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THE TENDENCY TO FATNESS
Margaret AshwellIn this shortened version of Dr. Ashwell's paper, evidence that a genetic ‘tendency to fatness’ could exist is examined and possibilities which might account for the weight…
Dieting the overweight schoolchild
Diana MacAdieFamily attitudes toward food create a very important influence upon the eating habits of the growing child. It is both unfair and often futile to expect a youngster to control a…
Some effects of DRUGS on NUTRITION
A.S. TruswellIn the broadest sense, the word “drug” has come to mean the same as “medicine”, that is, a substance that is used in medical treatment because it has some action on the…
Not forgetting carbohydrates…
Ivan M. SharmanDuring recent years interest in nutrition has tended to be centred upon the need for vitamins, the importance of proteins, the energy promoting qualities of fat, upon mineral…
Extracts from a paper EATING 1974–75
Elisabeth StampAt least one third of the food grains produced in the world — over four hundred million tons — are being fed to livestock. Instead of being eaten directly by human beings, they…
TRITICALE
J.B.M. CoppockDuring 1974 three books have appeared on the subject of Triticale; the first ‘Nutritive value of Triticale protein (and the proteins of wheat and rye)’ contains in its title the…
REPORT ON INFANT FEEDING
Margaret RussellA working party set up by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA) Panel on Child Nutrition to review and advise on infant feeding published its report in October…
A LOOK AT NOVEL PROTEIN FOODS
The use as food, or as an ingredient of food, of protein products being developed from new and unconventional sources, including textured vegetable protein and protein products…
DESERT ISLAND BOOKS
Ian MortonI should very much like to have an idea of what the vegetation on the island was like, how it might be improved and what use could be made of it. A most valuable book would be…
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