Adding lower-calorie food and beverage items to their menus has contributed to sales growth at major fast-food and sit-down restaurant chains.

Minute Maid is introducing four all-new light juice drinks.

Research has shown that consumers often miscalculate the number of calories and the nutritional content of products that have two or more servings per container but are usually consumed in a single eating occasion.

Adults who occasionally went hungry during childhood had a slower rate of decline in their cognitive abilities as they aged than those who always had enough to eat as children.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the more consumers snack, the healthier their eating behaviors, according to a new report from NPD Group.

Sodas and sugar-sweetened beverages are not the only drinks contributing calories to Americans' diets.

With obesity on the rise, consumers increasingly recognize that sugar contributes a high level of calories in relation to its volume. However, formulating foods and beverages that are reduced in sugar remains a challenge, since consumers often won’t compromise on the taste attributes they expect.

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently discovered that an individual’s internal struggle to choose between healthy and unhealthy food items is based off of neural processes in the brain.

Eating too much bad food could make it hard to think and create new memories, according to new research.

Half as many adolescents as in 2006 can still buy high-calorie sodas in schools, but other sugary beverages remain easily available onsite, a survey showed.