Tag: pregnancy

Celiac Disease and Folate Deficiency: A Neurological Threat to Developing Babies

by Jessie Erwin
December 1, 2025

We're thrilled to bring you another edition of Nutrition Stories, our series exploring hot topics in nutrition and dietetics. Today's guest is Emily Cohen, a graduate of the UF Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) and current master's degree ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Celiac Disease, Dietetics, Emily Cohen, Folate, Folate Deficiency, Folic Acid, FSHN Nutrition Stories, Nutrition, Nutrition Stories, Pregnancy
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Nourishing Your Pregnancy: Key Nutrients to Consider for a Healthy Future

by Jessie Erwin
October 6, 2025

Welcome back to Nutrition Stories, a series exploring hot topics in nutrition and dietetics. Today's guest is Maria Alejandra Corredor, a graduate of the UF Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) in the Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Calcium, DHA, Dietetics, Folate, Folic Acid, FSHN Nutrition Stories, Iron, Maria Alejandra Corredor, Nutrients, Nutrition, Nutrition Stories, Pregnancy

Breastfeeding provides health benefits to both babies and their mothers, according to new UF/IFAS guides

by Megan Winslow
May 7, 2025

Both the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that infants exclusively breastfeed during their first six months of life, but only 24.9% in the United States do, according to Centers for Disease Control and ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family
Tags: American Academy Of Pediatrics, Baby, BRCA1, Breast Milk, Breastfeeding, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Diana Taft, Donate, Donation, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Formula, FSHN, Galactagogues, Health, Healthy, IFAS, Immunity, Infant, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Mother, Motherhood, Nursing, Nutrition, Pathogen, Pediatric, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Research, Sick, SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, World Health Organization

UF scientist wins federal grant to reduce heat stress, improve beef production in cattle

by Brad Buck
July 14, 2022

Every year across the country, heat causes $300 million in damage to cattle, ample reason for University of Florida scientists to try to cool the animals and increase their beef production. The newest scientific effort will be led by Philipe ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Calves, Cattle, Cow-calf, Cows, Gestation, Grant, Heat, Heat Mitigation, National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, Philipe Moriel, Pregnancy, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Stress, Weaning

Research helps parents “give milk” to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Rwanda

by Livestock Lab
March 13, 2019

by Judy Kimani, International Livestock Research Institute ◊ Gabura Amata Mubyeyi, translated from Kinyarwanda, means “Parents, Give Milk.” This phrase communicates one of the core messages resulting from an ongoing research project ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Tags: Africa, Communicating, Cooperative, Household, Human Health, Income, Milk, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Rwanda, Value Chain

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