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New Edition Of ASM Press Biotechnology Text Announced

Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications... (Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today)

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Studies On Nutrients And Gene Expression Could Lead To Tailored Diets For Better Disease Prevention

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Personal health recommendations and diets tailored to better prevent diseases may be in our future, just by focusing on genetics. Researchers at Kansas State University recently published an academic journal article discussing the potential for nutrigenomics, a field that studies the effects of food on gene expression... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Metabolic crossroads of iron and copper

Nutrition Reviews — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:57:30 +0100

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Kidney Damage In 12% Of Chinese Children Exposed To Melamine-Contaminated Dairy Products

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

While the majority of children who were affected by consuming toxic melamine-contaminated products in China recovered, kidney abnormalities remained in 12% of the affected children, according to an article in CMAJ. In 2008, melamine-contaminated dairy products from the Sanlu Dairy Company resulted in a large outbreak of serious kidney damage in Chinese children... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

ANA Rallies Members Around Importance Of Advance Healthcare Directives In Support Of National Healthcare Decisions Day

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0100

The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., urges all members to lead by example in a national campaign April 16, 2010 to build awareness of the importance of completing "advance directives" for personal health care. ANA joins dozens of national, state, and community organizations in its strong support of the 3rd annual National Healthcare Decisions Day... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Ghent University Makes Healthier Fries

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Researchers of Ghent University department of Food Safety and food Quality developped a technique to to reduce acrylamide in French fries on an industrial scale. Acrylamide is a product that may cause cancer and was discovered in various foods... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

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Composition of weight gain during nutrition rehabilitation of severely under nourished children in a hospital based study from India.

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:04 +0100

This study examined the composition of weight gain in severely undernourished children who underwent nutrition rehabilitation in a hospital from India. Body composition of 80 severely malnourished children (age 6-60 months) was assessed using skin-fold thickness measurements on admission and after 1 month of supplementary feeding. On admission, children had severe weight and height deficits and were severely wasted. The mean weight for age z score, height for age z score and weight for height z score (WHZ) were -5.0, -4.2 and -4.1 respectively. Children consumed a mixed diet and mean energy intake was 177 kcal/kg/day with a protein energy ratio of 13. Overall, the mean weight gain was 6.1 g/kg/day and fat mass contributed to about 40% of the weight gain. When the composition of weight gain...

Recent Releases In Global Health

Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Lancet Infectious Diseases Comments Examine Use Of Quinine To Treat Malaria A Lancet Infectious Diseases comment presents an argument for the continued use of quinine monotherapy to treat malaria in Africa. Benefits of the therapy include its known efficacy, known long-term safety, low cost and availability compared to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)... (Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today)

Why Vitamins Are Hard To Swallow, UK

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Dr Rajendra Sharma, Medical Director of The Diagnostic Clinic in London's New Cavendish Street, the UK's premier centre for Integrated Medicine, understands how important optimum nutrition is to a patient's overall health... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

New Food Labelling Guidelines - Diabetes UK

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that it says will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Some Britons Would Prefer Weight-Loss Surgery To Diet And Exercise

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a new poll has suggested. Women see weight-loss operations as the key to quick results while some men regard it as the "lazy option", it found. The survey was carried out among 1,305 members of the public on behalf of the Good Surgeon Guide website... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

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Recipe: Lean country-style breakfast sausage

MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:45:04 +0100

Lean country-style breakfast sausage — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic. (Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)

U.S. Children Snacking More; Junk Calories Leading The Rise

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

Children in the United States are snacking more than ever before on salty chips, candy and other junk food, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. The increase in snacking, which now accounts for up to 27 percent of daily caloric intake, has occurred along with a rise in childhood obesity, a health problem that has put millions of U.S... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Biotech Crops Are Top Choice For World's Farmers

Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Because of its contribution to agricultural productivity and sustainable farming, growers around the world continue to choose genetically engineered (GE) crops according to a report released today by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)... (Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today)

Diet Strategies When Food Tastes Like Cardboard

HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:19:01 +0100

Taste aversion, nausea, sore mouth, weight loss - if you or anyone in your family has undergone cancer treatment therapy, you know how invasive these side effects are. Despite trying every diet strategy I was aware of, I remember feeling defeated when my father lost 10 pounds of weight in the second week of his radiation therapy in 1997. Click to read now (Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians)

The First Annual Congress of the Belgian Nutrition Society: "Lipids in Nutrition" - draft programme and call for abstracts

The Nutrition Society — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:04:12 +0100

The First Annual Congress of the Belgian Nutrition Society will be on April 23, 2010 in Brussels. The theme for this year is "Lipids in Nutrition". Abstracts for oral presentations or poster sessions are welcomed and young researchers are encouraged to participate in this event. Please click here for a first outline of the programme and a template for abstracts. read more (Source: The Nutrition Society)

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Nutrition — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:03:37 +0100

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Research Published In American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition Demonstrates Impact Of Guiding Stars(R) Nutrition Navigation System

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +0100

Guiding Stars, the world's first storewide nutrition navigation system, today announced that new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows Guiding Stars had a positive influence on food purchasing decisions after the implementation of the zero-to-three star rating system and that these changes continue to be significant in achieving healthier food c... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Miller School Researchers Publish Findings On Obesity Prevention Intervention

Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Findings from a pilot study, believed to be one of the first designed to examine the effect of a school-based obesity prevention intervention on weight and academic performance, show a decrease in body mass index and an improvement in academic performance among elementary-aged children... (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)

Correspondence of two procedures to measure abdominal circumference in a convenience sample of urban, middle-class schoolchildren in Guatemala City.

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:04 +0100

Conclusion: Reliable NWC and UAC measurements may be obtained by applying a correction term to account for light clothing. Both measurements are applicable methodologies for the collection of data in populations with cultural limitations. PMID: 20199983 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

MedWorm: Nutrition Top 20

New Edition Of ASM Press Biotechnology Text Announced

Studies On Nutrients And Gene Expression Could Lead To Tailored Diets For Better Disease Prevention

Metabolic crossroads of iron and copper

Kidney Damage In 12% Of Chinese Children Exposed To Melamine-Contaminated Dairy Products

ANA Rallies Members Around Importance Of Advance Healthcare Directives In Support Of National Healthcare Decisions Day

Ghent University Makes Healthier Fries

Composition of weight gain during nutrition rehabilitation of severely under nourished children in a hospital based study from India.

Recent Releases In Global Health

Why Vitamins Are Hard To Swallow, UK

New Food Labelling Guidelines - Diabetes UK

Some Britons Would Prefer Weight-Loss Surgery To Diet And Exercise

Recipe: Lean country-style breakfast sausage

U.S. Children Snacking More; Junk Calories Leading The Rise

Biotech Crops Are Top Choice For World's Farmers

Diet Strategies When Food Tastes Like Cardboard

The First Annual Congress of the Belgian Nutrition Society: "Lipids in Nutrition" - draft programme and call for abstracts

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Research Published In American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition Demonstrates Impact Of Guiding Stars(R) Nutrition Navigation System

Miller School Researchers Publish Findings On Obesity Prevention Intervention

Correspondence of two procedures to measure abdominal circumference in a convenience sample of urban, middle-class schoolchildren in Guatemala City.