Health & Healthcare

As the American diet has gotten more convenient, it has also gotten less healthy. The fast food, prepared food and easy-to-grab snacks that make up many of our meals have contributed to an obesity crisis and to the rise of chronic illnesses like diabetes.

Pregnant women throughout the developed world expect multiple ultrasounds during their trimesters to track the progress of their baby’s growth and development.

The rise and rise of the global wellness industry is certainly playing out in the property and construction sector, with an increasing focus on how we can create a built environment to enhance our health and wellbeing.

Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life services, is a company recognized for its industry leading sustainability efforts – an achievement that comes from engaging everyone throughout its value chain to play an active role in environmental stewardship. To date more than 13,000 of its sites globally have worked to raise awareness and impact behavior change around water waste. Others routinely work to reduce the amount of organic and non-organic waste that goes to landfills.

Innovation. It's been our thing since Dr. Abbott set up shop in a Chicago neighborhood more than a century ago. It’s still our thing. But don’t take our word for it.Ask Popular Science, which named our Absorb disappearing stent and FreeStyle Libre* glucose monitoring system – the one that saves you a routine stick of the finger – as two of its "Best of What's New" innovations in 2016. PopSci's bottom line on these medical breakthroughs: They "transform their category, solve an unsolvable problem, and incorporate entirely new ideas and functions." Sounds like a pretty good description to us.

The event celebrated the evolving pet and owner bond and showcased the latest in pet care and wellness advancements

When you’re rushing through daily life, it’s hard to find time to check in on the ‘big things.’ How do we know if our families have healthy behaviors? Luckily, a new publication could help shed some light on how infants and children are doing.

Vitamin A deficiency is a serious issue affecting millions of children around the world. A lack of vitamin A causes up to 500,000 children to go blind every year, half of whom die with a year of losing their sight.

A team of chefs and employees from Nestlé Professional will participate in International Chef’s Day on October 20, 2016 visiting a local chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of America.