Girls, Hispanic children have higher malnutrition rates in US
Children who do not receive adequate nutrients are at risk for a number of health concerns. And now, a new study reveals that in the US, Hispanic children and girls have significantly higher rates of chronic malnutrition, leading researchers to call for specific analyses of child nutrition.
December 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adequate-nutrients, chronic-malnutrition, diet, leading-researchers, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, rates
Nutritionally unhealthy foods in ads for kids
The nutritional value of food and drinks advertised on children’s television programs is worse than food shown in ads during general air time, according to University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.The study is published in the December issue of the journal Childhood Obesity.
December 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: childhood, drinks-advertised, food-shown, general-air, illinois-at-chicago, journal, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-journal, university
Understanding how dietary habits are connected through the generations could have valuable benefits for community health
The Taiwanese study assessed the relationship between the quality of children’s diets and that of their elders in a wide range of representative communities, generating findings that have international relevance.
December 24, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-the-quality, elders, generating-findings, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, quality, relationship, study-assessed, taiwanese, the-relationship, their-elders, wide-range
