Adults who occasionally went hungry during childhood had a slower rate of decline in their cognitive abilities as they aged than those who always had enough to eat as children.
There is growing awareness among all stakeholders involved in the food industry of the role that nutrition and lifestyle play in the onset of heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and obesity.
T he serious problems of obesity and overweight continue to dominate news coverage. More than half of Americans could be obese by 2030, resulting in an array of illnesses that could cost the U.S. up to $66 billion in treatment and over $500 billion in lost economic productivity.
Eating whole grains is associated with a decreased risk of prediabetes, a blood sugar elevation that can precede diabetes in adults, according to new research.
With a growth in the world’s aging population worldwide, products that offer cognitive health benefits should be well-received by seniors to ward off age-related complaints, such as Alzheimer’s disease, and for better quality of life, in general.
Global product launch activity with specific diabetic positioning remained stagnant in 2011, according to global product launch statistics tracked by the Innova Database, with similar numbers of product launches recorded as to those of 2010. Meanwhile, the number of people diagnosed with the disease continues to escalate worldwide.
“Raw” food product launches are gaining momentum worldwide, whereby ingredients contained within are not processed and remain intact for superior nutrition benefits. The “superfood” notion also continues to be used by many food and beverage companies to convey foods which have high phytonutrient content and that may confer health benefits, such as cancer risk reduction.
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