Premature babies get IQ boost from healthy diet

A British study showed that babies who were born prematurely and fed a high-protein and nutrient diet scored eight points higher on verbal IQ tests as teens than did those who were fed a less nutritious formula after birth. In boys, part of the brain was also larger in those who had the higher nutrient diet, though brain size was not affected in girls. All premature babies these days are fed something similar to the high-nutrient diet that was used on these children in the 1980s…

Obesity drugs will keep companies flush

A report from Standard & Poor’s says the global market for drugs to treat obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol and heart problems will double by 2020, and is already worth $70 billion a year. This means that companies that already have drugs in these categories, or that are developing drugs in these categories, should have a rosy outlook. Not so good, of course, for the estimated 2.3 billion people worldwide who will be overweight by 2015…

Wii Fit to hit U.S. in May

Nintentdo has officially announced that the Wii Fit will be hitting shelves in America in May, along with an online service called WiiWare that will allow software companies to sell games directly to consumers over the Internet instead of requiring disks. We reported last month that the balance board part of the Wii Fit is being made to support more weight in the American version…

Pollan says listen to your gut

Michael Pollan is all over the place these days promoting his new book, In Defense of Food, which aims to tell us what he says our guts already know about how to eat well. He says that journalists often cloud the issue by reporting on the latest nutrition study without sharing the context of how that particular nutrient or food group might fit into a healthy diet, and the government doesn’t help because food recommendations are usually clouded by the demands of interest groups. So we’re left with going back to natural, lightly (or un-) processed foods, and less of them generally than we’re eating now…

Meal prep shops change tactics

Meal preparation stores, where people, usually busy moms, go once or twice a month to gather the ingredients for healthy meals that could be frozen and reheated when needed, used to be one of the hottest business ideas going. But it turns out people aren’t that good at planning ahead, and even a couple hours a month devoted to meal prep was too much for them. The companies that survived are now promoting more grab and go products, where the staff actually assembles the meals and the customer just has to pick them up…

A nutrition bar just for you

Finally, the New York Times looks at YouBar, a California-based company that makes nutrition bars to order. Customers can go online and choose the ingredients, fruits, amount of protein and vitamin add-ins they want in their bar, or choose from some popular recipes. They can also name their own bars and receive approximate calorie information as they build.

(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

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