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Low calorie sweeteners in food and food supplements on the Italian market

TITLE: Low calorie sweeteners in food and food supplements on the Italian market AUTHOR: Janvier S; Goscinny S; Donne CL; Loco JV. REFERENCE: Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 2015 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print] YEAR: 2015 This study determines the occurrence and concentration levels of artificial low calorie sweeteners (LCS) in food and food supplements on the […]

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Childhood obesity and food intake

Childhood obesity and food intake TITLE: Childhood obesity and food intake AUTHOR: Huang JY, Qi SJ. REFERENCE: World J Pediatr. 2015 May;11(2):101-7. doi: 10.1007/s12519-015-0018-2. Epub 2015 Apr 30. YEAR: 2015 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity among children is growing in China at present. Childhood obesity reflects complex interactions of genetic, environmental, social and behavioral factors. Foods, nutritional components, and […]

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Age differences in the brain mechanisms of good taste

TITLE: Age differences in the brain mechanisms of good taste AUTHOR: Rolls ET, Kellerhals MB, Nichols TE. REFERENCE: Neuroimage. 2015 Apr 2;113:298-309. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.065. [Epub ahead of print] YEAR: 2015 There is strong evidence demonstrating age-related differences in the acceptability of foods andbeverages. To examine the neural foundations underlying these age-related differences in the acceptability of different flavors and […]

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Digital marketing of unhealthy foods to Australian children and adolescents

TITLE: Digital marketing of unhealthy foods to Australian children and adolescents AUTHOR: Boelsen-Robinson T, Backholer K, Peeters A. REFERENCE: Health Promot Int. 2015 Mar 13. pii: dav008. [Epub ahead of print] YEAR: 2015 The emergence of new media-including branded websites, social media and mobile applications-has created additional touch points for unhealthy food and beverage companies to target children and […]

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Does salt increase thirst?

TITLE: Does salt increase thirst? AUTHOR: Leshem M. REFERENCE: Appetite. 2015 Feb;85:70-5. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.014. Epub 2014 Nov 15 YEAR: 2015 Our diet is believed to be overly rich in sodium, and it is commonly believed that sodium intake increases drinking. Hence the concern of a possible contribution of dietary sodium to beverage intake which in turn may contribute to obesity and […]

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Portion size and obesity

TITLE: Portion size and obesity AUTHOR: Livingstone MB, Pourshahidi LK. REFERENCE: Adv Nutr. 2014 Nov 14;5(6):829-34. doi: 10.3945/an.114.007104. Print 2014 Nov. YEAR: 2014 Portion size is a key environmental driver of energy intake, and larger-than-appropriate portion sizes could increase the risk of weight gain. Multiple acute, well-controlled laboratory studies, supported by data from free-living settings, demonstrated that portion size […]

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Accuracy of canadian food labels for sodium content of food

TITLE: Accuracy of canadian food labels for sodium content of food AUTHOR: Fitzpatrick L, Arcand J, L’Abbe M, Deng M, Duhaney T, Campbell N. REFERENCE: Nutrients. 2014 Aug 22;6(8):3326-3335. YEAR: 2014 The accuracy of the Nutrition Facts table (NFt) has a significant impact on Canadian efforts to reduce dietary sodium and monitor sodium content in foods. This study assessed […]

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VARIETY AND DIVERSITY OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES

Professor Lluís Serra-Majem, Professor of Preventative Medicine and Public Health at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Member of the Science Advisory Board of the EHI. Eating a variety of foods is essential to achieve adequate nutrient needs and in general is correlated with better nutrition. Moreover, assuring dietary variety also contributes […]

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