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

Nutrition labels may soon appear in the front of packages, in an effort to make it easier to buy healthier food and tackle chronic disease in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration sent a proposal ...

Canada now requires a front package nutrition symbol on many products high in sugar, sodium or saturated fat to help consumers make healthier choices.

For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

What leads people to make better food choices? Is it price, availability, health attributes of the food or something else? This is the million-dollar question. The most common statement I hear from my ...