Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

A report for the ten year strategy for the reduction of vitamin and mineral deficiencies

A new report by AED Center for Nutrition and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) for the Food and Nutrition Bulletin shows that while cost-effective interventions to reduce vitamin and mineral deficiencies have existed for more than 20 years, significant micronutrient deficiencies still plague many countries, increasing maternal and child mortality and slowing brain development in children.

15 Apr 2007

Link between immune system and high plasma lipid levels

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found an unsuspected link between the immune system and high plasma lipid levels (cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood) in mice.

15 Apr 2007

Intarcia Therapeutics announces results from study of injectable Omega Interferon plus Ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C genotype-1

Intarcia Therapeutics has announced final results from a Phase 2 study of omega interferon with or without ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C.

15 Apr 2007

Caloric content of dessert recipes associated with percent obese in the metropolitan cities

Research finds calorie-dense dessert recipes printed in major newspapers across the country may be contributing to obesity in large cities.

14 Apr 2007

65 per cent of Cree preschoolers in northern Quebec overweight or obese

Childhood obesity is increasing among the general population in Canada, but the statistics are even more alarming among First Nations, Inuit and Metis children.

14 Apr 2007

Study finds poor diets of most Australian teens

A quarter of Australian teenagers eat fast food everyday and more than a third hardly ever eat fruit, a Deakin University study has found.

12 Apr 2007

For healthier eating habits switch the TV off at meal times

Sitting down as a family to share meals is an unquestioned benefit in more ways than one.

12 Apr 2007

Soy foods among the smartest choices of foods that lower LDL cholesterol

Research from Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University, Dr. Alice Lichtenstein of Tufts University, and the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan confirms findings of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) health claim for soy protein and heart disease.

11 Apr 2007

Report reveals cost of type 2 diabetes complications

A first-of-its-kind report looking at the prevalence and cost of type 2 diabetes complications shows that an estimated three out of five people (57.9 percent) with type 2 diabetes have at least one of the other serious health problems commonly associated with the disease, and that these health problems are taking a heavy financial toll on the United States.

11 Apr 2007

Telephone interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change

"Phoning it in" works when it comes to losing weight and getting fit, according to a new systematic review.

11 Apr 2007

Milk protein better than soy at building muscle mass

Weightlifters will want to raise a glass after a new study found that milk protein is significantly better than soy at building muscle mass.

11 Apr 2007

American Heart Association highlights BAD fats and BETTER fats

As the nation moves to significantly reduce trans fat consumption, the American Heart Association is launching "Face The Fats," an educational campaign to teach consumers how to minimize trans fat in their diet, while avoiding the unintended health consequence of defaulting to more saturated fat.

11 Apr 2007

Babe on life support granted a reprieve

A judge in Texas has granted a family's request to keep their critically ill baby alive and ruled against the hospital's wishes, that his life support should not be switched off.

11 Apr 2007

Stem cells re-set the immune systems of diabetes patients

Researchers in Brazil and the U.S. have conducted an experiment which shows that stem cells can "re-set" the immune systems of diabetes patients.

10 Apr 2007

Dieting might mean you end up fatter that before!

After analyzing the effects of 31 studies on the longterm effects of a number of diets, scientists in the U.S. say not only do they not work but they can also put a person's health at risk.

10 Apr 2007

Calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein may interact with genes

We observed an interaction between APOA5 and dietary fat intake, but we did not see an interaction between APOA5 and carbohydrate or protein intake for any genetic variants of APOA5,” says Ordovas, who is corresponding author of the study.

10 Apr 2007

Calorie-restricted diets differing substantially in glycemic load can result in long-term weight loss

The first phase of a caloric restriction study in human subjects at the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University found evidence suggesting that calorie-restricted diets differing substantially in glycemic load can result in comparable long-term weight loss.

10 Apr 2007

Male births on the decline in the U.S. and Japan

A study published in this week's online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives reports that during the past thirty years, the number of male births has decreased each year in the U.S. and Japan.

10 Apr 2007

Canada tackles growing obesity epidemic

The first-ever Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on the Management and Prevention of Obesity in Adults and Children, published April 10, 2007 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), recommend that waist circumference be measured in all Canadian adults, and that a national surveillance system be developed that incorporates this measurement along with height and weight.

10 Apr 2007