Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vaccinating household chicken flocks can increase availability and consumption of eggs and meat, leading to better growth of young children in agriculture-dependent families in rural Kenya. A two-part study found that vaccination for Newcastle disease, the most common cause of mortality in village chickens, resulted in […]
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Study finds children with vegetarian diet hav
Article Title Vegetarian diet, growth, and nutrition in early childhood: A longitudinal cohort study COI Statement The funding agencies had no role in the design and conduct of the study. Dr. Maguire received an unrestricted research grant for a completed investigator-initiated study from Dairy Farmers of Canada (2011-2021) and D […]
Diet plays key role in ADHD symptoms in children
Here’s a good reason for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to eat their fruits and vegetables: It may help reduce inattention issues, a new study suggests. As part of a larger study, researchers asked parents of 134 kids with ADHD symptoms to complete a detailed questionnaire about the […]
89% children between 6-23 months don’t get adequate diet: NFHS
Highlighting a key gap in child nutrition, the recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has found that 89 per cent of children between the formative ages of 6-23 months do not receive a “minimum acceptable diet’’. This is only marginally better than the 90.4 per cent recorded in NFHS-4. […]
Poor Diet, Nutrition Common In Children with Inattentive ADHD
May 12, 2022 Unhealthy eating habits are more prevalent among children with inattentive symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than they are among those without the condition. This finding came from a new study published in Nutrients that compared the food consumption and dietary habits of children with and without […]
Launch event of the Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All
Background Health, nutrition and environmental sustainability need to be core, cross-cutting foundations of food systems transformation. During the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) of 2021 the call for action to deliver healthy diets from sustainable food systems echoed through dialogues, social movements and national pathways. Formed as an outcome […]
UWI offers free dental for children with special needs
News Newsday Reporter 18 Hrs Ago HELP: From left, Dr William Smith, Director of the School of Dentistry, UWI, St Augustine campus and Dr Ramaa L. Balkaran, lecturer in special needs dentistry and co-ordinator of The UWI Special Needs Dental Clinic, accepts a donation from Louis Ramdhanie, Director of Community […]
Vegetarian children have same nutrition as meat-eaters: study
Children who eat a vegetarian diet have similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to those who eat meat, according to a new Canadian study, but researchers have a key recommendation for followers of such a diet. The study, conducted by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity […]
Children with a vegetarian diet also had higher odds of underweight weight status — ScienceDaily
A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat. The study, published in Pediatrics and led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto, also found that children with a vegetarian […]
Vegetarian and meat-eating children have similar growth and nutrition but not weight, study finds
“Over the last 20 years we have seen growing popularity of plant-based diets and a changing food environment with more access to plant-based alternatives, however we have not seen the research into the nutritional outcomes of children following vegetarian diets in Canada,” said Dr. Jonathon Maguire, the study’s lead author […]