Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. Today software does not come with information labels that clearly ...

Are you logging the numbers from the back of a package directly into your app when trying to track your meals?In reality, ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing that nutrition information be placed on the front of packaged foods to provide at-a-glance information about saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

A dietitian discusses the most notable new additions to the nutrition facts label and how they can help you make healthful choices. Here are four ways the newly improved nutrition fact labels can help ...

When it comes to maintaining optimal health, one of the most important things to do is to stay informed. Getting age-appropriate screenings for diseases and conditions such as high blood pressure or ...

A recent federal report shows that more Americans are using nutrition labels. That’s a good thing because reading the nutrition information has been shown to have health benefits. But not everyone is ...

We often find people glancing at a nutrition label in grocery stores but only a small percentage of them can interpret the nutrition label correctly. With the variety of packaged food available ...

Christina A. Roberto is Mitchell J. Blutt & Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Alyssa Moran is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health ...