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

WFP Calls For Global Leadership To Invest In Nutrition As Rising Prices Hit Hard

As rising prices cast millions of families overnight into the ranks of the hungry, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called for global leadership to invest in nutrition…

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…

WFP Launches Emergency Operation To Support 3.5 Million Vulnerable People In DPRK

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching an emergency food and nutrition operation to respond to urgent hunger needs among 3.5 million vulnerable people identified in a multi-agency food security survey that was completed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) last month…

Food Safety Researchers Target Lesser-Known E. coli Types

Almost everyone knows about Escherichia coli O157:H7, the culprit behind many headline-making outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States. But the lesser-known relatives of this pathogenic microbe are increasingly of concern to food safety scientists.

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.

Putting The Pinch On Salt To Address High Sodium Intake Might Help Address Some Health Issues

Taking in too much sodium may turn out to be quite a salty situation. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 high blood pressure cost the United States $76.6 billion in health care services, medications, and missed days of work

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…

Tackling Childhood Hunger: $5.5 Million Awarded To USDA

The USDA has awarded $5.5 million to fund research that will help alleviate childhood hunger in the United States. Craig Gundersen of the University of Illinois and James Ziliak of the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research will work together to coordinate a research program on childhood hunger…

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