Two Reasons Why Babies Develop Food Allergies by Hannah Joy on April 21, 2021 at 5:14 PM
Babies born by a C-section to mothers of Asian descent are eight times more likely to develop peanut allergy by age three, reveals a new study.
Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the journal of the
American Gastroenterological Association. It s important to know what predicts or increases risk of food sensitivities because they predict which infants will go on to develop asthma and other types of allergies, said Anita Kozyrskyj, pediatrics professor in the University of Alberta s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health.
Ways to Reduce Food Waste and Promote Healthy Eating by Hannah Joy on April 15, 2021 at 5:06 PM
Food waste has drastically increased in the last few years. Therefore, its necessary to follow few strategies to reduce food waste, reveals a new study.
Food waste and obesity are major problems in developed countries. They are both caused by an overabundance of food, but strategies to reduce one can inadvertently increase the other. A broader perspective can help identify ways to limit food waste while also promoting healthy nutrition, two University of Illinois researchers suggest. You can reduce food waste by obtaining less or eating more. Our concern was that if people are reducing waste by eating more, what does that mean for nutrition? And how do we think about these tradeoffs in a way that promotes both good nutrition outcomes and good food waste outcomes? Public policies have generally focused on either obesity or food waste, but rarely considered them
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The Neurology Behind Bad Food Experiences by Anjanee Sharma on February 14, 2021 at 4:25 PM
Researchers from Sussex, UK, believe that bad food experiences might be leading to a switch in our brain, thereby impacting our future eating habits. Using sugar-loving snails as models, They found this by using snails that love sugar as their models.
It is widely common that a negative experience with food usually leads to reluctance in eating that particular food again.
Snails like sugar and start feeding on it as soon as it is presented to them. Researchers altered this behavior using aversive training by tapping the snails gently on the head when sugar appeared. Due to this, the snails then refused to feed on the sugar, even when they were hungry.
Food Labels on Infant and Toddler Products can be Hard to Navigate by Hannah Joy on February 8, 2021 at 2:37 PM
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.
Researchers compared products for infants and toddlers, examining aspects of vegetable and fruits contributing to the ingredient lists. They reviewed, for example, whether the vegetable or the fruit in the product was a puree or a powder, and where it was listed among the ingredients and product name.
The goal of the research is to help parents understand how the front-of-package labels indicate the contents of infant and toddler foods. By better understanding packaging and labels, parents can make more informed decisions regarding food purchases for their children.