Nutrition News

With its ability to read DNA, a simple blood test may help physicians predict whether a child will become obese, researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Exeter and Plymouth in England found.

New research showed an increase in adult health after nutritional and educational initiatives were used as intervention strategies in young children, particularly for males.

Children’s eating habits and attitudes toward food are influenced by their social peer networks, and attitudes can be reinforced by those in the peer groups, according to data from the Pathways to Health trial.

In a study of caregivers of infants aged 2 months, obesity-related feeding behaviors were common across all ethnicities, according to findings.

Looking beyond the effect of overall viewing time, having a television in an adolescent’s bedroom increased the likelihood of excess BMI, according to study data published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Researchers now report a significant decline in obesity among children aged 2 to 5 years, but overall obesity prevalence has not changed since 2003, according to the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

At long-term follow-up, a higher percentage of children in the Motivating Adolescents with Technology to Choose Health, or MATCH, intervention demonstrated weight reduction from overweight to a healthy weight or maintained weight loss vs. those in an age-matched comparison group.

Areal bone mineral density was significantly decreased among patients with anorexia nervosa in a recent study conducted in France.

Obesity, sex and pubertal status may affect macronutrient-stimulated appetite hormone secretion in adolescents after the ingestion of a whey protein drink, according to data recently published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Most undiagnosed cases of celiac disease are not identified by the current recommended guidelines, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.