Nutrition News

A mother’s perception of personal hunger and her child’s hunger may be associated with a greater number of calories being served to her child during meals, according to study findings.

Thiamine-fortified fish sauce consumed by breast-feeding Cambodian women provided higher erythrocyte thiamine diphosphate and breast milk thiamine concentrations, therefore yielding improved thiamine levels in their babies and offering immunity against beriberi-related infant death, according to study findings.

Unhealthy food and beverage marketing may increase dietary preferences that lead to energy-dense, low-nutrition products in young children shortly after exposure, according to results of a recent systematic review.

Breast-feeding could significantly reduce the risk for diarrhea and feeding at the breast instead of from a bottle or formula may reduce otitis media infections in infants, according to recent survey results published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

The AAP recently released a clinical report that reviewed the current state of performance-enhancing substance abuse among adolescents and identified prevention education as the best strategy for reducing use.

Recent research in the British Dental Journal found that the majority of children unnecessarily consumed sports drinks with more than half consuming the beverages regularly.

Recent study findings suggested that antibiotic use in children might negate the long-term benefits of breast-feeding by affecting intestinal microbiota.

Recent research in Pediatrics showed that use of larger bottles during early infancy contributed to greater weight gain and higher weight-for-length scores among formula-fed infants at age 6 months.

Recent research in JAMA showed that during the last 3 decades the prevalence of obesity increased among adolescents, while recent trends indicated a decrease among children aged 2 to 5 years and a plateau for children aged 6 to 11 years.

Research in The Journal of Adolescent Health found that more than half of the middle and high schools studied in Massachusetts did not meet state or federal policies for minimum drinking water access for students during lunch.