Earlier this month, Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Oklahoma) reintroduced the Healthy SNAP Act, a bill which would prohibit unhealthy ...

House Republicans are pushing a bill to limit junk food purchases via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal programs such as SNAP, which, at $100 billion a year, is the U.S.'s top anti-hunger program.

Food companies criticize the science supporting front-of-package labeling, delay public consultation periods, push for their ...

In 1973, a trailblazing nutritionist named Jean Mayer warned the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs that the increasingly ubiquitous category of junk foods could be ...

Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman “If a ban on junk food ads on buses, trains and trams can make a difference then a ban on TV and online ads is absolutely vital to really drive change,” Senat ...

Food stamps can be used to purchase fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy, bread, cereal, snack foods and non-alcoholic ...

If someone wants to buy junk food on their own dime, that’s up to them. But what we’re saying is, don’t ask the taxpayer to ...