Purdue study: Aquariums may pacify Alzheimer's patients
... it's also healthier for the patients to get their nutrition from foodrather than supplements." For four weeks before placing the fish tanks in the nursing homes, Edwardscollected baseline information on each patient's eating and behavioral patterns.The researchers weighed each patient's food before and...Maternal nutrition does not affect size of babies in industrialised countries
(Influence of maternal nutrition on outcome of pregnancy: prospective cohort study) Concern over the impact of maternal nutrition on the health of an infant has been premature, say researchers in this week's BMJ. Fiona Mathews an......" This is supported by other leading medical and nutrition experts who advocatethe benefits of agricultural biotechnology in light of a September 1999 ConsumerReports article reaffirming the safety of biotech foods. While the articlerefers to one question from a survey commissioned by IFIC, it left out othe...Study shows black churches can help improve healthy behaviors
...ed by Dr.Marci K. Campbell, assistant professor of nutrition at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill schools of public health and medicine, and colleagues.It was intended to determine whether church-related activities could changeingrained eating habits. Nutrition and other health experts now...All fats are not created equal: Some fats may protect the heart
..." says Kris-Etherton, a distinguished professor of nutrition at Penn State University. Another plus is that a diet higher in monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatscan help improve control of blood cholesterol in people with Type II diabetesbetter than a very high-carbohydrate diet. However, individuals with ...Diet and cancer prevention: a sampler of story ideas for '5-a-Day for Better Health Week'
...t reviewed more than 4,500 internationalstudies on nutrition and cancer prevention. The result was a comprehensive report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention ofCancer: a Global Perspective, issued by the World Cancer Research Fund and theAmerican Institute for Cancer Research. The report indicates that 3 to 4 ...UK study shows breast-feeding increases babies' IQ
...Anderson, M.D., professor of medicine and clinical nutrition inthe UK College of Medicine, found that breast-fe...s two benefits compared to formula feeding -better nutrition and maternal bonding. The nutritional benefits ofbreast-feeding are associated with at least a 3.2-...Omaha to host International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium
...id food and are destined to be on total parenteral nutrition theirentire life. The conference kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 6, with an evening reception.The formal presentations will run from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7,and from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8. Dr. Langnas said th...Changing children's diets today could reduce bone problems 70 years from now
...but that's the kind of long-range thinking behinda nutrition intervention program at The Children's Hospital of...ther similar techniques are effective in improving nutrition in healthychildren. "The goal will be to implement changes in behavior over a short periodof time th...Prestigious new nutrition research center being established at UNC-CH with NIH funding
...hat the education of health professionals includes nutrition and to help peoplelearn how they can improve their... the importance of disease prevention by improving nutrition isbecoming increasingly clear." One unit program, or "core," headed by Dr. Lenore Arab, prof...Study: avoiding vitamins A, E might improve cancer therapy
...or of nutrition;and Steven H. Zeisel, professor of nutrition and pediatrics and chair of nutrition. The UNC-CH experiments involved putting mice that were predisposed to developing brain tumors onspecially modified diets that were either supplemented with standard amounts of antioxidants or wereantioxidant de......anuary by HarperCollins. The authors are Rolls and nutrition writer Robert A. Barnett. The basic strategy of "Volumetrics" -- eat a satisfying volume of food while controlling calories and meeting nutrient requirements -- is based on a series of studies conducted by Rolls in Penn State's Laboratory for the S...Two studies add to the growing evidence that green tea is beneficial for health, according to the
...utrition, "This isexciting news for the health and nutrition community. As scientists identify specific components infoods and beverages that affect human physiology, we gain an understanding of the function of foodsbeyond meeting known nutrient requirements and providing energy." Today, scientists create "fu......e puts there herself," says Ruth Kava, director of nutrition atthe American Council on Science and Health. The New York-based council, set up in 1978 by scientists disturbed by media scare stories aboutpesticides, claims to be independent of its 300 diverse sources of funding and backs health campaignsit beli...Calcium not the only key to bone health in older women
Our understanding of the influence of nutrition on bone health has focused on studies of the role of calcium, but new research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition points to other minerals and vitamins that may be important in the prevention of osteoporosis. In a study of a grou......rope, compared patients receiving standard enteral nutrition with patients who received commercially available immune-enhancing therapies containing arginine and glutamine (naturally occurring amino acids), nucleotides (found in yeast), and omega-3 fatty acids (found in fish oil). The immune-enhancin...UF nutritionist: Better to vow to eat healthy for new year
...t in the next millennium, a University of Florida nutrition specialist says a better resolution to make at mid... Linda Bobroff, an associate professor of food and nutrition with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said most people will fail to keep a resoluti...Americans still face dietary challenges
...in developing broad dietary guidance and improving nutrition labeling policies, Americans still face considerab.... In a 1990 study of 2,400 women, those receiving nutrition instruction, behavioral counseling, and feedback cut their calories from fat from 40 percent to 24 p...Unique international conference to focus on effectiveness, safety of medicinal herbs
... advice," said Arab, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the UNC-CH schools of medicine and public healt...nal Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, the nutrition and epidemiology departments at the UNC-CH School of Public Health, the East Carolina University Sch......sterol and blood pressure measurements, as well as nutrition knowledge and fat-avoidance behavior, of the stude... superior to the comparison group only in terms of nutrition knowledge and fat avoidance. The comparison group had caught up to the heart-health group in terms ...