Lab report
Children of parents with low and medium education levels eat fewer vegetables and fruit, and more processed products and sweet drinks, according to a study.
Fountain of youth mapped
University of Copenhagen researchers and more than 1,000 researchers have taken a step forward in the fight against cancer with the mapping of the cellular "fountain of youth": the enzyme telomerase. The study, published in Nature Genetics, took blood samples from more than 200,000 people. The enzyme creates new ends on chromosomes called telomeres. Researchers have found a genetic correlation between cancer and telomere length.
Children of parents with low and medium education levels eat fewer vegetables and fruit, and more processed products and sweet drinks, according to a study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition, which involved nearly 15,000 children aged between two and nine from eight European countries.