Diet

Infants with a diverse diet at age 9 months were less likely to develop food allergy by age 18 months, especially if they had a history of eczema, according to a study published by Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Some social determinants of health act as barriers to maintaining a healthy diet during pregnancy and higher saturated fats and added sugar may be tied to the composition and function of the prenatal microbiome.

Almost half of American adults said that starting a new diet is one of their New Year’s resolutions, results of a survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine showed.

For the 8th year in a row, the Mediterranean diet has been named the best overall diet by the editors of U.S. News and World Report, the company announced.

While caffeine consumption may elevate blood pressure after 2 hours, it does not have a significant impact on retinal vessel density, according to a study in the Journal of Ophthalmology.

Urvi A. Shah, MD, received the David M. Goldenberg Clinical Research Training Institute Award at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Prenatal diets that meet U.S. dietary guidelines reduce the risk for slow or rapid infant growth, but the association between infant growth and low-inflammation diets is unclear, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Low-energy diets that included up to 130 g per day of carbohydrates still induced weight loss in association with ketosis without the expected increase in hunger among adults with obesity, according to a study published in Obesity.

Greater adherence to American dietary guideline recommendations appeared linked with reduced likelihood of prostate cancer progression among men undergoing active surveillance, study results showed.

The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. more than doubled from 1990 to 2021, and the number of Americans with obesity could reach 260 million by 2050 if trends do not change, researchers reported in The Lancet.