As little as one standard cup of coffee a day can produce caffeine addiction, according to a Johns Hopkins study that reviewed over 170 years of caffeine withdrawal research.

The common perception has long held that Americans like big portions, a notion that has been tied to the country's battles with obesity and overall healthfulness.

With an estimated 59 million Americans counting their carbs last year, the popularity of low-carb products is at a peak, and new product development in the area has risen to meet the opportunity.

J.D. Power and Associates (Westlake Village, Calif.) has released the 2004 edition of its Restaurant Satisfaction Study, finding that highly satisfied customers are visiting restaurant chains more frequently, recommending them more often and are spending more money at quick-service and family/casual dining chains.

Adequate fiber intake has been linked to a reduced risk of diseases such as colorectal cancers, gallstones, diabetes, breast cancer and heart disease, among others.

A new report on American's eating habits reveals that almost a quarter of the calories we consume come from nutrient-poor selections, otherwise known as junk food.

Canada's federal government is putting the country's food producers on a strict carbohydrate labeling diet that could knock a number of new product lines off grocery store shelves next year.

A study shows that daily use of calcium would prevent 734,000 hip fractures and save $13.9 billion in health care costs over the next five years. Daily use of folic acid by women would prevent 600 cases of neural tube birth defects yearly.

After several years of careful planning, new, integrated federal nationwide food consumption data were launched on the World Wide Web for public use.

Nutrients in oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruit and their peels have the ability to fight the nation's top killing diseases -- heart disease, cancer and obesity.