Audio/Video: Nutrition

A panel of food, mareketing, and health experts takes a hard look at food labels. Can the average American decode food...
Following the premiere of The Apple Pushers, the director sat down with leaders in food and health issues. 
Increasingly, right-minded consumers think it’s one or the other. Do buyers have to choose between supporting the...
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? In Food, Inc.,...
Atlantic Monthly food correspondent Corby Kummer sits down with legendary chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse to discuss...
Public school is our last truly democratic institution. Every child goes to school, and it's the best way to reach and...

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Fact: Nutrition
Vaccines not only save lives; they save health care dollars. US government investments in the smallpox vaccine have yielded a return of $32 million every 26 days, while every dollar spent on the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine saves $21, and a dollar spent on the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine saves $29.
—The Institute of Medicine