One Third Of US Babies Obese Or At Risk For Obesity

One third of US babies are obese or at risk for obesity, said researchers who monitored around 8,000 babies from 9 months to 2 years and also found that those were obese at 9 months had the highest risk of being obese at 2 years. Dr Brian G. Moss, from the School of Social Work, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and Dr William H…

Elderly Fall Risk Much Lower With Exercise And Vitamin D

People aged 65 or more who regularly exercise and take vitamin D supplements have a significantly lower risk of falling down compared to other seniors, researchers from Drexel University School of Public Health, USA wrote in an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr…

United Fresh Produce Association Foundation Helps Launch Let’s Move Salad Bars To Schools Initiative

The United Fresh Produce Association Foundation joined First Lady Michelle Obama at the Riverside Elementary School in Miami, Florida as a new coalition of public and private sector partners launched the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative…

Tufts Launches First-of-Its-Kind Nutrition Public Relations Certificate Program

Concurrent with the American Dietetic Association’s annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, Tufts University’s Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy announced a new Nutrition Science and Communications for Public Relations Professionals certificate program…

Drinks High In Fructose Raise Gout Risk For Women

Women who regularly consume drinks with a high fructose content have a 74% higher risk of developing gout compared to females who consume such drinks once per month or less, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine wrote in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)…

Link Between Vegetable Consumption And Decreased Breast Cancer Risk In African-American Women

Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer than women with low vegetable intake…

Improved Nutrition On A Shoestring Budget, $1 Million USDA Grant Establishes Center To Help School Cafeterias Get Students To Eat Better

Better living through healthy eating: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted $1 million to establish the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs at the university’s Charles H. Dyson School for Applied Economics and Management.

House Delays Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Last night, the US House of Representatives adjourned without passing Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation. The School Nutrition Association, a non-profit organization representing school foodservice professionals, expressed disappointment, but called on Congress to use the days before the elections to improve on the legislation…

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