Food labels are important, but they're also confusing. With so many different labels on grocery store products — such as reduced fat, low fat, and light — it's hard to keep track of what everything ...

Government urged to make nutrition labels on front of food packaging mandatory - Which? called on the Government to make the change amid what it described as an ‘obesity crisis’.

For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

With rising rates of obesity in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods, it’s clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices.

Ms. Morgan is a food systems consultant. Mr. Bittman is a former Opinion columnist and a special adviser on food at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Whether you shop for food in ...