PBS
Why we shouldn’t let the food industry dictate our diets
Michael Pollan's bestselling book "In Defense of Food" was a call to arms for making real food a bigger part of Americans' diets. Now he takes that push to PBS with a new documentary. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why we’ve lost the...
Curated Video
How Big Business Built the Food Pyramid
Weird History Food will tell you who exactly built the Food Pyramid. While the Egyptian Pyramids have created vast conspiracies about who made them, the American Food Pyramid is pretty obvious - Big Food Business. Get your veggies,...
The Wall Street Journal
Scientist Ricardo Salvador on a National Food Policy
Ricardo Salvador, director of the food and environment program for the Union of Concerned Scientists, discusses how a national food policy might address priorities such as health, climate change and agricultural sustainability with WSJ's...
Healthcare Triage
Cholesterol Isn't Quite as Bad as You've Been Told
Cholesterol! For decades it's been demonized as the reason so many people have heart disease. We 've been watching it, and avoiding it like the plague.
Curated Video
Is the potato a vegetable? USDA says yes, and it will stay that way
Reclassifying a food would impact programs influenced by the government, like school lunches and SNAP benefits.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Food Labels
Here is help in figuring out the information provided on food labels. Be sure you are getting the nutrition you need from the foods you eat.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Resolving to Eat Healthier
National Public Radio talks with Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard MD and nutritionist, about changes that need to be made in the 1992 US Food Guide Pyramid. Interesting as an introduction to this topic, with links to related stories.