Childhood allergic disease is a significant public health problem, with over half of school-age children showing sensitization to allergens, and approximately 10% with asthma. Childhood asthma is responsible for more hospitalizations and emergency room visits than any other childhood disease in the U.S. While a child’s early life experience may influence his or her risk, susceptibility to allergies and asthma likely begins even before birth.
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Breakfast is often advertised as “the most important meal of the day”. Many nutritional guidelines include regular breakfast as a strategy to maintain a healthy weight and eating breakfast is the focus of many weight loss strategies. However, the importance of eating breakfast for weight control or as part of a weight loss strategy remains controversial and it continues to be debated in the scientific literature and community.
“What can you do with three diabetics?” This past fall, I attended a conference and ran into a favorite mentor. He keeps up with the latest studies and the first thing he said to me was, “What can you do with three diabetics?” I was confused – not sure if it was a joke or a hypothetical question. He went on to tell me about a hot-off-the-presses study in BMJ Case Reports that demonstrated the effectiveness of intermittent fasting to improve glucose control for three patients referred to a dietary management clinic.
A food desert is an area that lacks or has limited access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthy foods; they typically occur in urban or low-income areas. We’ve shared posts discussing multiple aspects of food deserts, such as: examining the effects of banning new fast-food restaurants, challenging long accepted theories surrounding food deserts, and evaluating how proximity to a supermarket may or may not lead to a healthier weight.
While it was once generally accepted that food deserts contribute to the rate of overweight/obesity, more recent studies have found that new grocery stores and increased access to food did not cause significant improvements to BMI and self-reported health. There was an increase in psychological health and “perceptions of food access” reported, but not the health outcomes that we would’ve once expected.
Bubble tea has gained popularity since its first invention in 1980 when a teashop owner experimented by adding black tapioca balls (“boba” or pearls) to milk tea. The trend of adding toppings in tea drinks has now expanded to a wide variety of drinks and topping options, such as jelly, white pearls, popping boba, aloe vera, etc.
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