Tag: pregnancy
Asia Pacific: FSANZ seeks public comments on label for alcoholic drinks
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for public comment on the proposed design and implementation of a mandatory pregnancy warning label for...
Americas: Omega-3 intake during pregnancy lowers preterm birth
Pregnant women who had low plasma levels of long chain n-3 fatty acids in their first and second trimesters were at a significantly higher...
Americas: Probiotic supplement for pregnancy, infants
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Happy Family Brands have developed Happy Mama Prenatal Probiotic Supplement for the infant nutritional supplements category.
The supplement is formulated...
Americas: Optimal maternal folate levels may reduce child obesity risk
Proper maternal folate levels during pregnancy may protect children from a future risk of obesity, especially those born to obese mothers, according to a...
Americas: Healthy diet after pregnancy lowers high blood pressure risk
Sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy may reduce the risk of high blood pressure among women who had pregnancy-related (gestational)...
Americas: Caffeine, multivitamin intake affect pregnancies, find researchers
A woman is more likely to miscarry if she and her partner drink more than two caffeinated beverages a day during the weeks leading...
Europe: Probi launches iron supplement worldwide in 2016
Probi is launching Probi FerroSorb, a probiotic iron absorption product for the world marketing from 2016.
The ingredient has also been nominated to the Food...
Asia Pacific: Exposure to phthalates could be linked to pregnancy loss,...
A study of more than 300 women suggests that exposure to certain phthalates — substances commonly used in food packaging, personal-care and other everyday...
Asia Pacific: Pregnant women with low vitamin E levels have higher...
Pregnant women in Bangladesh with low levels of the most common form of vitamin E are nearly twice as likely to have a miscarriage...