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How food heals and harms us.

Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food and nutrition

04.17.2018
Sheril Kirshenbaum + Douglas Buhler
Consumption of sugary drinks plummeted after Philadelphia passed the country’s highest soda tax
04.13.2018
by Kate Cox
Big food companies are trying to use free trade agreements to kill health warning labels
04.06.2018
by Ronald Labonté
Culinary medicine’s next wave: How therapists are using the rituals of eating to treat victims of trauma
04.05.2018
by Sam Bloch
Craving junk food? You’re not hungry—you’re addicted
04.03.2018
by Sam Bloch
Only 30 percent of American food aid pays for actual food
03.22.2018
by H. Claire Brown
A new bipartisan, federal bill aims to reduce suicide rates in farming communities
03.15.2018
by Jessica Fu
Why blockchain won’t fix food safety—yet
02.04.2018
by Jessica McKenzie
Agricultural workers have the highest rates of suicide in the country
01.17.2018
by Jessica Fu
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