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Nutritional and Environmental Issues in Fast Food
Stuart Price, John LawsonThe fast food industry has become a focus of media criticism forits apparent lack of interest in environmental and nutritional issues.Demonstrates the scale of the industry′s…
The Action of Dietary Fibre on Satiety
Victoria J. BurleyAs the proportion of the UK population who may be consideredoverweight or obese is increasing, questions about the impact of foodsand food constituents upon appetite and satiety…
Dielectric Heating for Food Processing
P.L. JonesDiscusses applications of microwave and radio frequency technologyin the food industry. It is used for heating – either for morerapid drying than conventional technology or to…
Nutrition, Social Status and Health
Dilys WellsReports a symposium designed to help health professionals in theirroles as advisers of healthy eating and nutrition in the community. Thesymposium highlighted new research in the…
“UMAMI”: THE FIFTH BASIC TASTE
Helen ConnUmami (the so‐called fifth basic taste in addition tosweet, sour, salt and bitter) is the descriptive term given to glutamatefound naturally in foods or added as the…
The Story of the Flora Project: FOR HEART DISEASE PREVENTION
The Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention began 20 years ago when in mid‐1970 Burson‐Marsteller was approached by Van den Berghs & Jurgens, the major UK margarine…
Food Safety
The 1980s have seen a constant rise in the number of reported cases of food‐poisoning, with a concomitant rise in certain types of food‐borne diseases. Whatever the reasons for…
NUTRITION: ILLUSTRATED
Enjoy Healthy Eating has been produced by the Health Education Authority to convey the information to the general public that was included in the scientific report of the…
An Apple a Day?
John Durant, Assistant Director of the Science Museum presented a paper on the public understanding of advice on healthy eating as the British Nutrition Foundation's annual…
FOOD: FACTS
Results of the National Food Survey for the household consumption of food during the third quarter of 1991 have recently been released. Expenditure on food bought for domestic…
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