Call for breastfeeding guidance for babies with Down’s syndrome
Despite compelling evidence about the benefits of breastfeeding little is known about the breastfeeding experiences of mothers of infants with Down’s syndrome.
July 9, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, breastfeeding, compelling-evidence, diet, nutrition, pregnancy / obstetrics, the-breastfeeding
Food container plastics linked to rising blood pressure
Plastic food containers and wraps containing phthalates were associated with hypertension and insulin resistance in two new studies investigating the chemicals.
July 9, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chemicals, containing-phthalates, diet, estigating-the-chemicals, food-containers, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, studies-investigating, two-new
Many overweight teenagers do not recognise they are too heavy
More than a third of overweight or obese teenagers don’t see themselves as being too heavy and think their weight is about right, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in the…
July 9, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-too, nutrition, nutritional counseling, obese-teenagers, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, overweight-or-obese, study-published
Targeting bacteria in the gut might help burn and trauma patients
PLOS ONE study finds that severe burns dramatically alter bacteria populationsA study published in PLOS ONE has found that burn patients experience dramatic changes in the 100 trillion bacteria…
July 9, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alter-bacteria, diet, dramatic-changes, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, patients-experience, plos, study-finds, study-published, the-100