June 16th 2025
Research presented at NUTRITION 2025 shows that fathers with improved adolescent diets are more likely to model and monitor healthy eating for their children.
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News Update: National Toxicology Program reviews soy-based infant formula
January 1st 2010An expert committee convened by the federal National Toxicology Program carefully chose its wording at a recent meeting to say that there is "minimal concern" about adverse developmental effects in infants fed soy infant formula.
Use of nutritional supplements among adolescents
October 8th 2006Estimates are that 40% to 60% of adolescents use nutritional supplements for a variety of reasons. According to Cora Collette Breuner, MD, MPH, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics, University of Washington in Seattle, billions of dollars are spent each year by adolescents on these substances, who may hope to improve athletic performance, alleviate fatigue, improve appearance, and gain or lose weight.
Can nutritional strategies prevent allergic disease in infants not breastfed?
May 1st 2006Early attention to maternal diet and infant nutrition may help prevent allergy and food intolerance in high-risk infants who are unable to be completely breastfed, according to recent data and speakers at a dinner symposium Sunday evening. Speakers Peyton Eggleston, MD, professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Mark Boguniewicz, MD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine; and John A. Kerner, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, discussed the rising prevalence of allergic disease worldwide and the key factors shaping the trend, the progression of atopic disease in genetically predisposed children, the factors associated with risk of developing allergic disease, and the evidence for a role of diet in preventing allergic disease in young children.