Giving Babies Formula In Early Days May Help Prolong Breastfeeding For Some

In a bid to promote breastfeeding, hospitals push to reduce formula feeding in infants in the days following their birth. But in a new study, the first to carry out a randomized trial, researchers show that giving small amounts of formula to newborns who lose a lot of weight in their first few days of life, can actually help prolong breastfeeding in the long term…

Do Healthier Fast Food Options Exist?

Can you really go into a Subway, which calls itself the “healthy” fast food restaurant, and eat a healthy meal?

Public Agencies Can Address The Obesity Epidemic

With simple and innovative measures, public agencies at state and local levels can play a significant role in promoting healthier eating habits – steps that could make a difference in curbing the nation’s obesity epidemic…

Coumarin In Cinnamon Causes Liver Damage In Some People

Sensitive people who consume cinnamon-flavored foods, drinks and food supplements may have a higher risk of liver damage, researchers from the University of Mississippi, USA, and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, report in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. Cinnamon is one of the most important flavoring agents in foods and drinks, team leader Ikhlas Khan explained…