News on Health and Nutrition from the Americas

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips - Sweet Maui Onion, because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Hawaiian Kettle Style Po...

Out of regard and concern for our consumers, Tim's Cascade Snacks of Algona, Washington is recalling 'SWEET MAUI ONION ’ AND 'HAWAIIAN - SWEET MAUI ONION RINGS ' because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can...

Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday....

The Obama Administration today released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. The initiative was an...

In the State Dining Room at the White House, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity Tuesday afternoon with a show of force that included medical, business and government officials, grass-roots activis...

El presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, firmó hoy una orden ejecutiva para combatir la obesidad infantil como parte de los esfuerzos de la primera dama para promover el ejercicio y una buena alimentación entre los más pequeños. Obama, acompañado de su ...

A study published in Pediatrics shows that when nutritional information is available on fast-food restaurant menus, parents are more apt to pick lower-calorie foods for their kids. Often spurred on by legislation, many U.S. restaurant chains are now po...

New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday proposed a budget of nearly $136 billion for fiscal 2011, a 0.5 percent increase from the current year, that will partly close a $7.4 billion deficit by raising taxes on cigarettes and other items.Paterson sa...

Las tasas de obesidad de Estados Unidos no aumentaron durante el periodo entre 2003 y 2008, según muestran los resultados de un estudio realizado por el National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. En c...

Americans, at least as a group, may have reached their peak of obesity, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday.The numbers indicate that obesity rates have remained constant for at least five years among men...

El alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg, sigue con su cruzada por la vida sana. Primero, prohibió fumar en bares y restaurantes de la ciudad. Después, obligó a retirar las grasas trans y a especificar las calorías en los menús. Y ahora lanza una ca...

New Jersey lawmakers passed Wednesday a measure requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets around the country to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards in their locations throughout the state.The state Assembly passed the bill by a margi...

The National Salt Reduction Initiative, a New York City-led partnership of cities, states and national health organizations, today unveiled its proposed targets to guide a voluntary reduction of salt levels in packaged and restaurant foods.Americans co...

Today the NYC Health Department announced the details of its National Salt Reduction Initiative. The program will ask food producers to voluntarily cut their sodium output 20 to 25 percent by 2014. Some big-name companies have signed on (PepsiCo plans ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports efforts to reduce the sodium content of manufactured and restaurant foods.  Most American adults should consume no more than 1,500 mg. of sodium – the equivalent of about two-thirds of a t...

Kettle Foods, maker of Kettle Brand® Baked Potato Chips, is kicking off the New Year by inviting fans to share their “Real Resolutions” for healthy eating and living.   Kettle Brand® Baked Potato Chips, the only baked chip made from whole slices of re...

Por primera vez en Estados Unidos la obesidad superó al consumo de tabaco como la principal amenaza para la salud. A pesar de que la mayoría de las personas con sobrepreso toman como resolución de Año Nuevo perder algunas libras, una encuesta revela qu...

El aumento en el consumo de alimentos procesados contribuiría significativamente al alto índice de obesidad y sobrepeso en Guatemala, el noveno país más pobre de América Latina y el Caribe, de acuerdo con estudio publicado en la revista científica Heal...