Better-educated parents feed children fewer fats and less sugar

Almost 15,000 children aged between two and nine years old took part in the study. The level of education of parents has an influence on the frequency with which their children eat foods linked to obesity. The children of parents with low and medium levels of education eat fewer vegetables and fruit and more processed products and sweet drinks

Link Between Higher Soy Intake Prior To Lung Cancer Diagnosis And Longer Survival In Women

New results from a large observational follow-up study conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that women with lung cancer who consumed more soy food prior to their cancer diagnosis lived longer than those who consumed less soy. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, provides the first scientific evidence that soy intake has a favorable effect on lung cancer survival…

Low Doses Of Vitamin D Linked With Harmful Outcomes During Pregnancy

A link has been found between adverse health outcomes and vitamin D deficiency resulting in complications such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia in pregnant women and low birth weight in newborns. Vitamin D deficiency has already been linked to several health problems and has been flagged as a public health concern…