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The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of USDAs Economic Research Service (ERS) and the USDAs Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announce the availability of funds and a request for applications for planning grants to promote new research in methods to improve childrens eating habits through USDAs child nutrition programs. The planning grants will focus on developing research...
The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of USDAs Economic Research Service (ERS), in collaboration with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), invites proposals for a competitive grant to establish and fund a center for behavioral economics and child nutrition research. The center will (1) facilitate new and innovative research on the application of behavioral economics the...
Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. Source: Reuters Health
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Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows. Source: Reuters Health
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A gene mutation could trigger key insulin reaction in some, researchers say
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Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests.
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Energy is an important input in growing, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, preparing, serving, and disposing of food. Analysis using the two most recent U.S. benchmark input-output accounts and a national energy data system shows that in the United States, use of energy along the food chain for food purchases by or for U.S. households increased between 1997 and 2002 at more than six ti...
Study found chances of recurrence, death higher than among normal-weight patients
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A deal to sell healthier drinks in U.S. schools has slashed the amount of fattening beverages offered to students, former President Bill Clinton said on Monday as New York leaders pushed for a soda tax to tackle obesity and budget shortfalls. Source: Reuters Health
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U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year.
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