Nutrition News

Adolescents with constant sleep duration variability, but not habitual sleep duration, have higher caloric and snack food consumption, according to recently published data.

Certain dietary factors and food insecurity may increase children’s risk for Epstein-Barr virus infection, according to study findings in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.

Higher anthropometry predicted long-term nutritional status in children with moderate acute malnutrition, regardless of therapy duration, according to new research data.

On days when it is consumed, pizza represented more than 20% of the daily intake of calories among children and adolescents, and increased the overall calorie intake for that day, according to a recent study.

Pediatricians should advise parents to look closely at food labels, as study results published in Pediatrics indicated a significant amount of toddler meals and commercial foods contain high sodium content or at least one added sugar.

Results from a prospective, multinational study indicate that age at first introduction to gluten is not an independent risk factor for celiac disease.

Food menu labels that include caloric content may lead to parents ordering fast-food meals with a lower calorie count, and labels that include physical activity equivalents may be more likely to influence parents’ fast-food decisions, study data indicate.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence supports partial enteral nutrition therapy and Crohn’s disease exclusion diet for treatment of pediatric Crohn’s disease, and these data can improve understanding of the link between diet, dysbiosis and pediatric IBD, according to a presenter at the Advances in IBD meeting.

The FDA has issued a warning about the risks associated with the use of dietary supplements containing live bacteria or yeast among immunocompromised patients.

SAN DIEGO — Physical and social development are considered most important among mothers who choose to breast-feed their child beyond 1 year of age, according to research presented at the 2014 AAP National Conference and Exhibition.