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In trying to teach kids about the brain, researchers ended up learning about themselves

May 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The research, published in Frontiers for Young Minds, focuses on early-life nutrition and how that influences brain development, using pigs as a human proxy. [...]

Fighting malnutrition with education

February 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

Improving the academic training of healthcare professionals in human nutrition is necessary to fight malnutrition [...]

Prebiotics may help to cope with stress

February 13, 2017 // 4 Comments

Recent study shows prebiotic fibers can help to protect beneficial gut bacteria and restore healthy sleep patterns after a stressful event. [...]

A way out of the junk-food eating cycle

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Study shows that junk-food is habit-forming in rats – but that the habit could easily be broken by pairing it with the right environmental cues. [...]

Deeper than obesity: a majority of people is now ‘overfat’

January 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Researchers describe a new pandemic and argue for a change in global health efforts against chronic and metabolic diseases [...]

Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome

December 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Extra vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, according to a study in mice, giving hope in the fight against risk factors for diabetes and heart disease [...]

Why a cheering crowd can push men to overeat

December 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Study shows men are prone to overeating when spectators are involved, for reasons that differ from women. [...]

Sewage sludge as a sustainable fertilizer

August 15, 2016 // 4 Comments

by Hedwig Ens, Frontiersin.org Ever thought of putting sewage on your plants? Scientists say thermally conditioned sewage sludge serves as an excellent fertilizer to improve [...]

Eat Mediterranean: your brain will reap the benefit

August 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Mediterranean diet can improve your mind, as well your heart, shows a study published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Nutrition. [...]

FRONTIERS DISCUSSION: Goals in Nutrition Science 2015 – 2020

November 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

FRONTIERS DISCUSSION: Goals in Nutrition Science 2015 – 2020 from Frontiers on Vimeo. The field of nutrition has expanded over the past couple of decades with the scope [...]

Advancing taste research to help solve global nutrition problems

October 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Dr. Johannes le Coutre is a Senior Research Scientist and the Head of Perception Physiology at the Nestlé Research Center, in Lausanne, Switzerland. [...]

Time has come for new goals in Nutrition Science

September 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

In just a little over a year, Frontiers in Nutrition has published 52 articles and has 17 specialty sections ranging from diabetes and gastrointestinal sciences to [...]