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UNC study: text messaging may help children fight off obesity
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that cell phone text messaging could be used to reduce children's chances of becoming overweight or obese later in life, by helping them monitor and modify their own behaviors now.   view more (2008-11-12)

IFST Honorary Fellowship conferred on Professor Arnold Bender
At the IFST Council Meeting on 6 October, Council unanimously elected Professor Arnold Bender an Honorary Fellow of the Institute. Professor Bender, a Fellow of the Institute since 1963, has for many years been recognised worldwide as a leading authority in food and nutrition, and has received many... view more (1998-10-07)

New knowledge improves rice quality
A major international initiative is being launched to try to boost the income of the world's millions of poor rice farmers and at the same time provide consumers with more nutritious, better tasting food.   view more (2007-05-08)

Study identifies trends of vitamin B6 status in US population sample
In an epidemiological study, Tufts University researchers identified trends of vitamin B6 status in a sample of the United States population based on measures of plasma pyridoxal 5'- phosphate (PLP) levels in the bloodstream. Plasma PLP is the indicator used by the federal government to set the... view more (2008-05-21)

Scientists: As rainfall changes, tropical plants may acclimate
Tropical plants may be more adaptable than commonly thought to changing rainfall patterns expected to accompany a warming climate, new research shows.   view more (2007-05-08)

Influenza vaccine causes weaker immune response for children of rural Gabon than in semi-urban areas
Researchers have found that vaccination against influenza strains seem to be more effective in a semi-urban population than in a rural population of schoolchildren in Gabon, Africa, according to an article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, published by the University of Chicago Press in... view more (2007-10-23)

Physical inactivity worsens GI symptoms in obese people
Physical activity may help reduce gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in people who are obese.   view more (2005-10-04)

Tropical forests leak nitrogen back into atmosphere, say scientists
In findings that could influence our understanding of climate change, a Princeton research team has learned that tropical forests return to the atmosphere up to half the nitrogen they receive each year, thanks to a particular type of bacteria that lives in those forests.   view more (2006-05-23)

Tufts researchers update their food guide pyramid for older adults
Tufts University researchers have updated their Food Guide Pyramid for Older Adults to correspond with the USDA food pyramid, now known as MyPyramid.   view more (2007-12-20)

Typical North American diet is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids
New research from the Child & Family Research Institute shows the typical North American diet of eating lots of meat and not much fish is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and this may pose a risk to infant neurological development. Omega-3 fatty acids are unsaturated fats found in some fish... view more (2008-03-10)

Boosting brain power — with chocolate
Eating chocolate could help to sharpen up the mind and give a short-term boost to cognitive skills, a University of Nottingham expert has found.   view more (2007-02-21)

Researchers probe risks, benefits of folic acid fortification
Since the institution of nationwide folic acid fortification of enriched grains in the mid 1990s, the number of infants born in the United States and Canada with neural tube defects has declined by 20 percent to 50 percent.   view more (2007-07-10)

UCLA researchers discover new disorder that causes chronic diarrhea in children
UCLA researchers have unraveled a mysterious condition that causes congenital diarrhea and intestinal failure in children.   view more (2006-07-20)

Weight management program cuts diabetes risk, improves BMI in overweight children
A family-based weight management program developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine was more effective at reducing weight, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and insulin sensitivity than traditional clinic-based weight counseling.   view more (2007-06-27)

What determines body size?
How does a growing organism determine what its final body size will be? In the moth Manduca sexta, also known as the tobacco hornworm and recognisable by its distinctive blue-green caterpillar, adult body size is largely determined at the end of larval life, when the caterpillar has reached it... view more (2006-08-02)

Researchers note differences between people and animals on calorie restriction
Calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories and high in nutrition, may not be as effective at extending life in people as it is in rodents, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.   view more (2008-09-25)

Separate genetic mutations gave people, chimps bitter-taste sensitivity
Humans and chimpanzees share the ability to taste, or not taste, a bitter synthetic compound called PTC-as well as numerous other toxic substances-but contrary to longstanding scientific thought, they developed that ability through separate genetic mutations.   view more (2006-04-13)

Overweight toddlers and those not in day care at risk for iron deficiency
A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency.   view more (2007-09-04)

Mom's obesity during conception phase may set the stage for offspring's obesity risk
The number of overweight and obese Americans continues to grow rapidly. Today, 50 percent of adults are overweight and up to 20 percent are obese. While the number of overweight/obese children is at an all time high, the steady increase of overweight infants -- individuals under 11 months old -- is... view more (2008-01-04)

Caffeine may prevent heart disease death in elderly
Habitual intake of caffeinated beverages provides protection against heart disease mortality in the elderly, say researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Brooklyn College.   view more (2007-02-23)

Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality
A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study is published in the July 2008 edition of the... view more (2008-07-07)

Caloric restriction appears to prevent primary aging in the heart
Eating a very low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet is good for your heart. Studying heart function in members of an organization called the Caloric Restriction Society.   view more (2006-01-13)

Study points the way to more nutritious animal feed
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have traced the biochemical pathway by which plants build a compound that compromises the quality of corn and soybeans as an animal feed.   view more (2005-08-16)

Challenges to improving adolescent nutrition in Bangladesh and Tanzania
While a great deal of research has been conducted on child and adult malnutrition in developing countries, there are only a handful of studies on adolescent malnutrition.   view more (2006-07-27)

EU Food Position Papers Published By SCI
A special issue of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) peer-reviewed Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA) is now available containing critical reviews produced within the European Union (EU) Concerted Action Nutritional Enhancement of Plant-based Food in European Trade (NEODIET)... view more (2000-09-13)
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