UPFs are ready-to-eat, pre-packaged foods, often high in sodium, sugar and unhealthy fats, while being low in fibre, minerals and vitamins. They are often more convenient, heavily marketed, and appeal ...

Mango Intake May Support Postmenopausal Heart and Metabolic Health . Each year, 1.3 million women enter menopause—a life stage during which heart disease risk rises s ...

A team of Duke-NUS Medical School researchers designed and tested a new digital toolkit that helps consumers make healthier grocery choices online -- an innovation that could play a major role in the ...

Social media, podcasts, and the internet can be a mixed bag of nutrition and health information, and one of the latest questionable claims making the rounds is that seed oils cause everything from ...

Kids on the playground bully one another about their weight or inability to swing on the monkey bars. Someone tells a friend at a restaurant, “You shouldn’t go back for seconds.” Instagram shows a ...

A few decades ago, people may not have been familiar with fermented foods. But they’ve seen significant growth in recent years, and demand doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Fermented foods saw an ...

For athletes of any skill level, adequate hydration is imperative for optimal health and exercise performance. Yet, research suggests that more than one-half of athletes in professional, collegiate, ...

Evidence suggests certain dietary patterns containing specific nutrients can reduce symptoms of some of the most common mental health disorders. RDs play an important role in treating clients and ...

This versatile, ancient food comes in a variety of tastes and textures and is used in recipes ranging from smoothies to vegetable stir-fries. Tofu has been appearing on menus throughout Asia for ...

Though still in its infancy, the research linking certain fatty acids to improved visual acuity and cognitive performance in babies is strong. The importance of nutrition in relation to infants’ ...

Cultural competence within dietetics is encompassing the framework of cultural humility, with careful attention to avoid cultural appropriation and understand the impact of colonization in foodways.

Today's Dietitian provides practical steps to filing claims, coding, and getting paid. Ask new private practice dietitians about one of the most challenging tasks they face in establishing their ...