India’s food regulator has demanded scientific evidence for a whey protein digestibility claim on Nestlé India’s Lactogen Pro 1, as scrutiny of nutrition and health claims intensifies. India’s food regulator has asked Nestlé India to justify a claim on its…
The Youth-led Nutrition Challenge will seek practical meal plans using locally available foods during the critical first 1,000 days of life. UNICEF and the Borno State Government have launched a youth-led competition in Maiduguri to help develop low-cost, locally made…
The 16th national campaign is urging exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months while mobilising health workers, communities and media across Morocco. Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection, working with the National Initiative for Human Development, has opened the…
Health authorities have updated a national data platform as overweight, obesity and anaemia continue to affect children and teenagers across Peru. Peru’s health authorities have warned that excess weight is affecting a large share of the country’s children and teenagers,…
The American Academy of Paediatrics says unpasteurised dairy poses an avoidable risk to young children and pregnant women, as CDC-linked outbreaks fuel calls for a nationwide sales ban. The American Academy of Paediatrics has backed a nationwide ban on the…
The proposed thresholds cover purées, cereals, dairy products and meats as part of the FDA’s Closer to Zero effort to reduce young children’s exposure to toxic elements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed new action levels for cadmium…
A review of 27 studies finds evidence of microplastics and potentially hormone-disrupting chemicals across bottles, formula and other infant-feeding products, while researchers call for stronger monitoring and regulation. A new scientific review has added to concerns that infants can be…
Evidence increasingly challenges the idea that probiotics work mainly in moderately preterm babies, with multistrain products showing potential to reduce necrotising enterocolitis and possibly sepsis in the most immature infants. Claims that probiotics work better in moderately preterm babies than…
Experts say predictable meals, neutral language and repeated low-pressure exposure can help children become more comfortable with unfamiliar foods. Fussy eating is a familiar pressure point for many families, but specialists say it does not have to become a fixed…
Late nights, excitement and disrupted routines may be more responsible for Halloween bedtime battles than sweets themselves, but better timing can help children settle. Halloween may be a night of costumes, lanterns and loose routines, but parents do not need…
University of Rochester researchers found that restoring iron after birth did not fully reverse brain mineral imbalances and gene changes caused by deficiency during early pregnancy. Research from the University of Rochester suggests that low iron during early pregnancy can…
A Technical University of Munich evaluation suggests Fit4future is leaving behind lasting health structures, while children’s activity levels and fruit consumption improve. A decade-long health programme aimed at children in Germany is showing signs of lasting impact, according to a…
