Link Between A Child’s Body Fat And Vitamin D Insufficiency In The Mother
Children are more likely to have more body fat during childhood if their mother has low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy, according to scientists at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton…
May 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body-fat, council, council-lifecourse, during-pregnancy, leu, mother, mrc, on call diets, oncalldiets, their-mother, university, vitamin
Folic Acid May Reduce Pediatric Kidney And Brain Tumors
A new study in the current issue of Pediatrics reveals that folic acid fortification of foods could potentially reduce the number of incidences of Wilm’s tumor, the most common type of kidney cancer, and primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET), a type of brain cancer in children.
May 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: common-type, current, folic-acid, new-study, number, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, pediatrics, pnet, reduce-the-number, the-current, the-most
New Source Of Key Fat From Hazelnuts Makes Infant Formula More Like Mother’s Milk
Scientists are reporting development of a healthy “designer fat” that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn’t available in large enough amounts in their mothers’ milk. The new nutrient, based on hazelnut oil, also could boost nutrition for babies who are bottle-fed for other reasons…
May 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: boost-nutrition, designer-fat, diet, hazelnut-oil, high-quantities, infant-formula, key-nutrient, large-enough, mothers, new-nutrient, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, reasons, their-mothers
