nutrition research

The mayor's plan to improve access to healthy foods in the city's poorest neighborhoods is a first step toward a healthier Baltimore

Real food offers a way out of a restrictive and unsatisfying diet-binge cycle.

A panel of nutritionists and health experts that updates the nation's Dietary Guidelines every five years included sugar reduction in a draft last month. Natural sugars are OK, the panel said, but people should not eat more than 200 calories a day in added sugar.

FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides And Polyols. Each of these terms refers to a kind of carbohydrate commonly found in the American diet.

In our society, proper eating and exercising habits are essential, perhaps more now than ever.

February is National Heart Month. According to the CDC, approximately 600,000 Americans die of heart disease, making it the leading killer of both men and women. The numbers may be frightening, but experts say there are steps we all can take to minimize our risk of developing heart disease.

Studies show a healthy lifestyle can prevent a number of illnesses and diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and certain types of cancer. And in Howard County, achieving that lifestyle is easier than you might think.

Natural Product Solutions' small office/warehouse in Timonium hardly suggests the dietary supplement company's national reach, or the bigger things to come in 2015: agreements that could double their range, and a new spokeswoman who is a brand name in sex and relationship advice.

Study shows people who cook dinner most nights eat healthier whether they're trying or not

The debate over the merits of stream restoration has taken on added significance, as such projects have become a favored tool of local governments in the Baltimore area for meeting increasingly tough federal mandates to reduce the sediment and nutrient pollution fouling the bay and its tributaries.

The Board of Carroll County Commissioners signed a letter on Thursday stating their intent to join Dorchester and Kent Counties in their efforts to persuade federal and state agencies to allow them to engage in oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay.

Weight loss company Medifast Inc. is jumping into the fast-growing health technology market through a partnership with fitness tracker Fitbit, the Owings Mills-based company announced Tuesday.

The lush beds of lettuce, mustard greens and peppers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future's greenhouse resemble the plants that Rick Lee of Damascus has grown in his greenhouse. Yet instead of traditional in-ground fertilizer, these plants get their nutrients from a different source: fish waste.

Howard County teenagers can participate in the Summer Youth Green Jobs Program, operated by the Community Action Council of Howard County.

In spite of what label says, there is still one gram of trans fat in each Berger cookie

Harford County farmers are taking steps to protect the environment while running a healthy, thriving farm.

In a state where 300,000 people work for the federal government and countless more depend on its benefits, Maryland has been hard hit by the government shutdown. Here are five people, a researcher, a homeless mother, a veteran and two federal workers, and how the budget impasse has affected their lives.