Health
Keto vs. vegan: Study of popular diets finds over fourfold difference in carbon footprints
For those on keto or paleo diets, this may be tough to swallow.
Feb 28, 2023
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News tagged with nutritional quality
Health
Child nutrition programs can feed inequality: Model from South Africa shows how context shapes lives
Interventions to improve nutrition, especially for children and pregnant women, can be critical for health, physical growth and cognitive development, enabling better lives and futures. Reams of policy papers will attest ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds picky eaters are put off by food depending on plateware color
Academics have examined the effect of color among picky and non-picky eaters, in a first-of-its-kind study.
Nov 23, 2022
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Health
A simple nutrition care program improves health and quality of life among aging adults at risk of malnutrition
Baby boomers are aging and the U.S. population is too. The proportion of U.S. adults 65-and-older grew more than a third since 2010 and now includes 54.1 million adults. To help the baby boomers maintain their quality of ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Pediatrics
Children commonly face new, worsening health problems months after critical illness from sepsis
Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study suggests.
Oct 13, 2022
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Genetics
Do our genes determine what we eat?
Preliminary findings from a new study involving more than 6,000 adults found that taste-related genes may play a role in determining food choices and could, in turn, influence cardiometabolic health. It is one of the first ...
Jun 14, 2022
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Health
Policy recommendations offer strategies to close 'significant gaps' in nutrition security
What we eat and drink across our lifespan greatly impacts our heart and brain health. The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives for all, today ...
May 10, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Automated nutrition app can help people follow healthier diet
People could benefit from fully automated personal nutritional advice, as a new research paper shows that an app improved healthy diet in clinical trials.
Apr 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera is still a danger in Nigeria: here's what the government can do
Thousands of cases of cholera have been reported in Nigeria between January and June 2021. The northern states of Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Plateau and Zamfara are among those affected.
Jul 12, 2021
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Health
Four signs that food pantries improve the diets of low-income people
The nation has thousands of food pantries, places that give cash-strapped people free food with few questions asked. These organizations can occupy everything from an entire building to a literal pantry—as in a few shelves ...
Dec 17, 2020
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