Food and Nutrition
Food Scientists Strive for Sodium Reduction
May 14, 2013 (Newswise) — In the May issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Associate Editor Karen Nachay writes about how food manufacturers are trying to overcome formulation challenges to develop better-tasting, low- and reduced-sodium products.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reg
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Email this Parental Understanding of Food Nutrition Labels Could Have Impact on Pediatric Obesity Rates
May 6, 2013 (Newswise) — Inner-city parents who read and understand food nutrition labels tend to make healthier choices for their families, according to a new study from researchers at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). A majority of parents (63 percent) said they read food labels when
Email this Maternal Diet Sets Up Junk Food Addiction in Babies
April 30, 2013 (Newswise) — Research from the University of Adelaide suggests that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned.
In laboratory studies, the researchers found that a junk food diet during pregnancy and lactati
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Email this Vitamin D: More May Not Be Better
May 2, 2013 (Newswise) — In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes.
But new research from Johns Hopkins finds tha
Email this Exercise or Make Dinner? Study Finds Adults Trade One Healthy Act for Another
April 15, 2013 (Newswise) — American adults who prepare their own meals and exercise on the same day are likely spending more time on one of those activities at the expense of the other, a new study suggests.
The research showed that a 10-minute increase in food preparation time was associated with a lower probability
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