Two studies from the University of Rhode Island prove that men eat faster than women.  Men are faster eaters than women particularly at lunch, where men ate about 80 calories per minute, while women ate about 52 calories per minute. Also men consume both liquid and solid foods faster than women. Researchers also discovered that people [...]

Although most kids don’t really write the family food shopping list, a research team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that children do use manipulative nagging to get mom to buy specific items which may not be too healthy.  The researchers found that kids’ tendency to nag about particular products is the [...]

A new study verifies what moms and mom authors have been saying for some time: sneaking vegetables into kids’ foods increases their veggie intake and reduces their consumption of calories.  In a new article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers at Penn State’s Nutritional Sciences report they added pureed vegetables to foods given [...]

Babies born to women who took DHA (omega-3 fatty acids) during their pregnancy got fewer colds and shorter illnesses at one, three and six months of age, so say researchers at Emory University in Atlanta. The study published online on August 1 in Pediatrics followed 1,100 pregnant women and 900 babies in Mexico. [...]

With national childhood obesity rates continuing as a major issue, a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association have found that kids are eating more fast food at home and eating more store-prepared food away from [...]

It’s not just the elderly and those with health challenges who benefit from owning a pet — the American Psychological Association reports that pets serve as important sources of social and emotional support for everyone.  The report, published this week, found that pet owners were just as close to their animals as they were to [...]

Move over blueberries and red wine– there’s a new celebrity flavenoid!  This time it’s an ingredient in strawberries and other fruits that lessens the complications of diabetes type 1 and may help improve some neurological disorders.  Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered that fisetin, a naturally-occurring flavonoid that’s abundant in strawberries, may help manage [...]

Olive oil marketers take note!  A French study reported this week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that  “high intensity” consumption of olive oil may prevent stroke in older people.  Intensive use meant using olive oil for both cooking and as dressing or with bread.  Researchers looked at nearly [...]

Not sure there are too many dirt marketers out there, but a new study from the Quarterly Review of Biology tries to explain why geophagy, the craving some people have for eating dirt, is so prevalent.  Eating earth has been reported on every inhabited continent and in almost every country and has been tracked as [...]

Looks like obesity in children is more complicated than just limiting calories, say researchers at the University of Illinois who are undertaking a longitudinal study of about 400 families with kids.  “We’re looking at diverse factors as genetic predisposition, the effect of breastfeeding, how much TV a child watches, and the neighborhood he lives [...]