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Breakthrough study identifies novel infant gut bacteria
Breakthrough Study Identifies Novel Infant Gut Bacteria

Breakthrough Study Identifies Novel Infant Gut Bacteria

The scientists discovered a new gut bacteria, a novel strain of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), which is prevalent...

Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Breastfeeding Potentially Lowers Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Research Highlights: Breastfeeding women are found less likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) events including...

Children more likely to like vegetables
Children more likely to like vegetables if mothers ate more during pregnancy, research claims

Children more likely to like vegetables if mothers ate more during pregnancy, research claims

Every parent knows the struggle of trying to get young children to eat their greens at dinner time. But scientists now...

Nutrition one of most 'significant individual factors' for child development in first 1,000 days (news)
Nutrition one of most 'significant individual factors' for child development in first 1,000 days

Nutrition one of most 'significant individual factors' for child development in first 1,000 days

Lack of sleep among pregnant women linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes (news)
Lack of sleep among pregnant women linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes

Lack of sleep among pregnant women linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes

Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children (news)
Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Expectant mother’s elevated blood pressure raises child’s risk of obesity (news)
Expectant mother’s elevated blood pressure raises child’s risk of obesity

Expectant mother’s elevated blood pressure raises child’s risk of obesity

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests (news)
Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests

Societal Costs of Micronutrient Deficiencies in 6- to 59-month-old Children in Pakistan Food and Nutrition Bulletin (news)
Societal Costs of Micronutrient Deficiencies in 6- to 59-month-old Children in Pakistan Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Societal Costs of Micronutrient Deficiencies in 6- to 59-month-old Children in Pakistan Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Early weight gain in pregnancy correlates with childhood obesity, first study of its size shows (news)
Early weight gain in pregnancy correlates with childhood obesity, first study of its size shows

Early weight gain in pregnancy correlates with childhood obesity, first study of its size shows

How nutrition in early life affects adult bone health (news)
How nutrition in early life affects adult bone health

How nutrition in early life affects adult bone health