Hyderabad: With no strict law in force restricting or banning junk food sales near schools, children continue to access high-calorie snacks from nearby shops and sometimes in schools, raising ...

Restaurants often offer food deals to ease the stress of tax season, but Japan has taken the idea further with its furusato nozei ("hometown tax") scheme. Launched in 2007, it allows taxpayers to send ...

Texas, along with several other states, has moved to stop food assistance from being used to buy soda, candy, chips and other "junk food." US pulls out of formal peace talks between Ukraine and ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's major opposition party said Friday it wants the consumption tax rate on food items to be scrapped for a year, ahead of a crucial parliamentary election this summer.

“You may even lose weight on a processed junk food diet [on the drugs] but the problem is, if you’re just eating a smaller bowl of chips, you may end up with downstream consequences – some ...

Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might be using them to buy foods that detract from their health. A ...

Another study, this time by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), sheds light on a concerning connection between junk food consumption and mental health issues in adults. Through a comprehensive ...

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The bill, also known as the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act, would strengthen state laws that control food advertising to stop "junk food companies" from pushing addictive and unhealthy ...

Governors in four states are asking the federal government for waivers allowing them to prevent SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase what one governor calls “taxpayer-funded junk food ...

“As secretaries, I ask that you work collaboratively across the Administration to prohibit the sale of junk food in SNAP and end taxpayer-funded junk food," the letter said. "I also wish to ...

The lemon-yellow hue tints junk food such as Skittles and Mountain Dew; it’s also in chicken bouillon, pancake mix, and pickles. In Europe, products containing Yellow 5 are branded with a label ...