Category Archives: Children

The Benefits of Good Childhood Nutrition

Undernutrition is a serious problem in the Third World. In most developing countries, child poverty is a real concern and it is estimated that around 200 million children under the age of 5 years living in Asia and Africa fail … Continue reading

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Children and Adults Respond Differently to Food Tastes

Anecdotally most people are aware that the taste buds of children are more sensitive when compared to those of adults. This is evidence through the dislike for children towards foods with particularly bitter tastes. Broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage and … Continue reading

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Severe Acute Malnutrition and Inflammation

Severe acute malnutrition is the cause of around 500,000 deaths in children Worldwide, each year. Of these deaths, 45 % are in children under 5 years, mostly from third World countries with poor economic productivity. Even with medical intervention, once … Continue reading

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Breastfeeding and Obesity

A large body of evidence suggests that breastfeeding is superior to formula feeding. The reason for this is not fully understood, but a number of nutritional differences exist between breastmilk and formula milk that could explain the discrepancy. Of particular … Continue reading

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More on Poverty and Health

Many studies have provided evidence for an association between poverty and ill health. The exact reason for this association is not understood, but a number of theories exist. In third world countries, the association between poverty and ill health is … Continue reading

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Does Cardiovascular Disease Originate in the Womb?

It is becoming increasingly evidenced that what we eat as a child plays a significant role in the diseases that we develop in later life. In particular the seeds of Western lifestyle disease such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and type … Continue reading

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Childhood Eating Patterns And Adult Health

Increasingly it is being shown that what we eat as a child play a significant role in future disease risk. This may be one factor that explains the association between poverty and disease. The seeds of obesity may therefore be … Continue reading

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Childhood Feeding Habits Die Hard

Evidence suggests that what we eat as children determines what we eat as adults. Anecdotally, this is probably well known, but scientific evidence supports this contention. For example, researchers investigated the feeding habits of infants over a number of years … Continue reading

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Childhood Feeding Habits and Weight Gain

The psychology of food is intricately linked to the physiology of nutrition. How we eat in early life is thought to dictate how we continue to consider our food choices as we age. A number of feeding patterns have been … Continue reading

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Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid Passes to Mother’s Milk

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) is an omega-3 fatty acid that feeds into the omega-3 essential fatty acid pathway. Although not an essential fatty acid itself, as it can be synthesised from alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)), DHA is … Continue reading

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