child nutrition
17 Sep 2024
--- Nestlé agrees plans for its first food manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia with investment from the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon). The project aims in its initial stages to produce...
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13 Sep 2024
--- Nutrition has the capacity to either facilitate or hamper a person’s physical recovery. A new study looking into the nutrition-related risk factors among postsurgical youth athletes found that many don’t consult...
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11 Sep 2024
--- Animal protection groups welcome the conclusions of the European Commission’s (EC) Strategic Dialogue, which is set to inform the EU’s vision for agriculture and food in the first 100 days of Ursula von der...
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10 Sep 2024
--- Toxic metals and metalloids found in rice and spinach can cause severe health impacts to babies and young children. In particular, heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, mercury and metalloid arsenic could delay brain...
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10 Sep 2024
--- ADM reinforces its commitment to integrated nutrition solutions across its ingredient portfolio and alternative protein innovation amid a slowdown in the plant-based space. The food leader maintains that nutrition solutions...
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09 Sep 2024
--- With food allergies and dietary sensitivities on the rise globally, Google Cloud’s latest collaboration with Spoon Guru is pegged to deliver an AI-powered food labeling system that helps allergy sufferers make informed...
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02 Sep 2024
--- The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Education are collaborating to provide healthier school meal options in support of nutrition as a key educational tool for children’s success in the...
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26 Aug 2024
--- US children under the age of 12 see more than 1,000 mostly unhealthy food-related ads a year, finds a new study conducted at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). While the figure remains high, the research team’s...
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22 Aug 2024
--- While the profits of some companies in the F&B sector have increased at a pace much faster than inflation, farmers and food producers have yet to receive their fair share, says Marta Messa, secretary general of Slow...
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21 Aug 2024
--- The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advertisement by the food delivery company Just Eat, featuring a McDonald’s burger. The regulatory authority rules that the paid Facebook ad failed to...
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14 Aug 2024
--- Global consumers increasingly demand more environmentally conscious F&B products amid growing climate change and biodiversity concerns. The upcycling of agricultural waste has become a crucial avenue for more sustainable...
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05 Aug 2024
--- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that the benchmark for world food commodity prices was broadly unchanged in July for the second month in a row. Increases in international quotations for vegetable...
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01 Aug 2024
--- Total dietary quality scores among US children improved during 2005–2020, but researchers note that the “increase remained suboptimal.” They analyzed the dietary quality of 1,404 US toddlers no longer...
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19 Jul 2024
--- Around two-thirds of UK adolescents’ daily energy intake comprises ultra-processed foods (UPFs), although consumption decreased by 4.8% from 2008 to 2019. The new study finds the highest UPF consumption among...
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05 Jul 2024
--- An Australian parliamentary committee report on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the country requests that the government implement several reforms to curb non-communicable diseases’ (NCDs) effects on Australian...
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03 Jul 2024
--- In a bid to reduce methane emissions from rice paddies in the Philippines through the water management method known as Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), Yanmar Agri, along with its local subsidiary, Yanmar Philippines...
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03 Jul 2024
--- Around 1.7 billion people in urban and peri-urban areas face “moderate or severe” food insecurity issues, accounting for three-quarters of the world's food-insecure population, according to a new UN report....
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28 Jun 2024
--- With a history of over 160 years in the food and beverage market, Tate & Lyle has long been a staple in the industry. Even so, last week’s announcement about the company’s plans to buy CP Kelco, a seller of...
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10 Jun 2024
--- Starting today, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) begins its Healthy Eating Week initiative to boost child nutrition. In preparation for the event, the foundation commissioned a survey that found that the high price of...
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03 Jun 2024
--- Based on the success of the UK’s soft drinks industry levy, researchers recommend applying a mandatory sugar levy to a broader range of products contributing to sugar intake. The experts suggest increasing the levy and...
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