Nutrition News

Maternal nutrition during pregnancy may have a long-term impact on children’s weight trajectories, researchers reported.

Among women, a higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood and adolescence correlated with a higher risk for early-onset colorectal cancer, according to research published in Gut.

Some weight loss and sports supplements sold in the United States that listed deterenol as an ingredient also contained “prohibited” and possibly dangerous stimulants, researchers wrote in Clinical Toxicology.

The Biden administration announced this week that the COVID-19 stimulus bill will pay for an expanded nutrition assistance program that will provide more than 30 million children with food this summer.

The diet quality of foods consumed at schools improved dramatically while diet quality of foods consumed from grocery stores, restaurants and worksites showed small to modest gains, researchers reported.  

HIV diagnoses have a statistically significant association with state income limits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility, researchers reported in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

There is “significant variability” in allergen composition, concentration and dose per serving among commercially available early allergen introduction foods, an expert told Healio Primary Care.

Last week, a House of Representatives oversight subcommittee publicized the results of an investigation that confirmed reports of high levels of toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods.

Younger teens at risk for severe obesity are just as likely as older adolescents to benefit from bariatric surgery and should not be denied consideration for the procedure on the basis of age, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unforeseen stresses to individuals and businesses.