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Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the US – yet many doctors receive little to no nutrition education in med school

Nearly 60% of respondents to one medical school survey said they received no nutritional education at all. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images by...

Big Pharma’s monopoly on Ozempic threatens access to diabetes drug in communities of color

    by Andre Johnson Black Americans suffer from obesity at disproportionate rates, but the popular weight-loss drug Ozempic isn’t available in many inner-city neighborhoods. An obscure industry...

Black Voices, Black Bodies: Life in the age of Ozempic

Fitness instructor DJ Rock at OutBox Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y. STEPHANIE MEI-LING FOR STAT   How do Black people feel about their health, the new obesity...

Groceries are expensive: Stick to this food budget

by Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender Today’s Millennials face all kinds of financial woes. Still, this particular problem has people wondering if they’ll have to survive off ramen...

What you eat could alter your unborn children and grandchildren’s genes and health outcomes

The relatively new discipline of epigenetics explores how diet and nutrition can affect not only our own health but that of future generations. Drazen...

Anti-obesity meds can reduce health disparities and save Black lives

by Jonathan Kinloch, Wayne County Commissioner (District 2)  Over 35% of adults in Michigan are living with obesity, including 42% of Black adults. Obesity disproportionately impacts...

Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management

Whole foods like unprocessed fruits, vegetables and grains are typically high in fiber. Tanja Ivanova/Moment via Getty Images – rather than cutting carbs out of your...

Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes – and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help

Of the 34 million Americans who suffer from food insecurity, 9 million are children. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Digital Vision via Getty Images by Hilary Seligman, University...

Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward – a new rating system aims to demystify the process

by Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University; Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Tufts University; Paul F. Jacques, Tufts University, and Renata Micha, Tufts University Many people aim to start...

Kicking off the new year by cleansing your body with a detox diet? A dietitian unpacks the science behind these fads

by Taylor Grasso, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Detox diets are often touted as a way to cleanse the body after the excess food...

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