Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 99 Issue 2

Body composition and energy balance assessment of élite female athletes in the USA and Greece

The purpose of this study was to determine body composition, energy balance and tendencies towards eating disorders of female competitive athletes in two countries, USA and…

Sources of nutrients in the diets of adolescent Nigerians

The food and nutrient intake of 250 (135 male, 115 female) adolescent Nigerian high school students have been surveyed to determine the contributions of different food groups to…

Emerging issues for the next millennium

With changes in the curriculum, science breakthroughs, consumer demands and the Government’s recent Green Paper on Our Healthier Nation, the British Nutrition Foundation’s…

Chromium in food, nutrition and health ‐ an introduction

Describes chromium’s importance in nutrition and health, pinpointing its sources in diets and facts about its absorption in humans. Outlines the body’s ability to store chromium…

The nutritional implications of food wastage in hospital food service management

While there is considerable anecdotal evidence and some research indicating poor nutritional intake and high levels of food wastage in hospitals, there have been no studies…

Metabolic interactions between zinc and essential fatty acids in the mammalian organism

Zinc and essential fatty acid deficiencies manifest similar syndromes provoking investigations into the mechanisms underlying their metabolic interactions. This article presents a…

The broadening scope of food as a curriculum subject in higher education

The increasingly multidisciplinary nature of food in society has been reflected at South Bank University by the development of undergraduate courses in Food Science and…

Gender disruptors

Humanistic approaches to bringing about personal change

Roman cookery

Databank. Children looked after by local authorities

Databank. Best organic product of the year

Databank. Sexual attitudes and lifestyles

Databank. Pig welfare

Promoting breast feeding

Dietary supplements

New rules for bottled water

Corticosteroids and osteoporosis

Nutrition on the Internet

Focus on Food

Setting the pace

Lunchtime report

Databank. Syon Park opens farm shop

Databank. Drug misuse

Databank. Wine closures

Databank. Organic food sales

Folic acid campaign wins award

National Food Survey for 1997

Editorial

Honorary fellowship for Professor Arnold Bender