For many people, nutrition has become more religion than science, complete with its own slew of false prophets citing quasi-facts or total myths as gospel. But a proper diet is not one of self-deprivation and starvation, advises New York Times columnist Jane Brody.

NIH grant provides food for thought for future physicians

A new program at Southwestern Medical School will try to reverse that trend with future generations of primary-care physicians. The Center for Human Nutrition at UT Southwestern has received a $750,000 five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve nutrition education at Southwestern Medical School.

When low fat is no good: NIH grant to study body fat disorder 

Researchers in the Center for Human Nutrition have been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a rare disorder characterized by a partial or complete lack of body fat; research that may expand understanding of common forms of obesity.