Nutrition, Health and Wellness

With vast clinical problems persisting in the world today, the role of nutrition for overall health, and prevention and treatment of diseases may sometimes be overlooked.

In this section you will find extensive research on the therapeutic role of diet, including resources for dietary guidelines and nutrition screening & assessment. We also cover requirements and recommendations for food safety, healthy eating, nutrients and hydration.

Group by
NNIW100 Publication
NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

With the theme “Shaping The Future with Nutrition,” NNIW100’s first session looked at current understanding of the fundamentals of maternal and child nutrition, and the different factors that shape an individual’s health and wellbeing such as maternal preconception nutrition, mode of birth, infant nutrition, breastfeeding and human milk research, complementary feeding practices, environmental factors and more. The second session also examined food dietary habits for optimal development, wherein speakers highlighted a strong evidence base for the nutritional approach that supports good health

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve
Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Zakari Ali
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Kevin Chen
Thirty-year study shows women who breastfeed for 6 months or more reduce their diabetes risk

Thirty-year study shows women who breastfeed for 6 months or more reduce their diabetes risk

New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for plant proteins  (news)
New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for plant proteins

New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for plant proteins

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail  (news)
Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions  (news)
Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain  (news)
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain

Dietary fiber protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome, study finds  (news)
Dietary fiber protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome, study finds

Dietary fiber protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome, study finds

Meeting the iron needs of young children (infographics)
Meeting the iron needs of young children

Meeting the iron needs of young children

Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Necrotizing Enterocolitis (videos)
Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Lars Bode