Three simple ideas for overcoming childhood obesity

Kristopher Kaliebe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, offers parents and caregivers three simple family-oriented goals…

Vitamin D Deficiency: The Hidden Epidemic

Australia is in the grip of a hidden epidemic of “sunshine vitamin” deficiency, according to one of the world’s foremost experts, US Professor Michael F.

Does Food Marketing Need To Make Us Fat? A Review And Solutions

Food marketers are masters at getting people to crave and consume the foods that they promote. In this study authors Dr.

Dietary Supplements Could Make Athletes Unwitting Drugs Cheats

Minute levels of banned substances in some dietary supplements are leaving athletes susceptible to failed drugs tests according to Loughborough University Professor of Sport and Exercise Nutrition Ron Maughan…

What Are Antioxidants And Why Do You Need Them?

IFT Member Claudia Fajardo-Lira, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University-Northridge, explains the facts about antioxidants: Q: What are antioxidants? A: Antioxidants play an important role in overall health. They are natural compounds found in some foods that help neutralize free radicals in our bodies…

Why Caffeine Can Reduce Fertility In Women

Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman’s ovaries to her womb. “Our experiments were conducted in mice, but this finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant,” says Professor Sean Ward from the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, USA…

The Food Integrity And Traceability Conference Puts Food Safety Under The Microscope

As food scares, such as the recent detection of dioxins in eggs from Germany, become more frequent, the public should be reassured that advances in science are helping reduce the risks from eating contaminated foods. That’s according to Professor Chris Elliott from Queen’s University Belfast…

2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report Offers Food And Nutrition Practitioners Insights On Helping Americans Combat Obesity Epidemic

In an insightful Commentary in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and Professor and Associate Dean, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the key features and noteworthy findings of the 2010 US Dietary Guide…