Nutrition
Women At Calif. Hospitals ;With Mostly Low-Income Patients Less Likely To Breastfeed, Report Says Women who give birth at hospitals in California that have mostly non-white, low-income patients are less likely to breastfeed than women who give birth at other hospitals around the state, according to a report that ranks the rates of breastfeeding mothers in California hospitals released by the University of California-Davis |
Natural Products Association, Virgo Publishing To Conduct In-Depth GMP Training Before SupplySide West When the FDA's GMP rule becomes effective for your dietary supplement company, will your business be ready? It isn't a question to gamble on noncompliance can damage your operations and cripple your business. By June 25, 2010, all supplement manufacturers must be in compliance with the final U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) good manufacturing practices (GMP) rule published on June 25, 2007. |
Eating More Protein In The Morning Helps Dieters Retain Fullness Throughout The Day A new study published online in the British Journal of Nutrition found that timing of dietary protein intake affects feelings of fullness throughout the day. The study concluded that when people ate high-quality protein foods, from sources such as eggs and lean Canadian bacon, for breakfast they had a greater sense of sustained fullness throughout the day compared to when more protein was eaten at lunch or dinner. |
New Research Supports Need For Healthy Diet In Conjunction With Statins To Effectively Lower Cholesterol New research commissioned by Flora pro.activ revealed that two thirds of GPs polled feel that it is very important for patients on cholesterol-lowering medication to also ensure they eat a healthy diet to improve heart health. According to recent NICE guidance on the management of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH), first-line treatment for FH should be statins. |
Hunger Strikers Should Not Be Force Fed Force feeding has no place in the treatment of hunger strikers who are entitled to receive the highest medical care available, including independent clinical assessment and advice from a doctor whom the striker trusts and who explains the risks and effects of fasting. These are the conclusions of the lead editorial in The Lancet being published on 6th September 2008. |
Obama And McCain Align With Food And Beverage Industries For Child Obesity Platform Although "Change!" is the common cry among today's Democratic and Republican candidates, like the George W. Bush Administration before, both the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns have aligned themselves with the Food and Beverage Industries for their approaches to America's Child Obesity public health crisis. |
Rutgers University Teams With Gladson Interactive On Household Nutrition Study Seeking to learn what foods the typical household has on hand -- and the nutritional value of those items -- Rutgers University recently completed a comprehensive "pantry audit" of 100 New Jersey households. A key element of the study was Gladson Interactive's unique database which connects a product's Universal Product Code (UPC) with information on the product's nutritional composition contained on the package label for over 300,000 items. |
Everyday Plastic Ingredient BPA Damages Brain Cells And Affects Mood And Memory Scientists in the US and Canada studying the effects of bisphenol-A (BPA), an ingredient of polycarbonate plastic used to make common everyday items for storing food and medicines, found it caused loss of connections between brain cells in primates and may lead to disruption in memory and learning as well as depression. Based on their findings the scientists suggest the US Environmental Protection Agency lower the current safe limit for human daily exposure to BPA. |
New Study Assesses The Impact Of Soft Drink Availability In Elementary Schools On Consumption The consumption of soft drinks is generally considered to be a contributing factor in childhood obesity. Because children spend a substantial amount of time at school, the school food environment plays a central part in shaping eating behaviors. |
Livestrong.com Reveals Youth Health Secret: Mom And Dad Matter More Findings from survey results released by livestrong.com reveal that the vast majority of young Americans (66%) report that their parents or other family members have the most influence over the choices they make regarding their overall health. Similarly, two-thirds (67%) of the respondents also indicated that their parents or other family members influence their food choices a great deal or a lot. |
Vitamin D Has Potential To Ward Off Disease, Reports Harvard Women's Health Watch September brings the end of summer in the northern hemisphere and, for many, that means getting less sunshine. Our skin uses the sun's rays to make vitamin D. Without it, the body can't absorb dietary calcium, so it steals calcium from bones, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures. But missing out on the "sunshine vitamin" has consequences for more than just bone health, reports the September 2008 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch. |
Quercetin Fights Off Flu In Mouse Study Mice given quercetin, a naturally occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, were less likely to contract the flu, according to a study published by The American Physiological Society. The study also found that stressful exercise increased the susceptibility of mice to the flu, but quercetin canceled out that negative effect. |
'Health Crunch' Faced By 11 Million Brits The rising cost of living is putting pressure on the health and wellbeing of 10.6 million Brits, according to new research from PruHealth, the insurer that rewards people for engaging in healthy behaviour. A staggering 60 per cent cannot afford the perceived added expenses associated with 'being healthy', suggesting many people believe they can't afford to look after their general health and wellbeing in the current economic climate. |
Impact Of School-Based Programs According to recent evidence school-based intervention programmes provide the best results for reducing prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity if they are performed with involvement of stakeholders and political support. In this context physical activity education in schools, reducing television viewing and nutritional education are examples of interventions that have been successful. |
B-Vitamin Deficiency May Cause Vascular Cognitive Impairment A deficiency of B-vitamins may cause vascular cognitive impairment, according to a new study. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University used an experimental model to examine the metabolic, cognitive, and microvascular effects of dietary B-vitamin deficiency. Their findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). |
How Salmonella Bacteria Contaminate Salad Leaves It's Not Rocket Science How Salmonella bacteria can cause food poisoning by attaching to salad leaves is revealed in new research presented today (3 September) at the 21st International ICFMH Symposium 'Food Micro 2008' conference in Aberdeen. The new study shows how some Salmonella bacteria use the long stringy appendages they normally use to help them 'swim' and move about to attach themselves to salad leaves and other vegetables, causing contamination and a health risk. |
Issues On Cholesterol: Diet, Statins And Genetics Genetic lipoprotein disorders are frequently seen in patients with premature coronary artery disease (CAD). An example of strong genetic predisposition is the disorder: familial hypercholesterolemia, where a single gene defect (the low density lipoprotein receptor) contributes to most of the familial expression of CAD. |
NOSM Celebrates First Graduates Of The Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program On Friday, August 22, 2008, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) celebrated the graduation of the first class of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program (NODIP). A videoconferenced graduation celebration linked the four principal community sites - Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, and Thunder Bay - that began training the School's dietetic interns in October 2007. Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Founding Dean, congratulated the interns at the graduation last Friday. |
Policy Changes Required To Reduce Consumption Of Soft Drinks At School In May 2006, an agreement was reached by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Beverage Association on voluntary sales restrictions on "competitive foods" such as soft drinks at schools. However, researchers at Pardee Rand Graduate School say limiting the availability of soft drinks at school may not be enough to affect overall consumption among elementary school children. |
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reduce Mortality And Hospital Admission In Patients With Heart Failure, Statins Show No Effect A simple, safe, one-a-day capsule of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) can reduce mortality and admission to hospital for cardiovascular reasons in patients with heart failure. These are the conclusions of the first of two Articles based on the GISSI-HF* study published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. The second Article concludes that statin treatment with rosuvastatin does not affect clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure. |
Breastfeeding And Socioeconomic Status Australian women from lower income families are less likely to breastfeed - increasing the chance of their babies becoming ill and being hospitalised, according to a research paper in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Lisa Amir, from Mother and Child Research at La Trobe University, and her co-authors investigated whether the relationship between socioeconomic status and breastfeeding initiation and duration had changed between 1995 and 2004. |
Journal Of Nutrition, Health And Aging To Be Published By Springer As of January 2009, the Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging (JNHA) will be listed in the journals catalogue of the scientific publisher Springer. A forward-looking editorial policy has allowed for dynamic development of the journal since it was founded in 1997. This year for the first time, it was included in the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and was given a remarkable opening impact factor of 1.47. |
Upping The Tax On Premixed Spirits - A Step In The Right Direction? Whilst the Australian government should be applauded for increasing the tax on premixed spirits, the authors of a Comment in this week's edition of The Lancet say it should be part of a battery of strategies to reduce both binge and excessive drinking. |
ACMA Review Lets Down Future Generations, Says Australian Medical Association The Australian Medical Association (AMA) expressed its extreme disappointment and surprise at the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA's) draft Children's Television Standards 2008. The draft standards proposals include no general restrictions on food and beverage advertising during children's viewing times. |