Obesity

Obesity is a growing concern worldwide. For the first time in modern history, the current generation is expected to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, simply because of obesity and the associated increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Here you can access a wide range of content dealing with obesity management, metabolic syndrome, childhood obesity and more.

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View details Key Nutritional Recommendations on Sugars
Key Nutritional Recommendations on Sugars (videos)

Key Nutritional Recommendations on Sugars

John Sievenpiper

View details Health Impact of Sugar Intake
Health Impact of Sugar Intake     (videos)

Health Impact of Sugar Intake

Jatinder Bhatia

View details Early Learning about Flavors: Functional Significance and Implications for Health
Early Learning about Flavors: Functional Significance and Implications for Health    (videos)

Early Learning about Flavors: Functional Significance and Implications for Health

Professor Catherine Forestell

View details Influencing flavor perception and preference in infants for long-term health
Influencing flavor perception and preference in infants for long-term health (infographics)

Influencing flavor perception and preference in infants for long-term health

View details Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in 4 decades
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in 4 decades  (news)

Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in 4 decades

View details International Symposium of Prebiotics & Probiotics in Pediatrics Congress (IS3P) 2018
International Symposium of Prebiotics & Probiotics in Pediatrics Congress (IS3P) 2018 (events)

International Symposium of Prebiotics & Probiotics in Pediatrics Congress (IS3P) 2018

View details Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development
Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development (videos)

Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development

E. Isolauri

View details 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 (news)

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

View details Later circadian timing of food intake is associated with increased body mass index
Later circadian timing of food intake is associated with increased body mass index (news)

Later circadian timing of food intake is associated with increased body mass index

View details Protein Supply in Infancy
Protein Supply in Infancy (publications)

Protein Supply in Infancy

Virgilio Carnielli; Martin Wabitsch; Janusz Ksiazyk; Natalia Migacheva; Christine A. Ralph MacNulty; Yvan Vandenplas; Hanna Lagström; Manuel Sanchez Luna; Professor Atul Singhal

View details Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom
Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom (news)

Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom

View details Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom
Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom (publications)

Protein intakes and sources in diets of infants and young children aged 6-18 months in the United Kingdom

View details Sugars in human mother's milk are new class of antibacterial agents
Sugars in human mother's milk are new class of antibacterial agents (news)

Sugars in human mother's milk are new class of antibacterial agents

View details Does a mother's pre-pregnancy weight determine her child's metabolism?
Does a mother's pre-pregnancy weight determine her child's metabolism? (news)

Does a mother's pre-pregnancy weight determine her child's metabolism?

View details Fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin identified as new biomarkers for weight loss
Fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin identified as new biomarkers for weight loss (news)

Fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin identified as new biomarkers for weight loss

View details Altering gut bacteria pathways may stimulate fat tissue to prevent obesity
Altering gut bacteria pathways may stimulate fat tissue to prevent obesity  (news)

Altering gut bacteria pathways may stimulate fat tissue to prevent obesity