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Herbalife Announces That It Will Become Official Nutrition Sponsor of Colombian Golfer, Paola Moreno

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Herbalife (HLF) has announced that it will become official nutrition sponsor of Colombian golfer, Paola Moreno.

Moreno becomes the second Colombian to compete on the LPGA Tour after finishing second on the 2012 Symetra Tour. Herbalife will work with 27-year old Moreno to develop the right nutrition program for her and provide her with all her sports nutrition products as she competes around the world.

"I feel very privileged to be playing on the LPGA Tour and am focused on winning tournaments. Nutrition is a key part of my overall preparation and I am excited to be working with Herbalife to ensure I get the very best products and support, said Moreno.

This agreement is part of Herbalifes broader sponsorship program aimed at promoting healthy and active lifestyles. Moreno joins more than 100 other Herbalife-sponsored athletes, such as the worlds best soccer player, Leo Messi; international cricketer, Virat Kohli; and triathlon champion, Heather Jackson.

About Herbalife Ltd.

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) is a global nutrition company that sells weight-management, nutrition and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in more than 80 countries to and through a network of independent distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition to children. Herbalife's website contains information about Herbalife, including financial and other information at http://www.herbalife.com.

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Liquid Nutrition Announces Annual General Meeting

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 22, 2013) - Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. ("Liquid Nutrition" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LQD)(TSX VENTURE:LQD.WT) announces that its Annual General Meeting is to be held on May 3, 2013 at 9:30 am ET at the office of Heenan Blaikie LLP, located at Bay Adelaide Centre,333 Bay Street, Suite 2900 in Toronto, ON.

The Company's Annual Report for year Ended 31 December 2012, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Management Information Circular are available on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.

About Liquid Nutrition Group Inc.

Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. (LNGI) (TSX VENTURE:LQD)(TSX VENTURE:LQD.WT) is a rapidly growing, hybrid retailer of functional beverages, fresh pressed fruit juices, vitamins and supplements. Liquid Nutrition is committed to building a global brand in the health and wellness industry by bringing its healthy and delicious product offering to communities around the world. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liquid Nutrition Franchising Corporation, LNGI has signed franchise agreements for over 80 stores across Canada, as well as license agreement in the Caribbean and the Middle East. For store locations, business opportunities or more information visit http://www.liquidnutrition.com. Please join Liquid Nutrition on Facebook and follow on Twitter @liquidnutrition.

About Team Liquid

Comprised of pro-athletes and experts in the world of sports, fitness and nutrition, members of Team Liquid were selected based on their personal and professional dedication to healthy active living. Members of the Team Liquid include: Steve Nash, Matt Ryan, Suzann Pettersen, Russell Martin, Vincent Lecavlier, Torah Bright, Elaine Hastings, RD, LD/N, CSSD, Nutritionist, Trish Stratus, seven time WWE World Champion and Yoga and Fitness icon, and Arlene Dickinson from CBC's Dragon's Den. To see what the Team Liquid has to say about Liquid Nutrition, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da785AGWQqk.

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Microbiology Quality Control Seminar to Assist Medical Device Manufacturers Validate Sterilization, Cleaning Processes

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A seminar on microbiology quality control designed to help medical device manufacturers validate sterilization and cleaning processes, and maintain controlled environments will be held on Thursday, May 16, in Boston.

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For today's medical device manufacturers, the challenge is to validate their sterilization and cleaning processes to ensure patient safety and product integrity. This seminar will focus on a host of issues pertaining to the sterilization of medical devices including sterilization validation, bioburden, sterility, and endotoxin testing, as well as submitting samples to a contract testing laboratory, said Steven Richter, Ph.D., president and scientific director of Microtest Laboratories, which is hosting the event.

Topics at the Microbiology Quality Control Seminar will include:

The event will be held at the MIT Endicott House in Boston, Mass., on Thursday, May 16, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. A networking reception and lunch are included.

To register, download the form from http://www.microtestlabs.com/pdfs/seminar-registration-form_1305.pdf. Or, contact Julie Adamski at Microtest Laboratories by phone at 1-800-631-1680, ext. 192, or by email at jadamski(at)microtestlabs(dot)com. The registration fee is $149.

The event is one in a series of technical seminars and workshops for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers presented by Microtest Laboratories, a Mass.-based, FDA-audited company with a history of exceptional regulatory compliance.

About Microtest Laboratories

Microtest Laboratories is a leader in testing services and contract manufacturing for the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Based in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA, the company provides expertise and flexible processes that enhance product safety and security, accelerate time to market, and minimize supply chain disruption. For more information, visit http://www.microtestlabs.com or call 1-413-786-1680 or toll-free 1-800-631-1680. Follow Microtest Laboratories on Twitter @MicrotestLabs at http://twitter.com/MicrotestLabs.

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Method makes it easier to separate useful stem cells from ‘problem’ ones for therapies

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Apr. 22, 2013 UCLA researchers led by Carla Koehler, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and Dr. Michael Teitell, professor of pathology and pediatrics, both members of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, have discovered a new agent that may be useful in strategies to remove pluripotent stem cells that fail-to-differentiate from their progeny, tissue-specific cells, potentially resulting in safer therapies for patients.

The study was published online ahead of press April 15, 2013 in Developmental Cell.

Pluripotent stem cells can become any cell in the body. When stem cells are differentiated into specific daughter cells such as nerve, muscle, or bone cells, not all of the stem cells differentiate, leaving some pluripotent stem cells mixed in with the differentiated cells. Because of the pluripotent stem cell's ability to become any cell type in the body, these cells can also become unintended cells such as bone in blood, or form tumors called teratomas. Therefore, identifying and removing pluripotent stem cells from the differentiated cells before using daughter cells is of utmost importance in stem cell-based therapeutics. Current methods for removing pluripotent stem cells are limited.

Studies in the model system Saccharomyces cerevisiae, simple baker's yeast, by Koehler, Teitell, and colleagues discovered a molecule called MitoBloCK-6 that inhibits assembly of the mitochondria, which are the power plants of cells. As the group moved to more complex systems, they showed that MitoBloCK-6 blocked cardiac development in the model organism, zebrafish. However, MitoBloCK-6 had no effect on differentiated cell lines that are typically cultured in the lab. "I was puzzled by this result, because we thought this pathway was essential for all cells regardless of differentiation state," said Koehler.

Post-doctoral fellow Deepa Dabir meticulously tested the compound on many differentiated cell lines, but the results were still the same: The cells remained healthy. Then the team decided to test MitoBloCK-6 on human pluripotent stem cells. Post-doctoral fellow Kiyoko Setoguchi showed that the pluripotent stem cells died in the presence of MitoBloCK-6, but shortly after differentiation, the daughter cells were resistant to death.

MitoBloCK-6 caused the pluripotent stem cells to die by triggering apoptosis, a process of cell suicide. The death of pluripotent stem cells left a population of differentiated cells, thus potentially reducing the risks of teratoma and other problems that would limit their use as a regenerative medicine treatment strategy.

"We discovered that pluripotent stem cell mitochondria undergo a change during differentiation into tissue-specific daughter cells," said Teitell, "which could be the key to the survival of the differentiated cells when the samples are exposed to MitoBloCK-6. We are still investigating this process in mitochondria, but we now know that mitochondria have an important role in controlling pluripotent stem cell survival."

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Study: Mushrooms provide as much vitamin D as supplements

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BOSTON Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that eating mushrooms containing vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25hydroxyvitamin D) as taking supplemental vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.

These findings will be presented Monday, April 22, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which is being held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston. The findings also will appear concurrently as an open-access article in the journal Dermato-Endocrinology.

Vitamin D is crucial for good bone health and muscle strength; adequate amounts help the body maintain bone density, reducing the risk of fracture, osteomalacia, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. The nutrient also plays an integral role in modulating the immune system to help fight infections like the flu and reduces the risk of many common diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression and diabetes.

For the randomized study, 30 healthy adults took capsules containing 2,000 International Units (IU) of vitamin D2, 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 or 2,000 IU of mushroom powder containing vitamin D2 once a day for 12 weeks during the winter.

Baseline serum 25hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], a measure to determine a person's vitamin D status, were not significantly different among the groups.

The levels among the three groups gradually increased and plateaued at seven weeks and were maintained for the next five weeks. After 12 weeks of the vitamin D supplements, the levels were not statistically significantly different than those who ingested the mushroom powder.

"These results provide evidence that ingesting mushrooms that have been exposed to ultraviolet light and contain vitamin D2 are a good source of vitamin D that can improve the vitamin D status of healthy adults," said Michael F. Holick, the principal investigator. "Furthermore we found ingesting mushrooms containing vitamin D2 was as effective in raising and maintaining a healthy adult's vitamin D status as ingesting a supplement that contained either vitamin D2 or vitamin D3."

Holick added: "These results confirm other studies that have demonstrated that ingesting vitamin D2 either from fortified orange juice, a supplement or a pharmaceutical formulation were all capable of increasing total circulating 25(OH) D concentrations for at least three months and up to six years."

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Sharing the love through good nutrition

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Upholding the value of good nutrition for Filipino children, fast-growing food chain Minute Burger recently launched a nationwide feeding program called "Share the Love."

Spread throughout communities with Minute Burger stores, the burger joint distributed food products to public schools and daycare centers in Manila, Pampanga, Cebu, and Davao.

Reflecting the brand promise of affordable but high-quality products, the children were treated to Minute Burger's beefy cheeseburger with special dressing and a slice of cheddar cheese; and vanilla flavored Good Milk, which meets the required daily bone-building dose of calcium and is infused with other essential nutrients.

"This feeding program is our way of giving back to the communities that have supported Minute Burger through the years," says Minute Burger president Judy Wong-Guevara, who personally spearheaded the project and personally visited the sites with the company's team of managers.

Minute Burger plans on conducting this feeding program regularly across all the communities served by the stores.

"We want to nurture the bright future of children across the Philippines through good nutrition," concludes Wong-Guevara. "We are thankful for this opportunity for Minute Burger to make a difference at the grassroots level, in the life of communities throughout the country."

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'Nutrition Week' at Hardyston Middle School yields healthy meals, community service, sweat

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Published Mar 26, 2013 at 3:10 pm (Updated Mar 27, 2013)

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HARDYSTON Local Hardyston Middle School student Adriana Purcell with help from the brand new Pass It Along chapter which she helped to begin saw her idea for a Nutrition Week realized from inception to completion during the week of March 11.

With inspiration from the National Nutrition Week initiative, started in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Purcell spearheaded efforts to shape a health-conscious menu for an entire week; helped put together a healthy cooking class that served as both an instructional tool for student participants as well as a charity effort, since all food products produced in the class were donated to local food pantry Manna House; and recruited teachers as instructors for the capstone event for the week, a free exercise class open to students, staff and middle school parents comprised of 90 minutes of combined instruction in kickboxing and Zumba.

Obesity is not only a problem in our country, but is now an epidemic," said Purcell, a seventh-grader at Hardyston. "Since I am a first-hand witness of the way Hardyston Middle School students eat, my job as a student is to educate my friends."

When words didn't work, the only other way to help my school that I could think of was to incorporate fun into education, and that is exactly what I did," Purcell continued. "Everyone had a great week, and it feels even better that my friends, for the most part, listened.

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In the spirit of volunteerism, all instructors, faculty and staff involved in Nutrition Week events donated their time, effort and expertise. Chapter members Shawn Gindhart and Zackary Epright, also in the seventh grade, helped Purcell facilitate events for the week, and helped increase visibility of the events and attendance through the bulletin board they designed.

Megan Kowalski, a sixth grade Language Arts teacher at the school, served as the kickboxing instructor, and brings in outside subject matter knowledge from her work at the Franklin CKO Kickboxing franchise. Katie Kuplin, the middle schools Family Consumer Sciences teacher, donated her classroom space and teaching time to the cooking class, and also served as the Zumba instructor for the exercise portion of the initiative.

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Canada’s national lab to work on H7N9 flu virus

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Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, April 20, 2013 11:07AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:06PM EDT

TORONTO -- If all goes according to plan, a vial containing the worrisome new H7N9 virus should arrive at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, where scientists are eager to begin work on the new pathogen.

Scientific Director Dr. Frank Plummer said China readily agreed to share a sample with the Canadian lab after Winnipeg asked for live virus with which to work. In fact, the emailed request drew a positive reply in a matter of a couple of hours.

"I was extremely pleased when I saw the response from China. All they wanted was an official letter and they were getting ready to send it to us," Plummer said in an interview.

In contrast to its secretive behaviour during the 2003 SARS outbreak, China has been openly sharing information and virus samples since the start of the outbreak of the new H7N9 flu. As of Friday, China had reported 91 confirmed infections and 17 deaths from a virus first identified less than a month ago.

All of the World Health Organization's collaborating centres and essential regulatory laboratories for influenza have had copies of the virus for more than a week. And elsewhere, key influenza researchers are also getting samples of the virus to help in the international effort to decode the mysteries of this new flu strain.

Plummer said his lab's willingness to share the H1N1 virus with China in the early days of the 2009 pandemic probably contributed to China's prompt and favourable response to Canada's request.

The national lab director said the Winnipeg facility is also growing up a synthesized version of the virus, put together from genetic sequence data that China has shared through an international databank known as GISAID. While that's both great practice and a fallback in case the Chinese sample is delayed, Plummer said having the real thing is important.

"Genome sequence is great, it allows you to do certain things. But it only gets you so far. You need the whole virus," he said, adding Canada has also asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for a sample of H7N9.

Earlier this week a joint assessment issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency decreed that the H7N9 virus should be worked on in laboratories with a Level 3-enhanced biosafety and biosecurity designation. But Plummer said NML scientists are probably going to work with it in a laboratory with an even higher designation in some cases.

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Kashmir Varsity organises health camp for houseboat owners in Srinagar

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Srinagar, April 21 (ANI): Kashmir University has organised a 26-day-long health awareness camp for houseboat owners at the idyllic Dal Lake here.

The Directorate of Lifelong Learning and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kashmir University (KU) in collaboration with Indian Thyroid Society and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi) organized "Free Health Camps" in the Mir Behri area of Saida Kadal.

The aim of the health camp was to create awareness among locals about self and family hygiene.

Director Lifelong Learning Kashmir University Gulam Hassan Mir said that free medical tests were conducted for locals.

"People living in this area are not aware with a lot of issues. There is a very low level of understanding in terms of sanitation, health hygiene, family welfare or taking care of their children's health, so after taking everything into consideration we have organised this free heath and medical awareness camp. We are also giving free health checks and diagnostic tests. The aim is to aware the people," said Mir.

Till now, 500 patients have been treated at the camp. Prominent endocrinologists and members Indian Thyroid Society attended the camp.

Bilal Ahmad, a patient at the camp, appreciated the initiative taken by the authorities.

"We are benefitting from this initiative and we hope there will be more health camps, at least once in a month. There are a lot of financial problems in Dal area. There are road problems also. Eighty percent of illnesses in this area are because of infection. The roads are dirty and there are other problems. We are happy that this medical awareness camp has been organised," said Ahmad.

Such periodical free mobile medical camps provide facilities to deal with hypothyroidism, diabetes and other allied endocrine problems.

The sewage from the houseboats and waste from hotels and homes on shore empty into the lake. Pollution had turned few portions of the lake waters into brackish green in the past. But with the efforts of the authorities, the cleaning project of Dal Lake is in progress since March. (ANI)

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Mead Johnson Nutrition's Stock Is Now Efficiently Valued

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Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is up 19% since being recommended at $68 in early December 2012. $81 was my price target, based on a 9% five-year EPS growth rate.

While some consumer staples stocks have gone up more in the search for dividend yield, those stocks still have the private label specter hanging over them and will have continual sales volume pressure in the US and most likely in Europe as well. MJN should not have the pricing pressure as long as prices are not raised, which should make MJN a safer long-term holding than other staples stocks, many of which are overvalued at this point. But Mead Johnson's 1.8% yield will not be competitive in the shorter term.

The stock had flirted with $81 but fell back to the low 70s when Chinese law changed -- it no longer allows individuals to buy large amounts of Mead's formula in Hong Kong and take it to the mainland to resell. This sort of distributional curiosity was caused by a consumer overreaction to the sale of formula by domestic Chinese companies that had tainted domestic milk in it. This was about five years ago. Mead's Hong Kong formula is imported from The Netherlands, while its formula that is sold in mainland China is manufactured in China, but made from imported milk. A disproportionate amount of Chinese sales were being made via Hong Kong, so sales have been affected.

As a premier formula seller in China, I feel that it is just a matter of time, and some advertising, before sales are back to normal. The stock had been moving up on just that thought, I believe. Then the stock got to $81 after Danone (DANOY) reported strong formula sales in China and the Far East. Overall pricing was up 9% vs. the Street's expectation of 6%. That makes me feel better about the longer-term pricing level maintenance for Mead, though I would not raise my EPS growth rate for it.

I would be somewhat leery, however, about the fact that some of the pricing taken by Danone, the No. 2 seller in China, may have come from sales problems at Mead. Danone just came out with some new products, but it also seems too easy to conclude that Mead's sales adjustment from Hong Kong to mainland China formula has been discounted in one quarter.

Therefore, earnings to be reported on April 25 may be somewhat disappointing vs. the optimism engendered by the Danone report.

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Gaspari Nutrition Kicks Off its Fuel Yourself Community Outreach Program at Ricardo Almeida’s Spring Camp

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Gaspari Nutrition visited the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school of Ricardo Almeida to educate students on the benefits of supplementation in combat sports.

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Almeida is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under the legendary Renzo Gracie and competed in the UFC from 2008-11. The camp was a grueling three segment training session which included technique instruction, strength and conditioning, and live training. Between segments, the students refueled with Aminolast to hydrate and recover for their next session. In addition, Gaspari Nutrition provided samples of Myofusion Elite Protein Series, Glycofuse Recovery Supercarb, drawstring bags, DVDs, and T-Shirts throughout the course of the education sessions.

It is very important that Gaspari Nutrition goes out into the community to spread the word of health and fitness while educating athletes from every genre about sports nutrition, said CEO, Rich Gaspari.

Gaspari Nutrition is proud to support different types of physical fitness, including all combat sports. In addition to sponsoring professional athletes like Frankie Edgar and Romulo Barral, they also sponsor combat sports exclusive events like the World Jiu Jitsu Expo. Gaspari Nutrition is known to set trends in sports nutrition, and they are intent on enlightening the mixed martial arts community on the benefits of supplements to their grueling style of training. The Gaspari Nutrition Fuel Yourself community outreach program will be touring the country in the near future. Pictures from Almeidas camp can be found here

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Canada Works to Improve Nutrition in Developing Countries Through Innovative Partnerships With the Agriculture Sector

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WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Apr 19, 2013) - As part of Canada's commitment to achieve global food security and improved nutrition, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, helped bring together international leaders today to discuss how to reduce undernutrition in children while boosting the economic potential of developing nations. Minister Fantino co-hosted the "Investing in Agriculture for Nutrition" event, with Mr. Joe Costello, T.D., Ireland's Minister of State for Trade and Development, held today on the margins of the spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC.

"Canada welcomed today's discussion on how we can better leverage agriculture sector investments to help achieve food security and improve nutrition around the world," said Minister Fantino. "Canada's investments in nutrition-either through direct nutrition interventions, such as vitamin supplements, or through indirect interventions, such as more nutritious crops or agricultural research-lead to healthier children and mothers, reduces poverty and improves economic growth in developing countries."

"Better-nourished populations are more productive: they innovate, they earn more and they invest more. They are the future producers and consumers," said Joe Costello, Ireland's Minister for Trade and Development.

Minister Costello shared the key messages from the Hunger-Nutrition-Climate Justice conference, which he co-hosted in Dublin earlier this week under Ireland's Presidency of the EU.

"Addressing the links between hunger, nutrition and climate justice has been a clear development priority for Ireland's EU Presidency. We learned some very important lessons during our international conference in Dublin. I am committed to bringing the voices of the smallholder farmers and community representatives, who shared their experiences of growing food in a world impacted by climate change, to international policy discussions," Minister Costello said.

The Government of Canada's focus on poverty alleviation was affirmed in the Economic Action Plan 2013 The creation of the new Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development will tackle poverty by supporting improved nutrition for those most in need around the world. The amalgamation will help the Government of Canada achieve greater efficiency and accountability for its international development assistance.

For more information on how Canada is increasing nutrition, saving lives and reducing poverty, please visit the Nutrition page.

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Global Medical Nutrition Market 2012-2016

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NEW YORK, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

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Introduction to the Market

Medical or clinical nutrition is the nourishment or aliment given to people who are not able to obtain essential nutrients from ingested food or through body processes. Nutrition forms an important link between diet, health, and disease. The essential nutrients that a person should include in the diet are vitamins, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and minerals in the required quantities. Medical nutrition helps to treat and control several diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, GI diseases, cancer, and kidney diseases through the supply of essential nutrients for the optimal functioning of various organs of the body. Medical nutrition is available in the form of liquids, powders, tablets, injections, or foods such as yogurt and probiotics.

Market Overview

The Global Medical Nutrition market is expected to grow at a steady pace, clocking a CAGR of 6.7 percent during the period 2012-2016. The market was dominated by the Americas in 2012, followed by the EMEA region and the APAC region. One of the main drivers in this market is a marked increase in the incidence and prevalence of various diseases and illnesses globally. Further, the increasing aging population worldwide, which is in need of medical nutrition products to treat various diseases and conditions, is contributing to the growth of the market. However, one of the major challenges in this market is the unfavorable reimbursement regulations imposed by the government in various countries. The lack of standardization in reimbursement norms for medical nutrition products has rendered these products unaffordable to price-conscious consumers.

Regional Overview

The Global Medical Nutrition market was dominated by the Americas, followed by the EMEA region and the APAC region. The US represents the largest regional market for medical nutrition products in the Americas due to the increasing availability of innovative products and the growing aging population. In the EMEA region, Europe represents the largest market for medical nutrition products. Within Europe, Germany and the UK are expected to drive the growth of the market mainly because of the increasing aged population and the growing number of people suffering from health disorders. The high demand for medical nutrition products in Australia, China, and India are driving the growth of the market in the APAC region.

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