Some 600 million people get sick from eating contaminated food each year, and around 420,000 die, the World Health Organization said Thursday, adding that young children account for nearly one third of those deaths.
Dec 3, 2015
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Everyone eats—but how much do we think about what we eat or why we eat it?
Nov 19, 2015
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A World Health Organization adviser is calling for the government to stop food manufacturers and distributors producing and selling unhealthy, cheap, salty junk food.
Sep 11, 2015
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(HealthDay)—There has been a sharp rise in recalls of organic food products in the United States this year, according to a new report.
Aug 23, 2015
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Women who ate organically produced food during pregnancy had halved likelihood of giving birth to a boy with hypospadias compared to women who never or seldom did so.
Jul 10, 2015
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A study co-authored by Oxford researchers says spikes in food prices during the last global recession can be linked with the increase in malnutrition among children in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 2009.
Jul 8, 2015
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Obesity - a global health problem - is increasing in many countries in step with increases in the food energy supply, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today.
Jun 30, 2015
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The Agriculture Department has developed a new government certification and labeling for foods that are free of genetically modified ingredients.
May 14, 2015
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To reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, the World Health Organization recommends we consume no more than 2000 mg of sodium a day—less than a teaspoon of salt.
Apr 7, 2015
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The United Nations launched a food safety campaign Tuesday for an era in which millions are dying of hunger or tainted produce even as more and more people fall ill from eating too much.
Apr 7, 2015
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