Food activist and scholars are among 10 honored for their work elevating the human experience.

Center —one of only 12 nationwide – will support and facilitate studies on obesity, nutrition and metabolism at UCSF and across Northern California.

Mom was right about washing the greens: Researchers believe peaks and valleys in leaves could be key to numerous bacterial outbreaks involving leafy green vegetables.

The main ingredient in vegetable oil is linked to weight gain, fatty liver, diabetes and insulin resistance.

Global Food Initiative fellows represent a broad cross-section of students.

The initiative is off to a fast start as faculty, students and staff from across the 10-campus UC system focus their collective power on food issues.

Dairy makes a positive difference in how effective probiotics can be.

UC Santa Cruz anthropology student traces java's route from Central America to California for senior thesis.

In just 14 years, the percentage of obese Californians is up from one-fifth.

With support from the UC Global Food Initiative, this year’s CITRIS Mobile App Challenge added a new dimension: finding ways to nutritiously and sustainably feed people.

More than 90 percent of the United States can eat food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes — a boon for nutrition, the economy and sustainable agriculture.

UC campuses this spring are surveying students to assess the scope of food security issues, implementing short-term relief where needed and exploring long-term solutions that address student nutrition — UC regents to discuss food security May 21.