SANS 2024 will take place at the Hyatt Regency in San Diego in beautiful Mission Bay, February 12-14, 2024. The event bridges the science and business of the sports & active nutrition categories. This year’s edition was the largest to date, attracting over 230 attendees from across the world of sports & active nutrition. One…

New bill would ease financial pressures child care providers face by increasing meal reimbursements Family child care providers currently receive as little as 59 cents in reimbursement through the Child and Adult Care Food Program for each breakfast they serve Participation rates of family child care providers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement at a hearing titled “Innovation in American Agriculture: Leveraging Technology and Artificial Intelligence”. Live video of the hearing is available here. Stabenow’s Statement, as prepared for delivery, follows: Welcome to our witnesses. Thank you…

The results of that research were disclosed at the third LifeStart Symposium last month co-hosted by Trouw Nutrition, the livestock feed business of Nutreco, and the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, in Nottingham in England. Dr Michael Steele, professor at the University of Guelph and Juliette Wilms, PhD candidate, Trouw Nutrition, presented…

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the “Innovation in American Agriculture: Leveraging Technology and Artificial Intelligence” hearing. Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing to examine the current and potential uses of artificial intelligence in U.S.…

In this article, Luca Bucchini, Chair of the European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA​), the European trade body for sports and active nutrition, provides the latest policy developments on alternative proteins in the EU and discusses challenges and opportunities for the industry. Last month, I travelled to Rennes to join NutrEvent, a European trade event…

Abstract Declines in oral consumption and swallowing function are common reasons which may elevate the risk of malnutrition in the older adults. This study aimed to provide valuable information and contribute to the existing body of knowledge in this field as well as highlight the importance of a comprehensive assessment of oral health, swallowing function,…

Abstract Objective The primary objectives were to compare body mass index (BMI) Z-score (Z), systolic blood pressure (SBP), serum leptin:adiponectin (L:A) ratio and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at ~3 years adjusted age between two arms of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing two modes of human milk fortification for very low-birthweight infants in the…