In January, many people are setting new year's resolutions around healthy eating. Achieving these is often challenging — it can be difficult to change our eating habits. But healthy diets can enhance ...

I usually do my grocery shopping at the end of the day when I am tired, stressed, and hungry. In a word, I am vulnerable. The sugary beverages, candy, baked goods, and salty snacks located at the ...

Adults ages 50 and older who lived near dense fast food and unhealthy food environments known as "food swamps" had a higher risk of stroke compared to those who lived in areas with fewer retail and ...

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, highlights the significant influence of the home food environment on adolescent dietary patterns compared to ...

Consumers are often blamed for making the wrong food choices. But growing evidence appears to be demonstrating that individual choices are actually shaped by their food environments. These ...

Healthy eating is challenging in our current food environment in Canada. When delicious, attractive, unhealthy foods are promoted, priced, and placed for easy access and consumption, it contributes to ...

A new report shows that food environments, from promotional offers to the placement of food in shops, can influence consumers to make less healthy and less sustainable food choices. The report, from ...