health & nutrition

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C-FEWS toolkit for farming and food insecurity to tackle climate change threats
27 Mar 2023
--- Scientists have developed the C-FEWS (Climate-induced extremes on Food, Energy and Water Systems) framework, a toolkit for farmers as climate change threatens the current food, energy and water system, presenting a set of... Read More
Man and woman in supermarket looking at a product label.
FDA examines the definition of “healthy” with dietary guidance statements on food labels
27 Mar 2023
--- Consumers will soon have more nutritional information on the label to help improve their dietary choices, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guides food manufacturers on how and when to use Dietary Guidance Statements... Read More
Family cooking in kitchen.
Study acknowledges need for “culturally appropriate food choices” when assessing carbohydrates
24 Mar 2023
--- Researchers are advocating for a new Carbohydrate Food Quality Score (CFQS) model that takes a holistic approach to evaluate carbohydrate quality in a “more culturally inclusive” way that encompasses different... Read More
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Studies suggest increasing magnesium or improving bone density may lower risk for dementia
23 Mar 2023
--- Researchers suggest that people who consume more than 550 mg of magnesium daily have a brain age approximately one year younger by the time they reach 55 compared to someone with an average magnesium intake of 350 mg daily.... Read More
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Food Foundation calls for UK government action on growing food insecurity among essential workers
23 Mar 2023
--- The UK Food Foundation finds that food insecurity reached 24.9% of households with National Health Service (NHS) employees and social care workers in January 2023. Food insecurity amounted to 25.8% for families of food... Read More
Girl in a supermarket.
Study addresses iron inadequacies in EAT-Lancet’s nutritionally controversial planetary health diet
23 Mar 2023
--- After a recent study published by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) found micronutrient shortfalls in the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet. They are addressing concerns that the suggested diets are inadequate... Read More
Health for a globally aging population: Holistic formulations and science-backed ingredients fuel innovation
23 Mar 2023
--- The UN declared this decade – from 2021 to 2030 – “The Decade of Healthy Aging,” and many leading developers and suppliers within the segment agree it is a growing and popular trend. Innova Market... Read More
Children in school learning in classroom
WFP reports 41% of children globally have access to nutritious school meals
22 Mar 2023
--- Global crisis levels of hunger affects 345 million people, 153 million of whom are children, according to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) recently released State of School-Feeding Worldwide report.... Read More
Girl looking up from her textbook
Policymakers need to tackle food insecurity so children can “focus on their education,” says study
22 Mar 2023
--- More persistent and severe household food insecurity in India has been linked to lower children’s educational outcomes in years at school, math and vocabulary test scores. The researchers found fewer than half of... Read More
Person behind a computer in a computer lab.
Clinical trials back plant-source peptides discovered by Artificial Intelligence
22 Mar 2023
--- Two clinical studies have verified the efficacy of PeptiStrong, a plant-sourced ingredient extracted from fava beans and containing cell-signaling peptides. The ingredient, identified by biotech specialist Nuritas’... Read More
Dental Federation pushes governments to step up on World Oral Health Day
20 Mar 2023
--- On the occasion of World Oral Health Day (March 20), the FDI World Dental Federation is calling on governments and global health bodies to prioritize action against oral diseases.
Children outside at school in Africa
Water contamination warning from the UNICEF, triple threat puts 190 million children at risk
20 Mar 2023
--- UNICEF has published a report showing that across ten African countries, 190 million children are at the highest risk of diseases related to the “triple threat” of inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).... Read More
KNHI to highlight evolving key nutrition and health trends
20 Mar 2023
--- Looking at trends such as plant-forward innovations and megatrends like sustainable nutrition, Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute (KNHI) seeks to demystify 2023 using data and insight from its network of regulatory... Read More
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Forecasting food insecurity with machine learning using data from the WFP
17 Mar 2023
--- Scientists are presenting a tool that can forecast food insecurity 30 days in advance for countries with insufficient food consumption using the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm – a machine learning... Read More
Holding phone with food scanner app in supermarket.
Mixed bag: Research finds dietary app has “modest” health outcome terms but hails nutritional education 
17 Mar 2023
--- Studies suggest that using the UK Change4Life Food Scanner app reduces healthcare resource costs, school absences and workplace productivity losses and a modest cost per quality of adjusted life years for parents using it.... Read More
Hands holding legumes.
Missing out on a protein source? Study says people allergic to one legume are often sensitive to others
17 Mar 2023
--- Dutch researchers found that patients allergic to green peas, lupines, lentils and beans had a high co-allergy for peanuts (prevalence of 64.7%-77.8%) and soybean (50%-64.7%). Patients allergic to soybeans had a high... Read More
Older people working out with bands at a gym.
Power for the people: Sports nutrition diversifies as active lifestyles proliferate across generations
16 Mar 2023
--- Sports nutrition has transitioned beyond the realms of professional athletes to the everyday consumer, spurred by the overriding industry themes of health consciousness and more active lifestyles. Consumers are exercising... Read More
Farmer standing in field of Echinacea.
New sustainability toolkit to help herb farmers in the botanical industry meet “overwhelming challenges”
16 Mar 2023
--- The Sustainable Herbs Program (SHP) has updated its toolkit to support companies in ensuring a long-term, sustainable supply of botanicals. NutritionInsight sits down with Ann Armbrecht, SHP director, and Taylor Clayton,... Read More
Childhood obesity & hypertension
Kaiser Permanente study finds “modest elevations” in childhood weight increase hypertension risk
15 Mar 2023
--- A retrospective cohort study evaluating the electronic health records of 801,019 youths between 3-17 years who were actively enrolled in a health plan demonstrated that those who exceeded their average weight were at a 26%... Read More
Person cooking according to Mediterranean diet.
Mediterranean diet linked to lower dementia risk, but experts flag research must be more inclusive
15 Mar 2023
--- Participants with high adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet had up to 23% lower risk for dementia, independent of genetic risk. However, the research team and critics point to limitations as the analysis focused on white... Read More
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