nutrition science

Food assistance recipients spend about 10 percent of their food budget on sugary drinks, while the rest of the population spends about 7 percent.

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Health & Safety

Food Stamps For Soda: Time To End Billion-Dollar Subsidy For Sugary Drinks?

4:25pm October 29, 2018

by Allison Aubrey

SNAP provides nutrition assistance for about 42 million Americans, but critics say now is the time to restructure the $70 billion annual program in a way that promotes healthier food choices.

Brian Wansink demonstrates his "bottomless bowl of soup" — used to show that people eat more when served in a bowl secretly replenished from the inside — after he was awarded a 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in 2007 at Harvard University. Wansink made a name for

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Science

Cornell Food Researcher's Downfall Raises Larger Questions For Science

9:02pm September 26, 2018

by Brett Dahlberg

Brian Wansink made a name for himself producing pithy, palatable studies that connected people's eating habits with cues from their environment. His data manipulation now serves as a cautionary tale.