Category: Nutrition

  • Nutritional status of flexitarians compared to vegans and omnivores – a cross-sectional pilot study

    Nutritional status of flexitarians compared to vegans and omnivores – a cross-sectional pilot study

    Koch F, Heuer T, Krems C, Claupein E. Meat consumers and non-meat consumers in Germany: a characterisation based on results of the German National Nutrition Survey II. J Nutr Sci. 2019;8:e21. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S204867901900017X/type/journal_article. Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Wozniak H, Larpin C, de Mestral C, Guessous I, Reny JL, Stringhini S. Vegetarian, pescatarian and flexitarian…

  • Nutritionists provide tips for a balanced diet during the holiday season

    UPPER MICHIGAN, Mich. (WLUC) – For some, Thanksgiving and Christmas are holidays deeply rooted in food traditions. However, the fear of “overeating” can take control of the holiday fun. Registered Dietician Dawn Lundin said one meal will not derail a person’s health goals. “It is so easy to feel like that you need to ‘save…

  • How Does Human Milk Affect Childhood Growth & Development? – American Society for Nutrition

    Three-part Advances in Nutrition systematic review finds there’s still much we don’t know The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and continued breastfeeding as a component of an infant’s diet up until at least two years of age.  The favorable growth and development outcomes observed in infants who are…

  • UMES’s Nutrition and Health extension program helping families

    1 hour ago PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Nutritionists and health officials say that diabetes and obesity is impacting millions Americans across the nation, and here on the Eastern Shore. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is combating these chronic issues with its Family Nutrition and Health extension program. UMES hires peer education from the…

  • UMES’s Nutrition and Health extension program helping familes

    20 minutes ago UMES, Md. – Nutritionists and health officials say that diabetes and obesity is impacting millions Americans across the nation, and here on the Eastern Shore. UMES is combating these chronic issues with their Family Nutrition and Health extension program. UMES hires peer education from the community to teach other community members healthy…

  • Guilford County Schools offer salary increase for nutrition workers after walkout

    District leaders met with nutrition staff Monday morning to discuss pay concerns. They responded Monday afternoon with a compensation plan. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A compensation plan was presented to nutrition workers in Guilford County Schools following a walkout Monday in regard to their salaries.  After reviewing the compensation plan, demonstration leaders argue not much is different…

  • Manchester selects nutrition, nutrigenomics director

    Manchester University on Monday announced Dr. Kimberli Pike as the new director of of the university’s nutrition and nutrigenomics program. Pike is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sports dietetics with 20 years of experience in higher education. She also spent time as an NHL consulting sports dietitian. Nutrigenomics studies the relationship between an individual’s genes and…

  • UW’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program Earns National Recognition –

    Laramie, WY (RELEASE) November 27th, 2023 — As part of a multi-state team, the University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) recently earned national recognition for its efforts to connect people facing food insecurity with local produce. In collaboration with USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) programs in eight other states, CNP has…

  • Led by Inspiration: 2023 GE Professorship Recipient Rickelle Richards

    Rickelle Richards, Ph.D., MPH, RDN knows the places the Lord guides us aren’t always the places we expect. Each day at Brigham Young University, Richards teaches large and small groups of students about the principles of nutrition. From general education classes to complex high-level courses, Richards embraces the challenge of teaching students with a wide…

  • Guilford County Schools nutrition staff take stance, demand better pay and conditions

    REST OF THIS IMPACT HERE COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JACQUELINE. NEW HERE AT NOON, DOZENS OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL NUTRITION WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB THIS MORNING. DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE ONE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AND THEY HELD SIGNS RAISING ATTENTION TO ISSUES WITH PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THE DISTRICT ISSUED…