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almost half of all children living in the united states will receive food stamp assistance at some point before they turn 18, according to a study conducted by researchers from cornell and washington universities and published in the archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine.although food stamps were first introduced as a u.s. department of agriculture (usda) program, they are now overseen by state governments.

leading australian scientists based at the csiro are working with the australian ingredients manufacturer, clover corporation limited, to improve the nutritional content of infant formulas. they are developing a better understanding of how nutritional bioactives can be combined in the milk formulas with natural essential omega 3 fatty acid dha (docosahexaenoic acid). the aim is to improve the ability of infants to absorb bioactive ingredients that can boost the immune system of the infant.

infant and follow-on formulas are not better than regular cow’s milk, a german government agency has found after analysing their nutritional properties. the german federal institute for risk assessment (bfr) concluded that the protein manipulation and addition of fatty acids, vitamins and minerals in infant drinks did not deliver nutritional bonuses to infants compared to normal dairy milk.

food manufacturers including nestlé, hershey and kraft foods have published their own uniform guidelines on the nutritional content of products advertised to us children. the criteria, published yesterday, are an attempt to regain the initiative over the issue from the us government, which has put forward plans for criteria for the food industry to follow. the us government, which is facing rising levels of obesity, published its set of “voluntary principles” in april and invited public comment on its plans, including from the food industry.

dutch fats and oils specialist ioi-loders croklaan will integrate breast milk alternative betapol into its product range to complete the break-up of its subsidiary lipid nutrition announced yesterday. betapol, available in asian brands like super 3, moves into loders croklaan\'s suite loders croklaan said it anticipated “significant growth” in infant formula sales by taking the enzyme gestated, vegetable fat ingredient launched in 1994 directly under its moniker.

blocking the consumption of potentially allergic foods in early life does not lead to a reduction in reactions later in childhood, according to new research. the study, published in the archives of pediatric and adolescent medicine, followed the eczema and asthma symptoms of nearly 7000 infants until the children were four years old. the authors reports that that the introduction of cow\'s milk, hen\'s egg, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and gluten to children before the age of six months was not associated with increased incidence of eczema or wheezing at any age.

overweight girls lose more weight and can better stay on a healthy diet if they eat sugar-free, low-fat desserts several times weekly, as opposed to their choice of dessert once a week, according to a new study by the athens university school of medicine. “dieters commonly splurge on dessert once a week, usually choosing fattening items,” said lead investigator antonia dastamani, md, phd, a pediatrician and research fellow at athens university school of medicine.

the war between manufacturers of infant formula and activist group greenpeace has taken another step, with industry lobby group the infant nutrition council stating that they are not capable of producing formula without any genetically modified content, and that such a demand is “unrealistic and unworkable” - despite the fact that their products are not accordingly labelled. the statement was made by the council, which represents a number of baby food manufacturers, including heinz, nestlé, nutricia and fonterra, to a senate inquiry on food labelling laws.

the agency is reminding parents of government advice to exclusively feed babies breast milk for around six months and not to introduce solid food until after this time. this is following an in-depth review by experts who looked at the best time to introduce gluten, a protein found in cereals such as wheat, rye and barley, into infants’ diets. the committee on toxicity (cot) and scientific advisory committee on nutrition (sacn) examined the available evidence to see whether the time that gluten is introduced into an infant diet affects the chance of them developing coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes.

the european food safety authority (efsa) has approved a health claim linking thiamin (vitamin b1) and “normal neurological development and function” in infants and children up to three years of age. hippy times for one german company (and potentially others) as efsa\'s health claims panel approves an article 14 thiamin claim for neural development in under-3s efsa’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (nda) backed german firm hipp’s article 14 claim as it affirmed that thiamin deficiency, like deficiencies in other essential nutrients, could cause, “mental changes, such as apathy, decrease in short-term memory, confusion and irritability as well as polyneuritis and paralysis of the peripheral nerves.