nutrition

January is the month of diets, thanks to New Year's resolutions. It's also the month of quitting diets...thanks to New Year's resolutions.

Both biology and behavior explain why we often regain weight after a diet attempt. Recent research shows that spending some time maintaining your weight first helps you lose weight down the line.

Dr. Pamela Peeke, author of "The Hunger Fix: The Three Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating And Food Addiction," explains the science behind overeating, and dietition and diabetes expert Angela Ginn Meadow talks about the obesity epidemic and the recent New York City soda ban.

On the November ballot, voters will decide whether to expand gambling in Maryland to include table games--and to add a casino in Prince George's County.  Meanwhile, the state is preparing for an increase in gambling addiciton, and is partnering with the University of Maryland to create a new center that trains counselors in gambling addiction.  We'll talk with the director of the center, and a gambling counselor in Worcester County, which is the where t

More and more shelf space in supermarkets is being given over to "organic foods." And, of course, more and more people are mindful of the pesticides and other chemicals that are found in conventionally-grown, mass produced food.

Four years ago Goucher College thought it was striking a blow for academic freedom by hiring a professor so controversial he couldn't return to his native Rwanda. But, confronted with charges that he had taken part in the genocide there in 1994, the college dropped him. Now, Goucher's president has published an essay in New York Magazine exploring what happened and why. Today, we talk to Goucher College President Sanford Ungar.

How could changes to Medicaid allow the elderly to stay at home? Plus, ministering to those who spend their days at sea. And--gatorade, goo, or chocolate milk? The best things for athletes to eat.

Last week, the United States Preventive Services Task Force issued draft recommendations stating that taking a vitamin D / calcium supplement does not necessarily prevent bone fractures in women.  

A look at the candidates’ positions on residency requirements–and incentives — for city employees to live in Baltimore.

Fast food restaurants are offering more healthy options. But are people choosing them — and is it making a difference in terms of our health?

Dr. Robert Gallo, one of the first researchers working on HIV and AIDS, about the history of that research.

Listeners respond to our segments about midwifery with birth stories of their own.

A provision in the 2010 Health Care Reform Bill requires that Starbucks tell you that — in terms of calories, not just price. In fact, all restaurants with more than 20 locations will be affected by this. Our nutrition diva, Monica Reinagel, discusses the new provision with Tom Hall. They also speak about the USDA’s move from a food pyramid to a food plate.