Items Tagged with 'American Heart Association'

The American Heart Association is urging Americans to get more of their protein from plants, while groups more typically aligned with the Make America Healthy Again agenda are calling on the Trump administration to prioritize dietary fiber over meat in school meals.

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed its long-awaited front-of-pack labeling rule, featuring a black-and-white nutrition box that lists information on saturated fat, sodium and added sugars. 

The Food and Drug Administration has released a long-awaited final rule updating its definition of “healthy” foods. 

In this opinion piece, Amy DeLisio, CEO of the Dairy Council of California, discusses the significance of educating producers and consumers about Food is Medicine strategies and argues that they are critical to a healthy aging population. 

In this opinion piece, Sarah Gallo, Vice President of Product Policy for the Consumer Brands Association, responds to a recent op-ed by Nancy Brown at The American Heart Association (AHA) by outlining the decade of proactive and innovative work the food industry has done alongside the FDA to ensure Americans are fully educated on what is in their food.

In this opinion piece, Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, makes a case for swift FDA implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labeling and its potential to reduce healthcare costs while increasing healthier choices and products from consumers and manufacturers.