Nutrition News

Adopting family-centered nutrition programs can positively influence diet in children with autism, according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Children with disabilities should be encouraged to participate in sports, recreation and other physical activities that suit them, pediatricians said in a new AAP clinical report.

Phthalates and replacement plasticizers, chemicals used in food packaging and processing, were commonly found in fast-food items, according to a study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Qualitative.

Pharmacotherapy can be an important intervention for adolescents with obesity, according to a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference.

Researchers have developed a novel nutrient profiling system that grades the healthfulness and harmfulness of foods based on their nutrients, ingredients, processing characteristics, phytochemicals and additives.

The FDA has issued voluntary guidelines that are intended to lower excess sodium intake from packaged, processed and prepared foods, the agency said.

Adhering to any of the healthy eating patterns from the 2015 U.S. dietary guidelines significantly improved CVD risk markers in children with overweight who have elevated cholesterol levels, researchers reported in Clinical Pediatrics.

The rate of BMI increase among children almost doubled during the pandemic, according to researchers, who found that younger kids experienced larger increases than teens and preteens.

In the past few months, one in five parents reported that their children ate fast food more often, a recent poll showed.

Metabolic rates appeared to be highest during infancy and stable through adulthood before declining after age 60 years, according to findings published in Science.