Tag: Food & Nutrition: Misc.
Ultraprocessed Foods Tied to Premature Death
Portion of total diet attributed to ultraprocessed food is increasing
Extra Parenteral Amino Acids No Benefit for Extremely Preterm Infants
No improvement seen in survival free from neurodisability at two years for infants with birth weight <1,000 g
Loss of Child Tax Credit Advance Payments Tied to Higher Food Insecurity
A 25 percent increase in food insecurity in U.S. households with children seen five months after expiration
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Yields Greater Decrease in HbA1c
Reductions in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, body weight at six months greater with low-carbohydrate diet versus usual diet in individuals with elevated untreated HbA1c
Medically Tailored Meals Could Avert Hospitalizations, Yield Savings
Implementation of MTMs could potentially avert 1.6 million hospitalizations, yield net savings of $13.6 billion per year
Dietary Intervention Cuts Menopause Symptoms
Findings seen with plant-based, low-fat diet with daily half cup of soybeans
Heart Failure Mortality Lower With Healthier Food Environment
Lower county food insecurity percentage, higher county food environment index linked to lower heart failure mortality rate
Dietary ALA Intake Tied to Prognosis in Heart Failure
Risks for all-cause death, cardiovascular death, first heart failure hospitalization reduced with higher intake of alpha-linolenic acid
U.S. Purchases of Specialized Infant Formula Exceed Estimated Need
5.5 percent of formula purchased from 2017 to 2019 was hypoallergenic; 59 percent of formula purchased was lactose-reduced
About Half of Patients With IBD Have Zinc Deficiency
Overall mean zinc deficiency prevalence 54 percent in Crohn disease and 41 percent in ulcerative colitis
