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Radical treatments for prostate cancer could be avoided thanks to new research that links fat cells and obesity with the most common cancer among Australian men. Led by the University of Adelaide, and including researchers from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre , the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne and KU Leuven in Belgium, a new multi-centre Australian research team believes the makeup of lipids in the prostate gland could indicate whether and how prostate tumours will respond to treatment.

Celebrating its first full year of research projects in India, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (TCi) briefed faculty and students Dec.

Take a look in your pantry: the miracle ingredient for fighting obesity may already be there. A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at McGill University.

Home > News > News releases > Advances in soil carbon could be the key to improving food security and water quality Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified advances in im

The collaboration will transform the way agricultural and environmental research and innovation is conducted in Australia The ANU and CSIRO have joined forces in a new collaborative precinct to help build a sustainable future for the environment, agriculture and global food supplies.

The risk of developing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease is affected by exposures in the uterus. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are now calling for updated guidelines in light of research evidence from the past decades. The vicious cycle of diabetes describes a scenario where people are becoming fatter, often with elevated levels of glucose, and at increased risk for women to develop gestational diabetes (GDM).

ANN ARBOR-The risk of a baby dying during its first year of life is twice as high in mothers who were obese by the time they got pregnant than in normal-weight mothers, according to researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. And it's not necessarily the usual complications of pregnancy associated with being overweight-preeclampsia and gestational diabetes-that are to blame, said Dr. Eduardo Villamor, U-M associate professor of epidemiology and study co-author.

Faculty at the Fielding School of Public Health are trying to figure out why immigrants become unhealthier the longer they live in the U.S. Dan Gordon Over time, the health status of im

Lancaster University is working with researchers across the UK and India to provide improved crops for the future. The University is working on one of seven new research projects launched today to help provide new or improved crops for the future. The projects involve collaborations between researchers in the UK and India and aims to provide crops suitable for a changing climate and to produce more food with fewer inputs.

A review, undertaken by scientists at the University of Warwick, of the current evidence on the dietary and health impact of whole grain cereal consumption finds that many of the myths attributed to wheat free diets are just that - myths, and that whole grains such as wheat are beneficial for the majority of people.

While the area of farmed land has not significantly increased, the production efficiency of that land has. Intensive agricultural management over the last 50 years has had a profound impact, UW-Madison researchers say. Photo: Jeff Miller Each year, the planet balances its budget. The carbon dioxide absorbed by plants in the spring and summer as they convert solar energy into food is released back to the atmosphere in autumn and winter.

Beverage companies spent $866 million to advertise unhealthy drinks in 2013, and children and teens remained key target audiences for that advertising, according to a new report released today by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Spices and herbs are rich in antioxidants, which may help improve triglyceride concentrations and other blood lipids, according to Penn State nutritionists. Triglyceride levels rise after eating a high-fat meal - which can lead to an increased risk of heart disease. If a high-antioxidant spice blend is incorporated into the meal, triglyceride levels may be reduced by as much as 30 percent when compared to eating an identical meal without the spice blend.

ANN ARBOR-Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered how a previously unknown hormone serves as a messenger from fat cells to the liver and are investigating the potential of developing a new treatment for metabolic disorders. Jiandie Lin of the Life Sciences Institute described how in mice the hormone, NRG4, is secreted by so-called brown fat cells and communicates with the liver to regulate the conversion of sugar into fat.

Many kids have faced mothers who threatened punishment for not eating everything on their plates and wasting food.

A majority of obese people in Britain would not describe themselves as "obese", and many would not even describe themselves as "very overweight", according to research by UCL and Cancer Research UK published in BMJ Open.

Though a rose smells sweet no matter what it is called, Cornell's rare corpse plant stinks like rotting flesh in spite of its many names.

Next time you pour a glass of wine, raise a toast to the 30-million-year-old viruses that have contributed to the genetic make-up of modern grapes.

The outlook for feeding a growing global population in the coming decades may not be as gloomy as some fear, a new study by University of Minnesota researchers says.

Next time you pour a glass of wine, raise a toast to the 30-million-year-old viruses that have contributed to the genetic make-up of modern grapes.

Title Dead Sea, Middle East Released 07/11/2014 10:00 am Copyright USGS/ESA Description This image from the Landsat-8 satellite brings us over part of the Middle East, with the Jordan Rift Valley running north to south.

From left, Don Barton, emeritus professor of horticulture for whom the greenhouse is named; Joel Malina, vice president for university relations; Sen.

Bariatric (weight loss) surgery, such as gastric bypass or gastric banding, could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by around 80 per cent in obese people, compared with standard care, new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal suggests. Being overweight or obese is the main modifiable risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

"There is an urgent need for legislation that requires both calorie and sodium information on restaurant menus," says Mary L'Abbé University of Toronto researchers have found that a large majority of

Libo Tan, postdoctoral fellow (left) with A. Catharine Ross, Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair (right) study levels of vitamin A in rat pups to help determine dietary recommendations for children. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The impact vitamin A has on newborns is virtually unknown, but Penn State nutrition researchers have published two papers that may provide a framework for future investigations of the vitamin and neonatal health.

By postdoctoral research fellow in conservation biology at The University of Queensland , Carissa Klein.

By UQ School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management Lecturer Joshua Larsen , School of Civil Engineering Lecturer Badin Gibbes and School of Economics Professor John Quiggin.

An innovative free School Meals Planner developed at Imperial College London is improving the nutritional intake of millions of schoolchildren.

University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Ruopeng An and his colleagues found that a majority of U.S. adults fail to meet recommended intakes of 10 key nutrients, with disabled adults faring worst.

A new federally funded Cornell center will study how simple changes to schools, communities and workplaces could help people live healthier and boost the success of long-running nutrition education programs for low-income families.

Six Cornell professors - each with distinctive areas of study - provided 10-minute presentations on the university's comprehensive, international impact at "Talks in 10: Engagement, Sustainability and Global Cornell" at Bailey Hall on Oct.

Zurich, 21. Soil organisms play an important role in arable farming: A functioning underground food web composed of bacteria, fungi and soil fauna can improve plant nutrition, increase agricultural yields and reduce nutrient leaching. An Agroscope study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows that soil conservation has numerous benefits.

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An industry-backed centre dedicated to creating healthier food choices for Australian and Asian consumers opened at UQ this week.

Just as influenza vaccines employ a weakened virus to stimulate the immune system and produce antibodies against the real thing during flu season, message inoculation - with a weakened form of the ot

Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012 were three times more expensive per calorie than less healthy foods. We need to address the high and rising prices of healthier foods, which is likely to be influenced by a number of factors including agricultural policy and production, food distribution, and retail pricing strategies Pablo Monsivais A new study, published today in the journal PLOS One, tracked the price of 94 key food and beverage items from 2002 to 2012.

Zurich, 29. How great an impact does a product have on the environment? As well as helping consumers with their purchasing decisions, product environmental information is meant to encourage a more environmentally friendly production process. Agroscope investigated two of the most important assessment methods currently in use.

From left, postdoctoral research associate Henna Muzaffar, Extension specialist Jane Scherer and professor Karen Chapman-Novakofski compared the efficacy of interactive and passive online media at helping teens with diabetes lead healthier lives.

Amy DeJong and Maya Warren had a truly epic summer, but they can't tell you about it. The UW-Madison food science grad students spent the month of June zipping around the globe as part of the cast of the 25th edition of "The Amazing Race," the Emmy Award-winning CBS television reality show.

Katharine Jenner, Lecturer in Nutrition and Public Health at QMUL, asks - should we be eating sugar at all? A gold standard of evidence in nutritional science is notoriously hard to achieve. Calls for double blind trials of free sugars, or systematic reviews on intakes are often used as delaying tactics favoured by organisations that are backed, openly and surreptitiously, by the food industry.

Press release issued: 17 September 2014 A new project to improve the health of children across Bristol gets underway this month as experts from across the city join forces to tackle the inequalities faced by 20,000 youngsters living in poverty.

Declines in populations of pollinators, such as bees and wasps, may be a key threat to nutrition in some of the most poorly fed parts of the globe, according to new research. A major study, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B and co-authored by a University of Leeds academic, looked at the importance of pollinators to 115 of the most common food crops worldwide and the importance of those crops in delivering vital nutrients to vulnerable populations.

Home > News > News releases > Comment: Creating 480 varieties of wheat is deserving of the World Food Prize Angela White, a PhD student in Plant Biology at the University of Sheffield, comments on the challenges faced by scientists trying to increase wheat yield.

Sugars in the diet should make up no more than 3% of total energy intake to reduce the significant financial and social burdens of tooth decay, finds new research from UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Buffets of highly processed foods like sugar and flour made rats ignore normal cues to stop eating when full Aaron Blaisdell Aaron Blaisdell is professor of psychology in the UCLA College and a member of UCLA's Brain Research Institute.

HERSHEY, Pa. Incidence of thyroid cancer is rising faster in Pennsylvania than in the rest of the United States, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. "Since the mid-1970s, the incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States has more than tripled," said Dr. David Goldenberg , professor of surgery and medicine.

In an era of tight resources for food makers, sometimes solutions are found in the meeting of food minds, such as through the Cornell Institute for Food Systems Industry Partnership Program (CIFS-IPP