Tag: Research
Americas: Food promotes healthy ageing, finds paper
Improving dietary resilience and better integration of nutrition in the health care system can promote healthy aging and may significantly reduce the financial and...
Americas: Nutrition found better as a medical treatment
HIV-positive people who received healthy food and snacks for six months were more likely to adhere to their medication regimens, and they, as well...
Americas: Government-support salt reduction drives are effective, finds report
A new global study projects that a government-supported policy to reduce salt consumption would be highly cost-effective across the world.
Based on costs and...
Europe: Consumers want sustainable, climate-friendly ingredients, study shows
The global population continues to grow, the middle class is expanding, and ever more people are moving from rural to urban areas.
On account...
Americas: Researchers develop glue from mussels, corn
A new type of adhesive that combines the bonding chemistry of shellfish with a bio-based polymer has been shown to perform as well as...
Americas: Babies should have peanuts to prevent allergy, says panel
An expert panel has issued clinical guidelines to aid health care providers in early introduction of peanut-containing foods to infants to prevent the development...
Americas: Omega-3 intake lowers CHD risk
EPA and DHA omega-3s reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), according to results of a meta-analysis published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings...
Americas: Study finds infant cereals lack consistent nutritional content
For parents around the world, premixed infant cereals—also known as complementary foods—can be a vital source of the solid food needed for healthy child...
Europe: Danish university studies water-purifying effect of mussel farming
The need for organic protein sources for animal feed for Danish organic livestock production is expected to see a further increase, when EU requirements...
Europe: Denmark to improve lives of allergy sufferers in project
Innovation Fund Denmark has contributed more than €2 million (US$2.08 million) to the project that is led by the National Food Institute, Technical University...