A study by researchers at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, has revealed that a diet high in red meat may raise the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. On the other hand, consuming the poultry may cut the risk.

In the study conducted on 61,000 women, Dr. Susanna C. Larsson and team investigated the possible effects of meat, fish, poultry and egg consumption. During 17 years of follow-up, 172 of these women were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Making children eat their vegetables during their dinner was never an easy task, as many parents know, but now researchers in the UK have found out the reason why.

New research indicates a family's eating habits suggests why children dislike certain foods more than others. Children who grow up with parents satisfying their own sweet tooth might do the same

According to a study performed on identical and fraternal twins, children inherit their taste for high-protein foods like meat and fish but their taste for vegetables, fruits or desserts is acquired.

Reuters reports mothers of identical twins and mothers of fraternal twins were given lists of 77 foods in different categories and were asked to rate how much their children liked them

A study conducted by researchers at Tufts University in Boston reveals that obesity is more prevalent in women who were unsure of making it for a meal for the next day.

The study is based on a federal health survey between 1999 and 2002 conducted on nearly 9,700 men and women who answered questions about their health, demographics and their family's level of food security

Researchers from the University of South Florida found, that a strict low-carbohydrate diet had no effect on bone loss for adults following an Atkins-type diet for weight loss.

The findings published in the online issue of the journal Osteoporosis International discounts what critics of low carbohydrate diets say