In the supermarket, the Food and Drug Administration is urging food manufacturers to move calorie totals from the back of products to the front, where shoppers can’t help but notice them.

But I’d never have guessed that a 24-ounce T-bone steak at Ruth’s Chris has 1,220 calories, but its New York strip, a full half-pound smaller, at 16 ounces, would clock in at 1,390 calories.

The general idea is to keep sodium below 2500 milligrams a day (approximately 1 teaspoon of table salt). ... February 1, 2009 -- Question: It seems that many low-calorie foods have lots of sodium.

To put calorie content into perspective, Breck would like to see statements like this on fast-food menu boards: “2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs vary.” ...

When people are asked to judge how healthy a food item is based on calorie data, that confidence quickly unravels and their healthiness judgments become less accurate. Why it matters.

2 tablespoons rice vinegar. 4 tablespoons light soy sauce. 1 tablespoon honey. 1 (15-ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice. 1 teaspoon sesame oil. 1 red onion, coarsely chopped ...

T he calorie content at the most popular U.S. fast food restaurants has shot up over the past three decades, according to a new study.. The study, published this week in the Journal of the Academy ...