Toddlers’ eating habits may harm long-term health, UK
UK toddlers are consuming more calories and protein than recommended, potentially putting them at risk of obesity in later life, according to UCL research.
April 6, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: consuming-more, diet, later-life, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, ucl
Child mortality and malnutrition linked to gender inequality
Women’s status in society is strongly linked with children’s health and survival according to a new study from UCL and the University of Cambridge.
March 21, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, new-study, nutrition, on call diets, strongly-linked, ucl, university
Parents need more guidance to prevent toddlers overeating
Reducing toddler’s portion sizes or number of eating occasions could potentially help to target weight gain in later life according to new research from University College London (UCL).
December 2, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: college-london, eating-occasions, later-life, london, new-research, on call diets, oncalldiets, portion-sizes, sizes-or-number, target-weight, ucl
Under-nourished or malnourished? Poor diet links obese mothers and stunted children
Malnutrition is a major cause of stunted growth in children, but new UCL research on mothers and children in Egypt suggests that the problem is not just about quantity of food but also quality.
December 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: egypt, major-cause, nutrition, problem, research-on-mothers, stunted-growth, the-problem, ucl
