A study tracking nearly 26,000 people for up to 25 years suggests regular consumption of sugary drinks from childhood into early adulthood may raise the risk of high blood pressure later in life. Researchers have found that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages…
Antoinette Guhl’s proposal to make major supermarkets sell 80 nutritious products at cost price is facing opposition in the Senate over enforcement, commercial freedom and its impact on local trade. Antoinette Guhl’s plan to force large supermarkets to sell a…
A mouse study suggests that iron deficiency before and during pregnancy can leave persistent changes in brain minerals and gene activity even after blood iron levels are restored at birth. A study from the University of Rochester has added to…
Millions of rand earmarked for early childhood nutrition have gone unspent while a pilot intended to feed 26,620 children in the Eastern Cape faces its eighth tender delay. On World Food Day, the argument should be beyond dispute: young children…
Education Transformation Minister Chad Blackman says the rise from 31% in 2017 to 42% in 2026 cannot be ignored, urging stronger limits on food-industry branding in schools. Barbados is facing a sharp rise in childhood obesity, with Education Transformation Minister…
With food allergies affecting around one in 13 children, families are urged to agree emergency plans, train school staff and help pupils recognise the signs of a serious reaction. Food allergies remain a daily concern for many families, and the…
A study finds that food industry trade associations used overlapping UK and Scottish partnerships to soften reform proposals and help overturn targets for healthier products. Multistakeholder partnerships were meant to bring business, government and civil society into the same room…
India’s food safety regulator has issued fresh notices over claims that infant products can boost immunity, aid digestion or support development, extending scrutiny from packaging and promotions to Instagram influencers. India’s food safety regulator has stepped up scrutiny of infant…
India’s food safety regulator has challenged claims on Nestlé’s Lactogen Pro 1 and NAN Excella Pro Stage 1, as part of a wider crackdown on promotional practices in the infant nutrition market. India’s food safety regulator has moved against Nestlé…
Studies suggest breast milk composition reflects a complex blend of maternal diet, genetics and mammary-gland biology, but researchers caution that the findings are not yet a diagnostic tool. Breast milk has long been treated as something close to a biological…
The health ministry’s 16th national campaign will promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and strengthen support for mothers, hospitals and communities. Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection has launched the 16th national campaign to promote breastfeeding, running…
A study in two Dodoma clinics found iron deficiency anaemia in 11.58% of preterm infants aged three to six months, with severe maternal anaemia, very low birth weight, multiple gestation and lack of iron supplementation among the strongest associated factors.…
