Public Health Aspects of Dried Foods

Public health issues---aspects of health promotion.

Poverty, Public Health and Local Foods

In this exploratory analysis we explore the interplay between poverty, public health and access to local foods using data for U.S. counties. We ask one simple question: Does access to local foods dampen or mitigate the relationship between poverty and health? As expected we find a strong relationship between poverty and public health and we also find that access to higher levels of local foods ...

Cultural aspects regarding public health.

Functional foods and health claims: a public health policy perspective.

OBJECTIVE To propose a policy framework for the regulation of functional foods and health claims within a public health context. DESIGN This article reviews the empirical evidence and public health principles associated with functional foods and health claims to analyse the issues, challenge the assumptions that have emerged and explore options for moving forward. SETTING Functional foods a...

Aspects of antioxidant foods and supplements in health and disease.

Free radicals generated as byproducts of normal metabolism can damage biologically relevant molecules. When their generation is increased, damage can also be increased, resulting in the development of many pathological conditions. Antioxidant defenses protect the body from the detrimental effects of free radicals. Dietary fruits and vegetables provide a reasonable amount of compounds that act a...