Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Tampons, pads and politics mesh in new push for access to menstrual supplies

Geoff Davis' gray Kia sedan is chock-full of tampons and maxi pads.

12 Mar 2020

Air pollution exposure takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of chronic illnesses

Breathing dirty air takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and other chronic illnesses, new University of Colorado Boulder research suggests.

11 Mar 2020

Bowel cancer on the up in England’s young adults

A new study published in March 2020, in the British Journal of Surgery (BJS), shows that the number of young adults with bowel cancer is rising at an alarming rate in England.

11 Mar 2020

Aging and competition for nutrients determine changes in gut bacteria

Two studies with surprising discoveries: in the elderly, the bacterium E. coli evolves in a way that can become potentially pathogenic and increase the risk of disease and, according to data obtained in another study, the metabolism of the same bacterium present in the microbiota evolves differently if it is alone or accompanied by other bacteria.

11 Mar 2020

Healthy lifestyle for longer keeps disease at bay

Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine have conclusively found that increased time spent leading a healthy lifestyle during midlife can keep certain diseases at bay and promote good cardiovascular health.

11 Mar 2020

Research shows clear public support for nutritional policy action in Germany

The increase in diet-related illness has led to a high burden of costs for society. However, German policymakers, in comparison with their international counterparts, have so far been reluctant to make political interventions that support healthy eating habits among its citizens.

11 Mar 2020

Heavy stress and lifestyle can predict life expectancy

Life expectancy is influenced not only by the traditional lifestyle-related risk factors but also by factors related to a person's quality of life, such as heavy stress.

11 Mar 2020

Diet influences multiple sclerosis disease course

The short-chain fatty acid propionic acid influences the intestine-mediated immune regulation in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

11 Mar 2020

College athletes participating in indoor sports at risk of vitamin D deficiency

College athletes participating in indoor sports, especially African-Americans, might be vitamin D deficient and put themselves at risk of injury or poor performance according to a study recently published in the journal Nutrients.

10 Mar 2020

Lack of information derails efforts to alleviate food insecurity in Utah

Utah residents who have difficulty keeping their families fed could be missing a key ingredient: information.

10 Mar 2020

UCR project receives funding to improve Latino population's access to healthy local foods

The University of California, Riverside, has been approved for a nearly $300,000 funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

10 Mar 2020

Baylor College of Medicine and UH team up for new research collaborations

Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston are teaming up for new research collaborations.

10 Mar 2020

Infants consuming baby cereal less likely to have inadequate intake of key nutrients

An investigation of infant feeding patterns found infants and toddlers consuming baby cereal, such as rice cereal, had higher intakes of key nutrients of concern, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and vitamin E.

10 Mar 2020

CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target colitis pathogen

Research at North Carolina State University shows that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and eliminate specific gut bacteria, in this case Clostridioides difficile, the pathogen that causes colitis - a chronic, degenerative disease of the colon.

10 Mar 2020

Study explores cognitive benefits of avocado consumption for overweight or obese adults

A diet including daily avocado consumption improves the ability to focus attention in adults whose measurements of height and weight are categorized as overweight or obese, a new randomized control trial found.

10 Mar 2020

Family meals associated with better dietary and family functioning outcomes

A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior builds on years of previous research studies and demonstrates the value of family meals.

10 Mar 2020

Combination of anti-cancer nanodrugs with Intralipid enhances therapeutic efficacy

Pairing chemotherapy nanodrugs with a nutritional supplement can lessen devastating side-effects while reducing the amount of the expensive drugs needed to treat cancer according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University and Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes.

10 Mar 2020

FAIR Health launches website feature to aid shared decision making for palliative care

Today FAIR Health launched a groundbreaking website feature that combines clinical and cost information to support seriously and chronically ill patients and their caregivers in the process of shared decision making with clinicians for three palliative care scenarios.

10 Mar 2020

Noncitizens in the U.S. less likely to receive treatment for CVD risk factors

A new study published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, shows that noncitizens in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for cardiovascular disease risk factors when compared with born or naturalized U.S. citizens.

10 Mar 2020

Berkeley Lights Launches Cell Line Development 2.0 Workflow to Find Top Clones for Complex Antibody Therapeutics

The Opto™ Cell Line Development 2.0 workflow generates, in just days, the best production cell lines for complex antibody therapeutics.

From Bruker Cellular Analysis 10 Mar 2020

Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Latest Diet & Nutrition News and Research

Tampons, pads and politics mesh in new push for access to menstrual supplies

Air pollution exposure takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting risk of chronic illnesses

Bowel cancer on the up in England’s young adults

Aging and competition for nutrients determine changes in gut bacteria

Healthy lifestyle for longer keeps disease at bay

Research shows clear public support for nutritional policy action in Germany

Heavy stress and lifestyle can predict life expectancy

Diet influences multiple sclerosis disease course

College athletes participating in indoor sports at risk of vitamin D deficiency

Lack of information derails efforts to alleviate food insecurity in Utah

UCR project receives funding to improve Latino population's access to healthy local foods

Baylor College of Medicine and UH team up for new research collaborations

Infants consuming baby cereal less likely to have inadequate intake of key nutrients

CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target colitis pathogen

Study explores cognitive benefits of avocado consumption for overweight or obese adults

Family meals associated with better dietary and family functioning outcomes

Combination of anti-cancer nanodrugs with Intralipid enhances therapeutic efficacy

FAIR Health launches website feature to aid shared decision making for palliative care

Noncitizens in the U.S. less likely to receive treatment for CVD risk factors

Berkeley Lights Launches Cell Line Development 2.0 Workflow to Find Top Clones for Complex Antibody Therapeutics

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