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Form of severe malnutrition linked to DNA modification
Researchers identified significant differences at the epigenetic level -- the chemical tags in DNA that help regulate gene expression -- between two clinically distinct...
Touting flavor before nutrition encourages healthy eating
Most people want to eat healthier, but efforts to encourage healthy eating by providing nutrition information have not drastically changed habits. A new study...
Pizza For Breakfast Is Healthier Than Sugary Cereal, Nutritionists Say
In 2018 a nutritionist created a stir with the claim that pizza would make a better breakfast—healthier breakfast—than cereal.Chelsey Amer is the expert who...
Amazon’s Running the Best Deal In Eight Years On Optimum Nutrition Protein
It’s been a long time since Amazon last ran a protein powder Gold Box, but they’re always a great opportunity to stock up. Today,...
Horse nutrition: Prebiotics may do more harm than good
Prebiotics are only able to help stabilize the intestinal flora of horses to a limited degree. Before they can reach the intestines, commercially available...
High-protein rice brings value, nutrition
A new advanced line of rice, with higher yield, is ready for final field testing prior to release. On average, it has a protein...
The Best School Snacks, According to a Nutritionist
Sometimes picking a snack for your child (or yourself) is more challenging than planning an actual meal. To help guide you through this culinary...
Despite growing burden of diet-related disease, medical education does not equip students to provide...
Worldwide, nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, meaning that medical students lack the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide nutritional care to patients,...
More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition
Being undernourished or overweight are no longer separate public health issues. A new article details how more than one in three low- and middle-income...
Microparticles could help fight malnutrition
Researchers have now developed a new way to fortify staple foods with these micronutrients by encapsulating them in a biocompatible polymer that prevents the...
