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SAHEL: After 30 years, nutrition strategy revamp at hand
Source: IRIN Aid strategies for treating children suffering moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) have remained virtually unchanged for 30 years. As part of UN-led efforts to revamp policy, several initiatives in West Africa are examining how best to treat the condition, a major cause of death and disease worldwide.
ADA Supports National Restaurant Menu Labeling Legislation
The government's role in improving the nation's nutrition is now firmly established with nutritional labeling for restaurant meals now mandated across the United States as part of HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. An article in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association explains how state and municipal labeling laws developed and how the new ...
Sheila's Nutrition Digest Vol 19: Food Rules
Choosing what to eat for good health is confusing for many people. Despite the guidelines and efforts of nutrition experts, health officials, and various health groups, the typical Western diet remains a major contributor to poor health and chronic disease.
Gene activity in humane intestines changed with probiotic bacteria
Drinks with probiotic bacteria change the activity of the genes in the small intestine. This is the conclusion of Dutch research of TI Food and Nutrition published in the American journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) carried out by Maastricht University, NIZO Food Research, UMC St Radboud and Wageningen University.
International Medical Corps Awarded 5-Year Grant from USAID to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Democratic ...
International Medical Corps - USA September 10, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA - International Medical Corps has been awarded a $16.1 million, five-year, cooperative grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to ...
Addressing the Aging Process
Addressing the aging process is one of the most highly-sought after methods these days as well as various methods in beauty enhancing. However, since aging is a natural process, it cannot be prevented though numerous things can be done to slow it down and cope with it. In the article Make Wrinkles Appear…Slowly , these things include having the proper knowledge about the subject, prevention ...
AICR Once Again Welcomes Stand Up To Cancer Telecast
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) today welcomed to the nation's airwaves a telecast aimed at increasing private support for cancer research. Now that federal funding for cancer research is effectively decreasing for the first time in decades, the need for more and better research into the disease's origins has never been greater, said AICR experts. Stand Up to Cancer is a ...
The Safety Questioned Of Certain 'Healthful' Plant-Based Antioxidants
Scientists are calling for more research on the possibility that some supposedly healthful plant-based antioxidants - including those renowned for their apparent ability to prevent cancer - may actually aggravate or even cause cancer in some individuals. Their recommendation follows a study in which two such antioxidants - quercetin and ferulic acid - appeared to aggravate kidney cancer in ...
A Good Source Of Vitamin A: Corn Bred To Contain Beta-Carotene
A new Iowa State University study has found that corn bred to contain increased levels of beta-carotene is a good source of vitamin A. The discovery gives added support to the promise of biofortified corn being developed through conventional plant breeding as an effective tool to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. Beta-carotene is converted in the body to vitamin A...
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