January 25, 2010
SciDev.net includes a special feature on the challenges associated with meeting the nutritional and food needs of people around the world. Links to articles and commentary on the subject appear below: The challenge of improving nutrition: facts and figures (Shetty, 1/20). Can GM crops feed the hungry? (Campbell, 1/20)…
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January 8, 2010
As a growing number of fast food and chain restaurants display the calorie content of their dishes on websites and menus, a study suggests some of this information may be unreliable…
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January 5, 2010
Going beyond environmentally-friendly shopping bags, and paying more attention to what goes in them, can stop food waste and help save the environment. That’s the message from dietitians this Clean Up Australia Day. According to the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) food wastage not only impacts on the environment, but costs Australian families hundreds of dollars each year…
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December 17, 2009
Carotenoids, found in green leafy vegetables and colored fruits, have been found to increase visual performance and may prevent age-related eye diseases, according to a study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists…
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December 17, 2009
The Food Standards Agency is hoping to reduce the number of food safety clangers that are served up this Christmas, with its Christmas food safety advertising campaign…
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December 17, 2009
Through strict food safety procedures and employee training, school nutrition programs maintain an excellent food safety record. The School Nutrition Association (SNA) and its members support strong food safety standards and the effective enforcement of those standards…
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December 11, 2009
With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren’t always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food allergies. A study published in the January 2010 issue of Pediatrics and headed by Dr. Ruchi Gupta, M.D., M.P.H…
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December 10, 2009
A new report on traditional European foods and a series of accompanying recipe cards have been published by The British Nutrition Foundation, on behalf of the European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR) project, a world leading European Network of Excellence on food composition databank systems, to give an overview of traditional foods eaten in European countries…
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December 10, 2009
Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits. Yuan Yao, an assistant professor of food science, has successfully modified the phytoglycogen nanoparticle, a starchlike substance that makes up nearly 30 percent of the dry mass of some sweet corn…
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