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Habitual whole grain consumption benefits health
A recently released study published in The Journal of Nutrition provides further support that greater whole grain and lower refined
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Moving Beyond BMI – An Evaluation of an Alternative Adiposity Index and Mortality Risk
By Caitlin Dow, Student Blogger Body Mass Index. BMI, for short. Those three words tend to conjure up some intense
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Improving diet quality may help reduce obesity risk among individuals with high genetic susceptibility
A newly released study in The Journal of Nutrition suggests that poor diet quality and intakes of specific food groups
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Food insecurity and childhood obesity: Is there a connection?
A well-nourished population requires that all members of society have access to sufficient amounts of nutritious food. Unfortunately, food insecurity
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Lower bone mineral density among vegetarians: Dietary composition or body size?
The results of a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition do not support the notion that diet composition
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Is there a link between temporal dietary patterns and obesity?
Traditional investigation of the diet-health relation tends to focus on singular behaviors such as breakfast skipping or aspects of dietary
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Infant and child health are improved but the prevalence of stunting was not reduced by a combined nutrition and education program in Malawi
Childhood stunting remains a major challenge, especially in low- to middle-income countries. Even in those countries where the percentage of
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ACCN15: Navigating the New Obesity Guidelines and Algorithms
By Celez Suratos, MS, RD, ACCN15 Blogger It’s no surprise that obesity was one of the many topics covered at
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Live microbe intake from foods found to be associated with positive health outcomes
The results of a study published in The Journal of Nutrition linked dietary consumption of live microbes with a variety
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Daily avocado consumption: A tasteful way to lower blood glucose
Results of a new study published in The Journal of Nutrition concluded that daily avocado consumption can have beneficials effects
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