Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are potatoes and sweet potatoes fruits or vegetables? We'll fill you in! Waffle fries, tater tots, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes ...

Last month, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee created new guidelines for 2025, which included a surprising update on potatoes. According to Better Homes & Gardens, the committee, which ...

Whether or not a potato is a vegetable depends on who you ask. Back in 2011, nutrition experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health worked with researchers at Harvard Health Publications ...

Potatoes typically don't grab a whole lot of headlines. But in recent months, the starchy spuds have done just that after reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture was considering reclassifying the ...

Botanists count potatoes as a vegetable. But should Americans? The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has sparked the question, setting the table for a round of spud-sparring among scientists, ...