Nutrition

Child health

Eat less, son

Mothers do not always recognize when their children are overweight

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Anatomy

The hunger toll

Diet lacking in zinc reduces size and number of neurons in the digestive system

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Neurology

Less meat, more fish

Diets rich in omega 3 fatty acids may offer protection against epilepsy

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Food Engineering

Selective nutrition

USP patents ice cream with beneficial additives

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Food security

Sensor assesses milk

A sensor can detect if the milk has been adulterated with hydrogen peroxide

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Nutrition

Aids and being overweight

Study evaluate the association of overweight and the anti-retroviral therapy

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Nutrition

Fortified water

Iron and vitamin C in drinking water may help fight child anemia

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Chemistry

More flavorful chocolate

New yeast improves quality of Brazil's raw material

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Agriculture

Protected land

A cultivation technique takes advantage of brushwood instead of burning it

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Biotechnology

More productive crops

New varieties of transgenic soybeans for the north and northeast of Brazil

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Physiology

More food and forests in the air

Plants insatiability paves the way to producing more food in less space

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Engineering

Inside the packaging

X-ray equipment to detect metal, glass and stone particles in foods

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Neurology

A sweet life

Why we love to eat pies, cakes and other sweets

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Genomics

Data under questioning

Scientists highlight inadequacies in a study on contamination by transgenics