nutrition

Michigan's Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program has expanded its income threshold due to federal guideline changes, allowing more families to receive benefits.

Nutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed, given the Trump administration's embrace of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

First, we heard about what our relationship to ultra-processed foods shares with addiction. Plus, how childhood diets in America have changed throughout history.

The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed food. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones are ultra-processed. Here's an easy way to find out.

Today, one Michigander talks about her family’s losses in the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. Then, how cuts to SNAP education programs are hitting Northern Michigan. And, an appreciation of James Baldwin from one Michigan scholar who tracked the writer’s personal relationships.

We talk about the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn the right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade with a health care provider. We also hear from both an abortion-rights advocate and an abortion rights opponent. In between we feature a discussion with a chef about her bean muffins.

How Michigan plans to implement the recently approved COVID-19 vaccine for children. Detroit schools keep nutrition local through a farm to school meal program. Medical historian and author Howard Markel's latest book shines light on female scientist contribution to the discovery of DNA's double helix.

Is ketchup a vegetable? How about the tomato paste in pizza sauce? For decades, what we feed our children for lunch when they're at school has been as…

For many children living in poverty, hunger is an everyday reality, and going to school hungry can have a big impact on a kid’s ability to learn.That’s…

The Food and Drug Administration is changing the design of the nutritional labels on the food you buy. To give us an idea of what changes, why the…