Early-life weight gain boosts adult height but not obesity risk

"Our findings are significant because they show that improved growth from age 1 to 10 years led to taller stature in adulthood..."

U. Michigan • futurity
June 23, 2025 ~5 min

Parents may pass malnutrition’s effects on for generations

A new study finds that the effects of malnutrition could be passed on for up to four generations.

Andrew Yawn-Tulane • futurity
Dec. 12, 2024 ~5 min


Malnutrition interventions need to begin earlier

Interventions to combat malnutrition should begin much earlier to include children under 6 months old and pregnant mothers, researchers say.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 19, 2023 ~8 min

Food insecurity can speed older adults’ cognitive decline

Older adults who don't have enough food to eat may experience cognitive decline equivalent to being as much as 4.5 year older.

Zachary Sweger-Penn State • futurity
Feb. 20, 2023 ~4 min

Kids with HIV have higher risk of neurological problems

Kids with HIV do worse in neurological tests even when their disease is controlled. Better nutrition and antiretroviral therapies may help.

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
Oct. 13, 2022 ~5 min

Gut disorder weakens oral vaccine that could prevent it

"It is tragic that the exact vaccines that might help prevent EED don't work in children who have the disease," says Timothy Hand.

Arvind Suresh-U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Aug. 10, 2021 ~7 min

Therapeutic food boosts growth for malnourished children

A formula that contains locally available, culturally acceptable foods and is designed to repair the gut microbiome boosts growth in malnourished children.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
April 13, 2021 ~12 min

14 bacteria tied to stunted growth in malnourished children

Specific bacteria in the small intestines of malnourished children play a causal role in stunted growth, a finding that could lead to better therapies.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
July 24, 2020 ~10 min


Nutritional supplements lower child mortality

Nutritional supplements may decrease mortality among babies 6-24 months old by as much as 27% in low- and middle-income countries, researchers say.

Amy Quinton-UC Davis • futurity
Nov. 12, 2019 ~4 min

Costs and demand keep fish from malnourished people on coasts

Having some of the most nutritious fish in the world nearby doesn't save millions of people, particularly children, from malnutrition.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 30, 2019 ~5 min

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