Low B-12 and folate levels in mature adults ‘of concern’
Many mature adults have vitamin B-12 and folate deficiencies, a large study has found. Policymakers should address this issue and shield public health.
June 29, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: issue, large-study, mature-adults, nutrition / diet, on call diets, should-address
Being underweight may trigger early menopause
A large study of nearly 80,000 women suggests that being underweight puts women at a significantly higher risk of experiencing early menopause.
October 26, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-underweight, diet, higher-risk, large-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, puts-women, risk
Fruit and vegetables aren’t only good for a healthy body; they protect your mind too
Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary pattern, comprising of fruit, vegetables, legumes, and nuts and low in processed meats, is associated with preventing the onset of depression, according to research. A large study of 15,093 people suggests depression could be linked with nutrient deficits.
September 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dietary-pattern, healthy, large-study, mediterranean, onset, other-healthy, preventing-the-onset, processed-meats, suggests-depression
Economic growth has little impact on reducing undernutrition in children
A large study of child growth patterns in 36 developing countries published in The Lancet Global Health journal has found that, contrary to widely held beliefs, economic growth is at best associated with very small, and in some cases no declines in levels of stunting, underweight, and wasting.
March 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: child-growth, developing-countries, diet, economic-growth, health, lancet, lancet-global, large-study, nutrition / diet, some-cases, widely-held
Economic growth does not guarantee reduction in undernutrition, study finds
Widely held beliefs concerning the relationship of economic growth and the reduction of undernutrition in children have been challenged in a large study of child growth patterns in developing countries, published in The Lancet Global Health.Malnutrition causes the death of 2.6 million children worldwide each year. This amounts to 1 in 3 of all child deaths.
March 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: amounts, been-challenged, causes-the-death, child-growth, children-worldwide, diet, held-beliefs, lancet-global, large-study, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, reduction, relationship
Caffeine Consumption And Mortality
A large study of nearly half a million older adults followed for about 12 years revealed a clear trend: as coffee drinking increased, the risk of death decreased…
February 21, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adults-followed, clear-trend, coffee-drinking, diet, large-study, million-older, nearly-half, nutrition / diet, risk, the-risk, years-revealed
Diet high in B vitamins lowers heart risks in Japanese study
In a large study in Japan, women who reported eating more foods containing the B vitamins folate and B-6 were less likely to die from stroke and heart disease. Japanese men reporting diets high in these B vitamins were less likely to die of heart failure.
April 17, 2010 · by webmaster · in Nutritional News · Tags: diets-high, japan, large-study, men-reporting, more-foods, oncalldiets, reported-eating, vitamins-folate, vitamins-were