Diet & Nutrition News and Research

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2010 Dietary Guidelines urge Americans to keep calorie intake from saturated fat to less than 10%

This week the U.S. government released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans with few changes since the 2005 version. The guidelines continue to urge Americans to keep their calorie intake from saturated fat to less than 10 percent and lower the amount of trans fat in their diet to as low as possible.

2 Feb 2011

New 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans addresses unhealthy public

With a majority of the country's adults either overweight or obese, the new 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are the first to address an unhealthy public, making their recommendations especially urgent for consumers and health professionals alike, according to the American Dietetic Association.

2 Feb 2011

New research: Antioxidants in pecans may prevent development of various diseases

A new research study from Loma Linda University demonstrates that naturally occurring antioxidants in pecans may help contribute to heart health and disease prevention; the results are published in the January 2011 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.

2 Feb 2011

Sanofi-aventis announces GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide against type 2 diabetes

Zealand Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative peptide drugs, is pleased to announce that its partner, sanofi-aventis, today announced that the GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide, a once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist licensed from Zealand Pharma, achieved its primary endpoint of non-inferiority in HbA1c reduction from baseline, compared with exenatide twice-daily.

2 Feb 2011

Economists suggest new approach to monitor nutrition, child mortality in developing countries

In a paper published in the January issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology, a team of applied economists including William A. Masters, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, suggests a new approach to monitoring the relationship between nutrition and child mortality in developing countries.

2 Feb 2011

FAO monthly food price index expected to remain high

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) monthly food price index for January is expected to be at a similar level to the record highs measured in December's index, Abdolreza Abbassian, an economist with the agency, said on Monday, Reuters reports. "FAO's expectation is that the January index would be very close or slightly below December," Abbassian said ahead of the release of FAO's monthly food index, which is due to be published on February 3.

2 Feb 2011

Zebrafish research findings may provide potential to improve kidney function in humans

It is estimated that up to 10 percent of the U.S. population may have some form of renal disease, with 450,000 patients with end stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh have identified a cell in zebrafish that can be transplanted from one fish to another to regenerate nephrons, providing the potential to improve kidney function.

2 Feb 2011

Nutritional supplements and seniors: New study

The University of Adelaide will be embarking on a new study that will look into the benefits of providing nutritional supplements and small doses of hormones to elderly people.

2 Feb 2011

Daily probiotic may help prevent upper respiratory tract infections in athletes: Research

Researchers at Loughborough University have revealed that a simple, daily probiotic might help prevent athletes catching colds during their training and competition.

2 Feb 2011

IFT announces support for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) today announced its support for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) as a landmark opportunity to ensure that Americans focus on healthier food choices and increased physical activity.

1 Feb 2011

American Cancer Society reports racial disparity continues to increase death rate for some cancers

While the overall death rate for cancer continues to drop among African Americans, the group continues to have higher death rates and shorter survival of any racial and ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers. The findings come from Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2011-2012, the latest edition of a report produced every two years by the American Cancer Society.

1 Feb 2011

Eat more seafood to realize health benefits

The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released today, name seafood among the handful of foods Americans should eat more of because of its heart and brain benefits.

1 Feb 2011

Free radicals may damage eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

Scientists have found that free radicals (unstable molecules that cause the death of cells as the body ages) may also cause the damage in the eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a hereditary disease that is one of the most common reasons for corneal transplants worldwide.

1 Feb 2011

“Enjoy your food but eat less”: Latest Dietary guidelines

New federal dietary guidelines, released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services lays down some new rules in healthy eating that include consuming less empty calories, less salt and at least half a plate full of fruits and vegetables a day.

1 Feb 2011

Fortis Hospital specialists in Mumbai successfully perform gastric bypass surgery in American patient

Specialists at Fortis Hospitals Mumbai successfully diagnosed and treated a previously undetected pituitary tumor in Michelle Hardin, a 35 year-old American medical traveler.

1 Feb 2011

Media outlets examine challenges facing Pakistan six months after floods

Six months after monsoon flooding hit Pakistan, the U.N. reports that about 4 million people remain without temporary or permanent shelter, VOA News reports.

1 Feb 2011

U.K., Gates Foundation announce extra funding for global polio eradication as WEF wraps up

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Friday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, announced "extra financing for polio eradication, easing a shortfall in funding that hinders a global effort to stop the crippling virus," Bloomberg reports.

1 Feb 2011

New research finding shows strong relationship between gut bacteria and fatty liver

The more we learn about biology, the closer we get to being able to treat disease - and the more complicated our understanding of disease itself becomes. A new research finding showing a strong relationship between complex microbial ecologies in human intestines and the common but serious medical condition known as fatty liver illustrates this paradox.

1 Feb 2011

Lifestyle more closely linked with childhood obesity, than genetics

Are some children genetically tuned to be overweight, or is lifestyle to blame for childhood obesity?

1 Feb 2011

Baxter launches OLIMEL emulsion for parenteral nutrition

Baxter International today announced the launch of OLIMEL emulsion for infusion in Canada at the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's Clinical Nutrition Week.

From Baxter International Inc. 31 Jan 2011

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

2010 Dietary Guidelines urge Americans to keep calorie intake from saturated fat to less than 10%

New 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans addresses unhealthy public

New research: Antioxidants in pecans may prevent development of various diseases

Sanofi-aventis announces GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide against type 2 diabetes

Economists suggest new approach to monitor nutrition, child mortality in developing countries

FAO monthly food price index expected to remain high

Zebrafish research findings may provide potential to improve kidney function in humans

Nutritional supplements and seniors: New study

Daily probiotic may help prevent upper respiratory tract infections in athletes: Research

IFT announces support for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

American Cancer Society reports racial disparity continues to increase death rate for some cancers

Eat more seafood to realize health benefits

Free radicals may damage eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

“Enjoy your food but eat less”: Latest Dietary guidelines

Fortis Hospital specialists in Mumbai successfully perform gastric bypass surgery in American patient

Media outlets examine challenges facing Pakistan six months after floods

U.K., Gates Foundation announce extra funding for global polio eradication as WEF wraps up

New research finding shows strong relationship between gut bacteria and fatty liver

Lifestyle more closely linked with childhood obesity, than genetics

Baxter launches OLIMEL emulsion for parenteral nutrition

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