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April 23, 2024

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3 in 5 Parents Play Short Order Cook for Young Children Who Don't Like Family Meal

Apr. 22, 2024 — While most parents of preschool and elementary aged children strive to give their children a balanced, nutritional diet, some of their strategies to promote healthy eating may backfire, a national ...

Guidance on Energy and Macronutrients Across the Lifespan

Apr. 17, 2024 — In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of 'food as medicine' -- a philosophy in which food and nutrition are positioned within interventions to support health and ...

Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains

Apr. 15, 2024 — A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain ...

Researchers Identify Distinct Sleep Types and Their Impact on Long-Term Health

Mar. 12, 2024 — Poor sleep habits are strongly associated with long-term chronic health conditions, according to decades of research. To better understand this relationship, a team identified four distinct patterns ...

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Unfavorable Social Factors May Raise Heart Disease Risk Factors in Asian American Adults

Apr. 3, 2024 — Asian American adults with more unfavorable factors related to income level, education, housing, access to health care and other social variables had ...

Mixed Diets Balance Nutrition and Carbon Footprint

Apr. 10, 2024 — What we eat can impact our health as well as the environment. Many studies have looked at the impacts of diets in very general terms focused at the level of food groups. A new study explores this ...

Feeding the Lonely Brain

Apr. 4, 2024 — A new study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures ...

Too Little Sleep Raises Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, New Study Finds

Mar. 5, 2024 — Adults who sleep only three to five hours per day are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Chronic sleep deprivation cannot be compensated for by healthy eating ...

A Safer Treatment Path for High-Risk Children to Overcome Food Allergies

Feb. 28, 2024 — New research reveals a safe path to overcoming food allergies for older children and others who can't risk consuming allergens orally to build up their resistance. It's called sublingual ...

Living Near Pubs, Bars and Fast-Food Restaurants Could Be Bad for Heart Health

Feb. 27, 2024 — Exposure to more ready-to-eat food outlets linked to a higher risk of heart failure, in a new ...

Drug Limits Dangerous Reactions to Allergy-Triggering Foods, Stanford Medicine-Led Study of Kids Finds

Feb. 25, 2024 — A drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally eating allergy-triggering foods, a new ...

Pregnant Women Should Avoid Ultraprocessed, Fast Foods, Experts Urge

Feb. 7, 2024 — Research shows that phthalates, a class of chemicals associated with plastics, can shed from the wrapping, packaging and even from plastic gloves worn by food handlers into food. Once consumed during ...

The More the Merrier: Research Shows Online Interventions With Social Support Help Middle-Aged Adults With Obesity Lose Weight

Jan. 24, 2024 — Obesity is a problem in the United States. In fact, 42.5% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over have the disease. Not only is obesity the nation's second ...

Obesity Linked to Detection of Blood Cancer Precursor

Jan. 14, 2024 — Individuals with obesity are more likely to have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a benign blood condition that often precedes multiple myeloma, according to new ...

Choosing Sugary Drinks Over Fruit Juice for Toddlers Linked to Risk of Adult Obesity

Apr. 12, 2024 — Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new ...

An Avocado a Day May Improve Overall Diet Quality, Researchers Report

Mar. 22, 2024 — Eating one avocado per day may improve overall diet quality. A recent study found that the participants who had an avocado per day significantly increased their adherence to dietary ...

How Home Food Availability Affects Young Children's Nutrient Intake

Mar. 14, 2024 — Early childhood is an important time for learning about nutrition and establishing healthy eating behaviors. Young children rely on parents to provide food options, and the availability of food in ...

Participants in School-Based Gardening and Food Programs Benefit from Lasting Impacts on Dietary Behaviors

Jan. 8, 2024 — To encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among youth, experiential food education programs such as gardening and cooking lessons have increased across both community and school settings. A recent ...

Low-Carbohydrate Diets Emphasizing Healthy, Plant-Based Sources Associated With Slower Long-Term Weight Gain

Dec. 28, 2023 — Low-carbohydrate diets comprised mostly of plant-based proteins and fats with healthy carbohydrates such as whole grains were associated with slower long-term weight gain than low-carbohydrate diets ...

Strong Connections Found Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Support for Vaccinating Pets

Dec. 22, 2023 — Study findings raise the stakes for public health efforts to improve attitudes about vaccination rates across the ...

Survey Finds Americans Struggle to Maintain Healthy Habits During the Holiday Season

Dec. 4, 2023 — The holiday season is a time for joy and celebration but many Americans admit the endless flurry of activities make it difficult to eat healthy, exercise and get adequate rest, according to a new ...

Are Healthy Foods Automatically Sustainable, Too?

Nov. 29, 2023 — Perceptions about sustainability and healthy food choices are closely linked, a new study ...

Poor Work Performance Among Japanese Employees Strongly Associated With Insufficient Sleep

Nov. 20, 2023 — This study examined the association between work performance and lifestyle habits among Japanese employees. The results revealed that insufficient sleep was the predominant factor affecting work ...

Feeding Dogs Raw Meat Increases the Risk of Antibiotic-Resistant E. Coli

Nov. 20, 2023 — Feeding dogs raw (uncooked) meat increases their risk of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by a widely used antibiotic -- ciprofloxacin -- researchers have found from a study of 600 healthy pet ...

Following a Mediterranean Diet Reduces the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Older People

Nov. 17, 2023 — Old people who follow a Mediterranean diet are at a lower risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study. The study provides new evidence for a better understanding of the biological mechanisms ...

People With Obesity Burn Less Energy During Day

Nov. 15, 2023 — A study found people who have a healthy weight use more energy during the day, when most people are active and eat, while those who have obesity spend more energy during the night, when most people ...

Peer Educators Play Key Role in New Recipe Development and Testing

Nov. 14, 2023 — Cooking and recipe demonstrations encourage healthy eating and adoption of unfamiliar foods by class ...

Allergic Responses to Common Foods Could Significantly Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Death

Nov. 9, 2023 — Allergic responses to common foods such as dairy and peanuts can increase the risk for heart disease and cardiovascular death as much or more than smoking, new research suggests. And these dangerous ...

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help People Make Heart-Healthy Eating Choices

Nov. 2, 2023 — A study found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors that lower blood pressure. When people who had elevated blood pressure participated ...

Study Shows Simple Diet Swaps Can Cut Carbon Emissions and Improve Your Health

Oct. 26, 2023 — Making one small diet change -- chicken instead of beef, plant milk instead of cow's milk -- could significantly curb carbon emissions and increase the healthfulness of your diet, according to a ...

Strength Training May Reduce Health Risks of a High-Protein Diet

Oct. 18, 2023 — Progressive strength training using resistance can protect against the detrimental effects of a high-protein diet, according to new research in ...

Scientists Says Identifying Some Foods as Addictive Could Shift Attitudes, Stimulate Research

Oct. 9, 2023 — Scientists have published an analysis with a timely and controversial recommendation: It's time for an international shift in the way we think about ultra-processed food and its addictive ...

Discrimination Alters Brain-Gut 'Crosstalk,' Prompting Poor Food Choices and Increased Health Risks

Oct. 2, 2023 — People frequently exposed to racial or ethnic discrimination may be more susceptible to obesity and related health risks in part because of a stress response that changes biological processes and how ...

How Parents' Work Stress Affects Family Mealtimes and Children's Development

Sep. 29, 2023 — Family mealtimes are important for parents and children as a space to communicate, socialize, and build attachment relationships. But it can be difficult for busy parents to balance family and work ...