USDA Serves A Dinner Plate For Healthy Eating

America is about to ditch the food pyramid. In its place, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will serve a plate-shaped symbol sliced into basic food groups.

Pre-Diabetic? Start Eating More Fruit

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabetes,” defined as blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 79 million people in the United States who have prediabetes

Parents’ Work Influences How Often Family Meals Are Eaten Outside Of Home

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Americans are spending about half their food budget in restaurants. As it is widely known, food prepared away from home, as compared to food prepared at home, is often higher in calories, saturated fat, and sodium…

9% Of American Infants Given Teas And Dietary Herbal Supplements

Very young babies are commonly given dietary botanical supplements and teas in the United States, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics has revealed. The researchers, from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, wrote that some infants receiving herbs and teas are just one month old. Yuanting Zhang, Ph.D…

Oral Immunotherapy Desensitizes Milk-Allergic Children

Some 3 million children in the United States have some form of food allergy, ranging in severity from mild to life-threatening.

New Study Shows Large Eggs Are 14 Percent Lower In Cholesterol And 64 Percent Higher In Vitamin D

According to new nutrition data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), eggs are lower in cholesterol than previously thought. The USDA-ARS recently reviewed the nutrient composition of standard large eggs, and results show the average amount of cholesterol in one large egg is 185 mg, 14 percent lower than previously recorded…

Association Discovered Between Children’s BMI And Working Mothers

Childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled in the past three decades, and prior research has linked maternal employment to children’s body mass index (BMI), a measure of their weight-for-height. A new study in the January/February issue of the journal Child Development has found that children’s BMI rose the more years their mothers worked over their children’s lifetimes…

Children, Males And Blacks Are At Increased Risk For Food Allergies

A new study estimates that 2.5 percent of the United States population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies. Food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males, according to the researchers.

USDA Awards Enhance The Nutritional Quality Of Food Aid Products

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded nearly $3.8 million to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs.

Carl Edwards taking active role in President's Council on Fitness …

Edwards, of Columbia, Mo., was selected to the President’s Council on Fitness , Sports and Nutrition , which is trying to help solve the burgeoning health and fitness problem afflicting all ages in the United States, and especially the …

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