Tag: Nutrition
The Latest: Trump cites protests, bars, travel in virus rise
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is casting wide blame for a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases, pointing to racial justice protests, travelers from Mexico...
UN: Pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger
ROME (AP) - The United Nations says the ranks of the world’s hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus...
Court vacates Trump’s rollback of school nutrition rules
NEW YORK (AP) - After making a brief comeback on school lunch menus, white bread and other refined grains may be vanishing again when...
Schools struggle to safely get free meals to needy students
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - When schools started closing across the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic, they scrambled to keep feeding millions of students from...
DC community volunteers provide food for locked-down needy
WASHINGTON (AP) - A line begins forming as a van pulls into the parking lot of a senior living center in Southeast Washington. By...
Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality...
Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality...
Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality...
About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds
NEW YORK (AP) - About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday.The...
Weight loss drug Belviq pulled from market over cancer risk
The maker of a weight loss drug pulled it from the market Thursday at the request of federal regulators, who said it posed an...