Study maps EU school food policies for the first time
As part of the European Commission’s efforts to help reduce childhood obesity, the Commission’s in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), has published the first comprehensive…
July 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: centre, childhood-obesity, commission, european, european-commission, help-reduce, joint-research, jrc, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, published-the-first, the-first
ESPGHAN statement provides guidance on ‘essential’ technique for children with feeding and nutrition problems
Placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube has become an “essential” technique for children and young people with a wide range of problems with feeding and nutrition, according to a…
July 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, endoscopic-gastrostomy, nutrition / diet, tube, wide-range, young-people
Experts recommend avoiding rice drinks for infants and young children due to concerns over arsenic content
Inorganic arsenic in rice and rice-based foods poses health concerns in infants and young children, and steps should be taken to minimize exposure, according to a commentary in the Journal of…
July 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, journal, minimize-exposure, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, poses-health, rice-based-foods, young-children
Alzheimer’s disease not prevented by B vitamins
Taking B vitamins doesn’t slow mental decline as we age, nor is it likely to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, conclude Oxford University researchers who have assembled all the best clinical trial data…
July 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, clinical-trial, nutrition, on call diets, oxford, slow-mental, vitamins-doesn
