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School-provided lunches could be a solution to better childhood nutrition

Packing a lunchbox with fruit, sandwiches, and snacks is common practice for most Australian families. But what if there was another way?

21 Jan 2021

Green Mediterranean diet reduces non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, show randomized trials

A green Mediterranean (MED) diet reduces intrahepatic fat more than other healthy diets and cuts non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in half, according to a long-term clinical intervention trial led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers and a team of international colleagues.

18 Jan 2021

Study assesses the impact of COVID-19 on students' diet, physical activity, and sedentary behavior

A University of Saskatchewan study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant worsening of already poor dietary habits, low activity levels, sedentary behavior, and high alcohol consumption among university students.

15 Jan 2021

Survey: Households with children purchase higher-fat and larger quantities of dairy products

American dairy consumers are often influenced by a variety of factors that can affect their buying habits. These factors include taste, preference, government information, cultural background, social media, and the news.

15 Jan 2021

Higher temperatures and rainfall impact children's diet diversity

A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even greater contributor to child malnutrition and low quality diets than the traditional culprits of poverty, inadequate sanitation, and poor education.

14 Jan 2021

MIND and Mediterranean diets correlated with later onset of Parkinson's disease

A new study from UBC researchers suggests a strong correlation between following the MIND and Mediterranean diets and later onset of Parkinson's disease (PD).

13 Jan 2021

Study suggests link between T. gondii infection and risk of aggressive brain cancer

A new study suggests a link between toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of glioma, a type of brain cancer, in adults.

11 Jan 2021

Including unhealthy foods may diminish benefits of Mediterranean diet

Eating a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, has a positive impact on health, but little is known about the effects of including unhealthy foods in an otherwise healthy diet.

8 Jan 2021

Researchers examine the role of Shiga toxin in the immune system

E. coli food poisoning is one of the worst food poisonings, causing bloody diarrhea and kidney damage. But all the carnage might be just an unintended side effect, researchers from UConn Health report in the 27 November issue of Science Immunology.

7 Jan 2021

Heading off the next pandemic

As the covid-19 pandemic heads for a showdown with vaccines it's expected to lose, many experts in the field of emerging infectious diseases are already focused on preventing the next one.

4 Jan 2021

Higher consumption of meat linked with increased wheezing in children

Substances present in cooked meats are associated with increased wheezing in children, Mount Sinai researchers report.

22 Dec 2020

Cadmium linked to more severe flu and pneumonia infections

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Howard Hu about his latest research into cadmium and how it could be causing more severe pneumonia infections.

22 Dec 2020

Scientists examine the virulent potential of Listeria strains in pigs

Researchers from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) of Valencia, the University of Cordoba and the Pasteur Institute of Paris, have conducted a study to determine the virulent potential of strains of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in pigs in Spain.

17 Dec 2020

High-poverty neighborhoods bear the brunt of COVID’s scourge

Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 infections have battered high-poverty neighborhoods in California on a staggeringly different scale than more affluent areas, a trend that underscores the heightened risks for low-wage workers as the state endures a deadly late-autumn surge.

15 Dec 2020

FDA approves first IGA in GalSafe pigs for human food, promising therapeutic uses

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for food or human therapeutics.

15 Dec 2020

Study connects specific foods to later-in-life cognitive acuity

The foods we eat may have a direct impact on our cognitive acuity in our later years. This is the key finding of an Iowa State University research study spotlighted in an article published in the November 2020 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

10 Dec 2020

What safety measures have food suppliers implemented in response to COVID-19?

Researchers surveyed small to large food companies in 16 countries on food safety attributes and emergency plans. They found that less than half the food companies had documented putting emergency plans in place for pandemics and public health crises.

9 Dec 2020

Study exposes old assumption that elderly widowers cannot cook

FOOD HABITS The assumption that an elderly widower can hardly boil an egg simply doesn't stand according to a recent University of Copenhagen study.

8 Dec 2020

Blood type not associated with the effects of plant-based diet

A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine--a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors--debunks the "blood type diet" by finding that blood type was not associated with the effects of a plant-based diet on body weight, body fat, plasma lipid concentrations, or glycemic control.

5 Dec 2020