Locally grown crops could expand access to childhood malnutrition treatment
For millions of children suffering from severe malnutrition, an effective treatment already exists. The problem is that many of them never receive it.
Oct 6, 2026
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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: News and Research on Malnutrition
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Be wary of online nutrition advice for cancer patients
Avoid dairy, fruit and red meat; take vitamin D supplements—these are some of the nutrition claims circulating online for breast cancer patients, but how many of them are actually based on fact?
Oct 6, 2026
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Climate change affects Indigenous children's health worldwide, review of 53 studies finds
Indigenous children across the globe are experiencing significant climate-related health impacts, ranging from malnutrition and infectious diseases to effects on mental health and cultural well-being and problems before birth, ...
Oct 3, 2026
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GLP-1s linked to nutritional deficiencies in children
Children prescribed GLP-1 medications for weight loss, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes are at risk for nutritional deficiencies—diagnosed in nearly one in six patients (16.8%) within the first year—according to a new study ...
Sep 21, 2026
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Tailored nutrition could help critically ill patients recover from surgery faster
Personalized nutrition may play a vital role in helping critically ill patients recover more quickly and with fewer complications after major surgery, trauma, burns and other life-threatening conditions.
Sep 21, 2026
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252 million young children in developing countries are undernourished, multidimensionally poor, new global study finds
Nearly half of all children under 5 in developing regions are poor, undernourished or both, according to a report published today by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. The report ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Predicting the conditions that create famine
Famines were once thought to be fading into history. But after devastating crises in places such as Somalia and Sudan—and with levels of extreme food insecurity rising worldwide—researchers are asking whether a better understanding ...
Aug 17, 2026
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A novel intervention to potentially improve the outcome of children with malnutrition
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have uncovered an intervention that could potentially improve outcomes for children with malnutrition, a condition that contributes to nearly half of ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Combination of abdominal obesity and vitamin D deficiency more than doubles the risk of death in people over 50
A study of more than 5,500 people over age 50 has raised a red flag: It found that people with abdominal obesity and vitamin D deficiency have a 123% higher risk of death than those without these conditions. Results of the ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Study of 2 million newborns ties skipped vitamin K shot to higher bleeding risk
Newborns receive several routine immunizations shortly after birth. Prophylactic vitamin K is one such recommended shot. It activates several coagulation factors necessary for blood to clot properly, preventing vitamin K ...
