Millions of Europeans at risk of chronic digestive diseases, new report reveals
Poor nutritional choices, including a high intake of ultra-processed foods and trans-fats, are putting millions of Europeans at an increased ...
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Overweight adolescents are as likely to develop heart disorders as obese adolescents
Brazilian researchers arrived at this conclusion after conducting cardiovascular fitness tests with boys and girls aged 10-17; the results were ...
Withering away: How viral infection leads to cachexia
Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome that occurs in patients suffering from chronic infections such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. In ...
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid levels in dried and deep-frozen spices and herbs too high
BfR Opinion No 017/2019 of 13 May 2019 The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) deals regularly with the ...
New Finnish study: Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption ...
Obesity medicine association announces major updates to its adult obesity algorithm
Updates help clinicians address chronic disease of obesity, identified as the most common cause of prevalent patient conditions DENVER -- ...
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
Early human beings who lived around 120,000 years ago in South Africa were 'ecological geniuses' who were able to exploit ...
Men ignore serious health risks of steroid abuse in pursuit of the body beautiful
Many men continue to abuse steroids despite knowing that they have serious, life-limiting and potentially lethal side effects, according to ...
Over-fed bacteria make people sick
Credit: © Kiel Life Science Since the end of the Second World War, along with the growing prosperity and the ...
Novel scale correlates children’s snacking behaviors with external food cues
Dartmouth researchers develop and validate a brief, parent-reported scale to measure external food cue responsiveness and conditioned eating behaviors for ...
Healthy habits could avoid 27% of cancer cases in Brazil
A study by Brazilian researchers in partnership with Harvard estimates the impact of five risk factors on the incidence of ...
When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk
York U study shares new findings on who is at risk for Orthorexia Nervosa TORONTO, May 14, 2019 - Researchers ...
Nutrition 2019 preview: Hot topics in research and practice
Join us June 8-11 in Baltimore to explore the latest research findings and their implications for practice and policy Journalists ...
Common food additive found to affect gut microbiota
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles E171 may impact human health University of Sydney research provides new evidence that nanoparticles, which are present ...
Tomato pan-genome makes bringing flavor back easier
Nearly 5,000 new tomato genes mappedCredit: Agricultural Research Service-USDA ITHACA, NEW YORK, May 13, 2019--Almost everyone agrees that store-bought tomatoes ...
How to starve triple negative breast cancer
Credit: Douglas Adamoski/Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory A team of Brazilian researchers has developed a strategy that slows the growth of ...
Whole grain can contribute to health by changing intestinal serotonin production
Adults consuming whole grain rye have lower plasma serotonin levels than people eating low-fibre wheat bread, according to a recent ...
Maternal microbes mediate diet-derived damage
New research in The Journal of Physiology has found, using a mouse model, that microbes in the maternal intestine may ...
Receiving weekend food improves school attendance among children living with hunger
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Children living in food-insecure households are more likely to attend school on ...
Food in the EU subject to strictest standards
New EFSA campaign highlights the food safety system in the EU As the EFSA Focal Point in Germany, the German ...
