Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Health

Food banks addressing obesity with nutrition-related policies

Food banks are altering their nutrition-related policies and practices to address concerns about the rise in obesity and diet-related diseases among individuals struggling to afford food, according to a study by the Yale ...

Pediatrics

Kids gain weight when new convenience stores open nearby

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that changes in the food environment around low-income and high-ethnic/racial minority populations over time impact childhood obesity. Increased availability ...

Health

Get more out of your vitamin D

If you take a vitamin D pill to meet your requirements for the sunshine vitamin, you'll get more out of it if you eat it with a little fat. Fat stimulates the release of bile into the small intestine, which makes it easier ...

Health

Offer kids whole grains; they'll eat them, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Many parents presume their children will shun whole grains because they think they don't like them, a University of Florida researcher says, but a new UF study may start to debunk that idea.

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