Nutrition in the News
The articles featured below include news about or mention of nutrition. See also books about nutrition. This is page 26 of 27.
UNICEF - Japan contributes to the health of Sri Lanka's children
A step forward for the health of Sri Lanka’s children, thanks to US$2.3 million from the Japan Committee for UNICEF. The Japan Committee for UNICEF has contributed US$2.3 million to help boost chil...
500,000 Liberian children targeted in vitamin A and deworming campaign
The Government of Liberia and UNICEF have launched campaign to administer Vitamin A supplementation and deworming tablets to more than 500,000 children. 519,000 children aged six to 59 months shoul...
'Healthy Start' will replace the UK Welfare Food Scheme
Healthy Start, which will replace the UK Welfare Food Scheme, offers vouchers to exchange for milk, fresh fruit and vegetables, and infant formula to pregnant women and children under the age of fo...
Small improvements in diet could save 1000 Kiwis each year and reduce ethnic disparities in health
New Zealand Deputy Director-General of Public Health Dr Don Matheson has stated that expect major health benefits can be expected from the implementation of the New Zealand Government Healthy Eatin...
UNICEF and partners begin immunisation campaign for children displaced by the Lebanon conflict
News of the current campaign to immunise tens of thousands of children displaced by the conflict in Lebanon: There are fears that the mass population displacement provoked by the 24-day old crisis ...
Mushroom may boost cancer therapy drug
Researchers studied extracts of a type of mushroom called Phellinus linteus. They tested its effects on prostate cancer cells and found that when it was combined with doxorubicin, a well-known canc...
FSA issues new guidance to improve food labels for consumers with allergies
Research by the UK Food Standards Agency indicates that many warnings on food product packaging are so commonly used that many consumers cannot to assess the risks so simply ignore them. Unlike the...
Australian olive leaf extract for breast & prostate cancer
In 2005 an olive leaf extract was shown to have an antioxidant capacity 400% higher than Vitamin C and almost double that of green tea or grape seed extract. Since then Australian researchers have ...
MHF welcomes nutrition guidelines that will ban junk food from schools by 2009 (UK)
The UK-based Mental Health Foundation has welcomed nutrition guidelines that will improve school catering from 2009. In a statement Andrew McCulloch said that food can have an immediate and lasting...
Europe-wide research to examine the causes of asthma
Asthma is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental effects, and despite being rare a hundred years ago, it has become increasingly common in developed societies across the world. Scient...
Traditional MÄori Food Plants High in Cancer-Fighting Anti-Oxidants
Several traditional Maori food plants are rich potential sources of anti-oxidants, according to research from the University of Otago's Department of Botany. The recent study tested 17 indigenous a...
