Children’s pester power a future target for interventions
Children's influence on their homes may be an underdeveloped potential target for future interventions, according to a new study in ...
Tag: Nutrition/Nutrients
Consumption of a blueberry enriched diet by women for six weeks alters determinants of human muscle progenitor cell function
Credit: U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council FOLSOM, Calif. - August 5, 2020 - A new research study, published in the Journal ...
Food menu fit for pandemic times
Ethical eating with health, environment in mindCredit: Flinders University In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a ...
Iron study combats anaemia with cutting-edge computer simulation
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world's low-and-middle income ...
Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the ...
Put down that cup of earl gray tea!
Antioxidant-rich foods like black tea, chocolate and berries may increase risk for certain cancers, new Hebrew University research findsCredit: EMET ...
Indigenous people vital for understanding environmental change
Rutgers-led research shows how local knowledge can help manage ecosystems and wildlifeCredit: Joan de la Malla Grassroots knowledge from Indigenous ...
Americans are consuming less sugar but more nonnutritive sweeteners
New Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study shows US household purchases of foods & beverages containing caloric ...
Seafood products made from cells should be labeled cell-based
Rutgers study examines potential names for package labels to meet FDA rulesCredit: William Hallman/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Companies seeking to commercialize ...
Cycad plants provide an important ‘ecosystem service’
Loss of cycads from natural habitats may create detrimental ripple effects for other organismsCredit: University of Guam A study published ...
High-protein distillers dried grains with solubles provide high quality pig nutrition
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - With more ethanol in production and a greater ability to upcycle co-products into ...
Science sweetens native honey health claims
Credit: (c) Tobias Smith UQ Science has validated Indigenous wisdom by identifying a rare, healthy sugar in native stingless bee ...
Study calls for review of rice and sugar in food subsidy programme
Credit: Lancaster University The nutritional benefit of rice and sugar distributed by a national food subsidy programme in India may ...
Native bushland’s fertility secret
Soil microbes could promote better farm outputsCredit: CSIRO In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more ...
Supplements with potential to prevent Alzheimer’s affect blood, but less so the brain
Omega-3 fatty acids might require larger doses to be effective -- especially for people with high-risk gene -- suggest findings ...
Quarantine coffee roasting competition: Game on (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 17, 2020 -- How hard could roasting beans at home really be? Sam ...
UVA earns high marks in national breastfeeding care review
Far exceeds state, national averages for breastfeeding supportCredit: Dan Addison/University of Virginia University of Virginia Medical Center and UVA Children's ...
Four winners of the Schmidt Marine Costal Pollution Challenge are named
Credit: Mark Schrope Nutrient pollution is a costly and challenging environmental problem caused by excess nitrogen in the water. The ...
High-fat diet with antibiotic use linked to gut inflammation
UC Davis study found that combining Western diet and antibiotic use is a pre- IBD risk factorCredit: UC Davis Health ...
Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India
Abruptly ending climate intervention might backfire rapidlyCredit: Jyoti Singh Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global ...
