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The time has come for serious action in the food industry, as UK-based international obesity task force echoes previous calls for help in bringing about a 'major transformation in diet and activity' in response to the ever rising numbers of overweight...
Could your child be preordained to be an overweight couch potato? New Zealand physiologists are proposing that the well-known association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary behaviour, and overeating might have a common biological cause.
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) is to hold a conference in September for the launch of its publication 'Plants: Diet and Health 2003', providing detailed information on substances in plant-based foods that may have a protective and positive...
Adolescent girls who consume a moderate amount of dairy products are not likely to have a higher body mass index or experience an increase in percentage of body fat, concludes a new study.
Active ingredients supplier Graminex has received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) registration from public health and safety company NSF International, preparing the way for imminent GMP regulations from the FDA.
A recent survey on taste and nutrition is the key driver behind a new marketing campaign from Fleischmann's to raise sales of its cholesterol-free products.
As the countdown to the September rendez-vous for WTO global trade negotiations in Cancun in Mexico begins, European agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler shares his views on globalisation and the market economy, and in particular, the role of...