the prevalence of food allergy is different in various nations. the identification of the most common food allergens is a priority in any population to provide effective preventive and curative measures. the aim of this study is to determine the most common food allergens in iranian children. one hundred and ninety children with skin, respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms, which were thought...

background and objectives: this study was undertaken to determine the relationship between food security and individual dietary diversity score (idds). materials and methods: this population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 non-diabetic individuals aged ≥40 years, selected randomly from the tehran lipid and glucose study. household food security was measured using a validated un...

sir, the recent publication on “publication ethics” is very interesting (1). the article by fazly bazzaz and sadeghi demonstrated many interesting cases                   of misconducts. indeed, the misconducts can be seen  in many ways. as mentioned in the present publication, both author and editor can perform publication misconducts. nevertheless, the problem has many more facets. sometimes,...

This work estimates the energy embedded in wasted food annually in the United States. We calculated the energy intensity of food production from agriculture, transportation, processing, food sales, storage, and preparation for 2007 as 8080 +/- 760 trillion BTU. In 1995 approximately 27% of edible food was wasted. Synthesizing these food loss figures with our estimate of energy consumption for d...

ISSUE ADDRESSED Food insecurity is recognised as an increasing problem in disadvantaged and marginalised groups. The aim of this study was to investigate issues associated with food insecurity and nutrition in young people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness in metropolitan Australia. METHODS Eight focus group discussions were conducted with 48 young people (aged between 15 and 25 years...

BACKGROUND The Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) was developed to measure household food access, one of the levels of food security. Previous research has shown dietary diversity is related to food security. However, the validity of the HDDS in the form developed by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) project-12 food groups, 24-hour recall-and most frequently used by deve...

background: environmental problems of the plastic materials used in food packaging and the demand for food quality improvements lead to the development of packaging in natural materials. edible films such as calcium alginate extend the shelf life by acting as a selective barrier against moisture and oxygen. the main objective of this study was to explore a calcium alginate based edible film to ...

Antioxidants are used in a wide variety of food products, and their activity may vary depending on the temperature, food composition, food structure and availability of oxygen. Temperatures at which antioxidant activity may be required range from 180–200°C for frying oils, to about 5 °C for products such as margarine or mayonnaise that are stored in the fridge. Besides the processing and storag...