A Biomarker For Anorexia?

Eating disorders are frequently seen as psychological or societal diseases, but do they have an underlying biological cause? A new study shows that the levels of a brain protein differ between healthy and anorexic women.
Anorexia is a serious and occasionally fatal eating disorder most commonly affecting women. Scientists do not yet understand the physical causes [...]

Girls Have Superior Sense Of Taste To Boys

Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children and young people love fish and do not think of themselves as being fussy eaters. Boys have a sweeter tooth than girls. Teenagers taste differently. And finally, schoolchildren in northern Denmark have [...]

Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems: Validity and Reliability of a New Scale for Tube-Fed Children

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Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems: Validity and Reliability of a New Scale for Tube-Fed Children
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Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Vol. 19, No. 4, 403-408 (2004)
William Crist, PhD*, Cindy Dobbelsteyn, MSc, S-LP(C), Anne Marie Brousseau, BScOT* and Anne Napier-Phillips, BA*
* Feeding and Nutrition Clinic, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, [...]

Tongue Pressure Patterns During Water Swallowing

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Abstract
Bolus propulsion during the normal oral phase of swallowing is thought to be characterised by the sequential elevation of the front, middle, and posterior regions of the dorsum of the tongue. However, the coordinated orchestration of lingual movement is still poorly understood. This study examined how pressures generated by the tongue against [...]

RESEARCH PREMATURE BABIES-FEEDING : Playing Music To Premature Babies May Improve Feeding, Reduce Pain

As long as there have been babies, adults have crooned lullabies to soothe them. But research suggests music might also help premature infants learn to suckle better and reduce their pain.
If confirmed, this would be a simple, low-cost way to help these tiny babies feed on their own faster and move them out of neonatal [...]

Understanding Eating Habits In Children Could Help Stave Off Unhealthy Relationships With Food

At dinner time, parents will often tell their child to clean their plate. However, that old maxim might lead kids to eat more than they need, especially when portions are adult-sized or supersized.
In findings presented at The Obesity Society’s Annual Meeting on Oct. 7, children took more food when larger portions were made available to [...]

New Standards Could Cut Number Of Malnourished Children On Feeding Programs

The introduction of new standards to assess nutrition in children could lead to confusion and a cut in the numbers of malnourished children eligible for emergency feeding programmes, warn researchers in this week’s BMJ.
According to the UN World Food Programme, the number of nutritional emergencies has risen over the last twenty years, from an average [...]

RESEARCH PEDIATRIC NUTRITION : Iron deficiency as a result of prolonged bottle-feeding

Children bottle-fed past 12 months of age and Mexican-American children may be at high risk for iron deficiency and the problems that accompany it, according to a national study by Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin researchers. The research was done in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Rochester and the [...]

RESEARCH FEEDING DISORDERS : Neonatal And Infant Feeding Disorders Program Crib-Side Studies Help Struggling Newborns Go Home Without Feeding Tubes

A new strategy developed in the Neonatal and Infant Feeding Disorders Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is helping premature infants and other newborns with severe swallowing difficulties learn to feed on their own. According to a study appearing in the February issue of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, physicians at Nationwide Children’s were [...]

The action of leptin in the ventral tegmental area to decrease food intake is dependent on Jak-2 signaling

Gregory J. Morton,1 James E. Blevins,2 Francis Kim,1 Miles Matsen,1 and Dianne P. Figlewicz2,3
1Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine and 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle; and 2Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Office of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical [...]