Mediterranean diet boosts endurance exercise within days, study finds

Researchers have found that eating a Mediterranean diet can improve athletes’ endurance exercise performance after just four days.

Giving Babies Formula In Early Days May Help Prolong Breastfeeding For Some

In a bid to promote breastfeeding, hospitals push to reduce formula feeding in infants in the days following their birth. But in a new study, the first to carry out a randomized trial, researchers show that giving small amounts of formula to newborns who lose a lot of weight in their first few days of life, can actually help prolong breastfeeding in the long term…

House Delays Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Last night, the US House of Representatives adjourned without passing Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation. The School Nutrition Association, a non-profit organization representing school foodservice professionals, expressed disappointment, but called on Congress to use the days before the elections to improve on the legislation…