Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 93 Issue 4

Obesity

M. Blades

Obesity, and the related health problems, continue to be a generalpopulation trend. Discusses the relevance of the two methods of definingand measuring obesity using: (1) weight…

What Use Are Computers in Nutrition?

Claire E.A. Seaman, Terry R. Kirk

As the range of computer software available to nutritionistsincreases, choosing software becomes more complex and more important.Provides an overview of the types of software…

Functional Foods: Foods of the Future?

Michèle Sadler

Reviews a conference on functional foods organized by InternationalBusiness Communications, London, UK, 22 February 1993. Reports on thedevelopment of the concept of functional…

Drug‐Diet Interactions in Elderly People

Sally Herne

Discusses the current situation whereby the majority of elderlypeople in the UK regularly take at least one prescribed drug and asignificant proportion are given long‐term…

Breakfast Habits in Children

C.H.S. Ruxton, T.R. Kirk, N.R. Belton, M.A.M. Holmes

Breakfast is often considered the most important meal of the dayand its consumption has been linked with aspects of health, such asnutrient intake and cognitive powers. Aims to…

Vegetable Oil Cheese: A Necessary Development?

Christopher Strugnell

Outlines some of the reasons behind the development of vegetableoil cheese and critically questions the whole basis and need for suchcheese‐type or substitute products. Evaluates…

FARMED VENISON: THE NEW MEAT COMES OF AGE

John Elliot

Demonstrates the advantages over other red meats of farmed venisonas a lean healthy meat produced to quality standards with exceptionalanimal welfare. Traces the growth of the…

Diabetic Foods: The Facts

Azmina Govindji

Addresses the use of special diabetic products in diabetes. Thesefoods are currently available in health food shops and chemists and areoften considered to be “slimming” or…

Dietary Supplements: SOME CONSUMER CONCERNS

The term “dietary supplement” is used to cover a wide range of products. It includes products that provide recognized nutrients, for example, vitamin and mineral tablets and fish…

NUTRITION: ILLUSTRATED

The “ACE” Way to Health describes the antioxidant vitamins which are thought to protect the body against the devastating diseases such as coronary heart disease and cancer. The…

FOOD: FACTS

The Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults suggests that too many calories in the national average diet are being derived from fat and too few from carbohydrate. There…