BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the number and types of different food sales outlets, the types of foods offered for sale in all school food outlets, and the extent of nutrition policy implementation in schools in British Columbia. We also directly measured the number and types of snack foods available for sale in each vending machine at each school. METHODS Based on a t...

Contemporary Western(ised) society is typified by pervasive and aggressive brand promotion, through all communication platforms. Food promotion in particular is a dominant area of marketing, particularly the marketing by large multinational food companies that manufacturer less healthy foods and beverages (Cairns et al. , 2013). The ubiquitous marketing of these unhealthy foods contributes to c...

New generation, which has been brought up in a world where geographical boundaries are no constraintis ready to try new recipes from across the world. The trend is catching with older generation also. But all such foods not safe and can cause PUD. Various studies have shown detrimental effects of so called junk on health young adult males. Nowadays food become main attraction for as it also com...

It is well known [1, 2, 3] that in most species a large proportion of the genome does not appear to code genes or proteins, or even regulate coding DNA. This leads to the descriptive expression " junk DNA ". Naturally, it is possible that the hidden information in this DNA has simply escaped us so far; however that such sequences have high redundancy (they may, for example, be long repetitions ...

Introduction Junk food (JF) consumption trend is increasing in all parts of the world. The transition in lifestyle and dietary habits is leading to many non-communicable diseases. The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) To examine the prevalence of junk food consumption and factors associated with consuming junk food among Saudi adults in Jeddah; and (2) to compare the trends of junk food...

Hop Step Junk' is an interactive sound installation that creates audio and visual representations of the audience's footsteps. The sound of a footstep is very expressive. Depending on one's weight, clothing and gate, a footstep can sound quite different. The period between steps defines one's personal rhythm. The sound output of 'Hop Step Junk' is wholly derived from the audience's footsteps. '...