Food

Half of pets in America are overweight or obese. Here's how one family battled the doggie bulge.

There's more to mold than that green, possibly furry patch that's visible on the surface of your bread.

The Meta Cookie system, uses virtual reality to try to control the flavor of a cookie.

People who serve themselves at the kitchen counter instead of at the table eat less, a new study finds.

People who score high on a screening test for depression consume more chocolate than those who aren't considered depressed.

Food labels on package fronts, which have proliferated and are seen as misleading, have come under FDA scrutiny.

Flaxseed oil is chockfull of healthy fats.

Obese mothers put newborns at greater risk for a host of serious diseases.

cleaner fish will punish females when the females misbehave at mealtime, a new study finds.

A hormone shown to cause overeating could help break your New Year's resolution.

The year's science findings that should come as no surprise.

A lot of products tout the ability to help you feel better should you go overboard in toasting in the New Year.

Molecules that make up a food's aroma can also activate areas of the brain that trigger the feeling of fullness.

Some people up their calorie intake over the weekend, a new study suggests

A new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974.

Food chemists hope to concoct a healthy and satisfying ice cream.

If you think SpongeBob puts junk in your kids' heads, then you need to pay closer attention to the commercials.

Related spiders cooperate better and are more efficient at foraging for food than those that aren't related, a new study says.

New research suggests carbonation has a taste.

Losing the ability to taste may be a sign of a health problem.