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Understanding food nutrition labels challenging for many people
In one of the most rigorous studies ever conducted to determine how well people comprehend the information provided on food nutrition labels. view more (2006-09-27)
New risk analysis study shows school soft drink consumption has no impact on adolescent obesity
A first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed study applying risk analysis methodology to nutrition policy shows that consumption of carbonated soft drinks from school vending machines has virtually no impact on adolescent obesity. view more (2005-10-19)
Kenya moves toward national food and nutrition policy
A team from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University is providing technical assistance to the East and Southern Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Children's Fund (EASRO UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the government of Kenya to build strategies for... view more... (2007-04-24)
Counselling can increase fruit and vegetable intake
Behavioural counselling can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables among deprived adults, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers identified 271 patients, aged 18-70 years, from a health centre in a deprived, ethnically mixed inner city area. Patients were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received behavioural counselling... view more... (2003-04-15)
Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition And Emerging Risk Factors
Despite improvements in death rates from cardiovascular disease (CVD) around the world, CVD remains a leading cause of death and ill health in the UK, where death rates are amongst the highest in the world. Reducing death rates from this disease remains high on the Government's agenda, yet attention to the classical risk factors may not provide... view more... (2005-04-06)
Soil nutrition affects carbon sequestration in forests
On December 11, USDA Forest Service (FS) scientists from the FS Southern Research Station (SRS) unit in Research Triangle Park, NC, along with colleagues from Duke University, published two papers in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) that provide a more precise understanding of how forests respond to increasing atmospheric... view more... (2006-12-14)
Apples, apple juice shown to prevent early atherosclerosis
A new study shows that apples and apple juice are playing the same health league as the often-touted purple grapes and grape juice. The study was published in the April 2008 issue of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. view more (2008-05-05)
New index offers first science-based definition of nutrient density
The Nutrient-Rich Foods (NRF) Index is a new, objective, science-based way to measure the total nutritional quality of foods and beverages. view more (2009-08-04)
Scientists discover the double life of proteins
Scientists at The Australian National University are a step closer to understanding the rare Hartnup disorder after discovering a surprising link between blood pressure regulation and nutrition that could also help to shed light on intestinal and kidney function. view more (2008-04-30)
Update on Tufts vitamin K research
In a recent article in Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, Sarah Booth, PhD, lab director of the Vitamin K Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA), reviewed studies regarding vitamin K status among the elderly. view more (2007-02-12)
American Dietetic Association supports IOM recommendations on school meal programs
The American Dietetic Association welcomes a report issued Wednesday, October 21, by the Institute of Medicine encouraging federal school meal programs to adopt standards that increase the nutrition content and limit the calories in meals served to schoolchildren. view more (2009-10-22)
University of Ulster Software gets Healthy Eating Message Across to Kids
Getting kids to eat healthily and learn about nutrition can be fun - thanks to a new interactive computer package produced by the University of Ulster. Dish It Up, the CD ROM which is being launched at the University's Coleraine campus today, aims to promote nutrition and healthy eating amongst young people in a positive and exciting way. The... view more... (2002-06-24)
Key nutrients critical for older infants' development
According to Nancy Krebs, M.D., a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and former Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition, it can be difficult to meet the nutritional needs of older infants. view more (2006-04-10)
Zinc deficiency an underestimated problem
Children in Java have better resistance to disease if they take not only vitamin A and iron supplements but also extra zinc. NWO nutrition researchers have shown that shortages of vitamin A and the two minerals often occur together. Zinc deficiency appears to be a problem which has so far not been fully recognised. Indonesian children currently... view more... (2001-07-26)
Mealtime interaction encourages hospitalized seniors to eat more
Sharing a meal in good company can stimulate the appetite - particularly among hospitalized seniors - according to a new Université de Montréalstudy published in The Gerontologist. view more (2009-05-06)
The cellular immunity damage caused by pneumonia is reversible
Cellular immunity amongst the elderly with non-hospital acquired pneumonia diminishes both quantitatively and qualitatively. Nevertheless, the cellular immunosupression detected in these patients is reversible and improves with time after release from hospital. 30% mortality In the past few decades there has been a significant and progressive... view more... (2003-10-28)
Blocking an inter-generational cycle of obesity
Being exposed to high levels of nutrition before birth can influence the development of networks within the brain that regulate appetite to permanently set a pattern of appetite for life, according to researchers from the University of South Australia. view more (2006-11-22)
Personalized Nutritional Information Sent Through Mail Helps Improve Diets
Brown University researchers have shown that there is an inexpensive way to help low-income, ethnically diverse people eat better: Send personalized nutrition education materials through the mail. view more (2009-05-11)
Lunch on the street feeds the poor residents of Nairobi
Slum residents in particular seem to benefit from meals from street stalls. This is revealed by research conducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, in a cooperative research project carried out by Wageningen University and the University of Nairobi. In the Kenyan capital a large proportion of the workers eat their lunch on the street. Many also take... view more... (2002-03-18)
Foods, not specific nutrients, may be key to good health
In a recent academic review, a University of Minnesota professor in the School of Public Health has concluded that food, as opposed to specific nutrients, may be key to having a healthy diet. view more (2007-11-07)
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