BACKGROUND Identifying the determinants of child's liking for different foods may help to prevent future choices of unhealthy food. OBJECTIVE To study early-life food-related characteristics associated with child's liking for different foods at 5y with a longitudinal study. DESIGN 1142 5y- old children completed a liking test for "fruit and vegetables", "meat, fish and eggs", desserts and c...

The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition has produced an updated version of the traditional food pyramid based on the Mediterranean diet in order to assess the simultaneous impact that food has on human health and the environment. The Double Pyramid Model demonstrates how the foods recommended to be consumed most frequently are also those exerting less environmental impact, whereas the foods t...

BACKGROUND Nutrition-sensitive interventions supporting enhanced household food production have potential to improve child dietary quality. However, heterogeneity in market access may cause systematic differences in program effectiveness depending on household wealth and child age. Identifying these effect modifiers can help development agencies specify and target their interventions. OBJECTI...

Background: Hen’s egg (HE) allergy is one of the commonest food allergies in young children with a natural history to resolve, although recent evidence suggests a greater prevalence and more persistent nature. Treatment strategies of allergen avoidance anticipating that the child will grow out of the allergy are being replaced by interventions like oral immunotherapy (OI). The recipes used in H...

OBJECTIVE Promoting breastfeeding is major maternal and child health goal in India. It is unclear whether mothers receive additional food needed to support healthy breastfeeding. METHODS Using the latest National Family and Health Survey (2005-2006), we applied multilevel linear regression models to document correlates of nutrition for (n = 20,764) breastfeeding women. We then compared consum...

Salmonella was the archetypal food poisoning organism of the 20th century. It achieved a high public profile following the salmonella-in-eggs crisis of 1988–89, but by then had been the subject of public health concern and scientific interest for over a century. Early associated with animal foods, the advent of phage typing in the 1940s began to reveal the complexity of its environmental associ...

Sacha Inchi (SI) (Plukenetia spp.) is an Amazonian-originary nut, used for centuries as food the native people of Amazon rainforest that attracting attention worldwide a functional food. Because its high nutritional value, SI considered “super food”. In addition to content polyunsaturated oil, good source high-quality proteins, essential amino acids, dietary fiber, minerals, tocopherols, phytos...

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OF THESIS STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIC FOOD IN RELATION TO HE1ALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND PRICING The organic industry is full of opinions and perceptions, which influence consumer purchasing decisions. A convenience sample of 69 college students between the ages of 19-23 registered in a basic food preparation class participated in this study. A sensory analysis of organic and conventional fruits, ...