Infant feeding habits may predict eating behaviors in later life

The follow-up to an FDA study analyzing infant nutrition investigates to what extent eating behaviors in the first year of life predict eating behaviors at age 6.

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…

Randomized pediatric autism clinical trial conducted entirely online

UC San Francisco researchers have completed the first Internet-based clinical trial for children with autism, establishing it as a viable and cost effective method of conducting high-quality and…

Nutrition education program improves preschoolers’ at-home consumption of vegetables, low-fat/fat-free milk

A nutrition education program in low-income child care centers can improve a child’s at-home consumption of vegetables and low-fat/fat-free milk, according to a study. The study is the first to examine and find that a multicomponent nutrition-education program for low-income preschool-aged children and parents in a child care setting can affect a child’s at-home diet.

Does skipping breakfast impact weight loss?

A new study examines whether the first of meal of the day holds the key to effective weight loss, suggesting skipping breakfast is not as problematic as some claim.

Vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk heightened by chronic stress

New research out of UC San Francisco is the first to demonstrate that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat…

Report outlines dietary fat intake among 266 countries

Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues have compiled the first global data on dietary intakes of specific fats worldwide.

Health improvements likely following studies of gut flora in infants and toddlers

Breastfeeding until at least nine months of age increases prevalence in the gastrointestinal tract of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, species which are known to contribute to development of a healthy immune system, according to a paper describing the establishment of the intestinal microbiota during the first three years of life.

Unsaturated fat prevents abdominal fat accumulation increases muscle mass

New research from Uppsala University shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat. This is the first study in humans to show that the fat composition of food not only influences cholesterol levels in the blood and the risk of cardiovascular disease but also determines where the fat will be stored in the body.

Infectious cat parasite found in western Arctic Beluga

University of British Columbia scientists have found for the first time an infectious form of the cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii in western Arctic Beluga, prompting a health advisory to the Inuit people who eat whale meat.

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