Nutrition

Healio has announced that it is now offering a special report on nutrition that physicians can use as a resource to guide conversations with patients about healthy diet options.

The prevalence and dynamics of food insecurity in the United States are changing over time, a troubling finding given that food insecurity is linked to worse health outcomes, according to an expert.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 32 studies found that 22% of children and adolescents exhibit disordered eating, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The implementation of legislation that encourages healthy eating habits was associated with reduced BMI scores among youth in the United States, according to study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Almost half of U.S. children aged 1 to 5 years did not eat a daily vegetable and around one-third did not eat a daily fruit in 2021, according to a study published Thursday in MMWR.

Higher intake of free sugars was linked to a higher risk for CVD, and substituting them with non-free sugars was inversely associated with both total CVD and stroke incidence, a recent study showed.

Compared with Western diets and diets low in animal protein, the Mediterranean diet was associated with better nutritional intake and physical activity in patients on hemodialysis, according to data in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle — before or after type 2 diabetes diagnosis — was associated with significantly lower risk for microvascular complications for people with the disease, according to study data.

The HHS has announced the 20 selected members of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which will inform nutritional guidelines for Americans over the next half-decade.

Healthy vegan or low-fat omnivorous soul food diets yield no significant differences in weight loss or lipid and blood pressure levels among African American adults, according to a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.