Ever wonder why science can't settle simple diet-related questions? In part it's because most clinical trials involving diet, even those published in good journals, lack the rigor of most drug trials. They're often small, ...
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More than half of child deaths worldwide stem from preventable causes, such as adverse effects from malnutrition. A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, finds that child mortality significantly ...
Nov 8, 2019
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(HealthDay)—There's evidence that the old expression "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper" could use some tweaking. With one important revision, this approach could help not just for ...
Nov 1, 2019
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People eat more with friends and family than when dining alone—a possible throwback to our early ancestors' approach to survival, according to a new study. This phenomenon is known as "social facilitation."
Oct 4, 2019
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Asthma is a relatively common condition which is not completely understood and remains difficult to comprehensively prevent and treat.
Sep 26, 2019
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A new study led by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in collaboration with that National Institute of Public Health, Mexico, that accounts for folic acid (FA) fortification in staple foods ...
Sep 17, 2019
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It was a pattern that many researchers had noticed—children in developing countries born at certain times of the year are taller for their age than others. William Masters, a professor at the Friedman School, wanted to ...
Sep 12, 2019
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A fresh look at how to best determine dietary guidelines for vitamin E has produced a surprising new finding: Though the vitamin is fat soluble, you don't have to consume fat along with it for the body to absorb it.
Sep 9, 2019
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A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland is the first to observe that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Phosphatidylcholine was also linked to enhanced ...
Aug 6, 2019
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It is well established that diet influences health and disease, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not fully understood. Shedding light on the diet-health connection, a team led by researchers at Baylor College ...
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