Tag: Diet
Global hunger declines while food affordability is on the rise
The report said "the proportion of people who cannot afford a healthy diet remains 'extremely high.'"
Global shift to plant-based diets could prevent 236,000 deaths annually, study...
A recent international study underscores the profound impact of dietary choices on public health and environmental sustainability, projecting significant reductions in premature deaths and boosts in global GDP.
Trump administration rejects scientists’ advice on nutrition, maintaining guidelines for sugar...
This "will impact eating habits, school lunch menus, and food stamp policies," and will lead to "poor health" for Americans.
Obesity: America’s number one export?
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.
Food companies intentionally make their products addictive, and it’s making us...
Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity.
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Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds
Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Trump administration moves to let accidental killing of endangered species go unpunished
A leaked memo would count only deliberate harm as a violation of the 1973 law, even though most protected species die by accident.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
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