid don't exactly whet the average appetite. But they're helpful for...

Michael Greger of the Humane Society of the United States misstated the scientific record on salmonella and "cage-free" egg farms . One of the studies that Mr. Greger cited concluded that "the system with the lowest chance of infection was the cage system." Others on his...

Dr Pepper has announced it will switch from high fructose corn syrup to processed beet sugar in honor of its 125th anniversary. Earlier this year, Hunt’s removed high fructose corn syrup from its ketchup. And Starbucks claims to have removed it from its baked goods last year.

As food trends...