Nutrition & Healthy Living News

New Report on Ending Childhood Hunger

From Food Research and Action Center: The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) just released a new report setting out seven strategies it deems essential for the nation to meet President Obama's goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015. The...


Seasonal hunger devastating and under-recognized

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open-access journal PLoS Medicine. The hunger...


Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update

Rural Assistance Center: The Rural Assistance Center is a collaborative effort of the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI); and is funded by a grant through HRSA's Office of Rural Health...


22-year study finds adults aren't active enough

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new study has sounded the alarm that adults are inactive over their lifespan and don't exercise enough during their leisure time. Published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, the study...


White tea -- the solution to the obesity epidemic?

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Possible anti-obesity effects of white tea have been demonstrated in a series of experiments on human fat cells (adipocytes). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism have shown that an extract...


Low socioeconomic Mississippi Delta children willing to try fruits and veggies, but few available

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The good nutrition news is that children in poor, rural parts of the Lower Mississippi Delta are a lot more willing to try fresh fruits and vegetables than generally believed, even by their parents or...