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... poor nutrition in childhood can, in turn, cause health problems throughout life
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... dr hall said, “health and nutrition organisations have perpetuated the myth that a reduction of food intake of 2 mj per day will lead to a steady rate of weight loss of 1
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... exposure to famine or under-nutrition during childhood and adolescence may affect cardiovascular health in adult life, according to a new study ... the research, published in the european heart journal, claims to provide the first direct evidence that acute under-nutrition during childhood development has an important impact on future health ... the authors found that under-nutrition, particularly in the adolescent years, was associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease in later life ... “the dutch famine of 1944-45 is a ‘natural experiment’ in history, which gave us the unique possibility to study the long-term effects of acute under-nutrition during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood in otherwise well-nourished girls and women,” write the authors of the study, led by annet van abeelen from utrecht ... “our findings suggest that a relatively short period of severe under-nutrition is associated with an increased coronary heart disease risk in adult life, in a dose-dependent manner,” they added
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... the adults were recruited from a large pool of participants in the quebec longitudinal study on nutrition and successful aging (nuage)
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... david jenkins, research chair in nutrition and metabolism at the university of toronto, a team of researchers conducted a study from june 2007 to february 2009
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... “if africa does not invest in food and nutrition security, the consequences will be big,” said boitshepo bibi giyose, senior advisor for food and nutrition security at the nepad agency ... the call came ahead of the africa food and nutrition security day on october 30th, and emphasised four kinds of interventions: dietary diversity homegrown school feeding maternal nutrition child nutrition and food fortification “…the time is ripe for scaling up proven interventions,” nepad said ... “therefore, one of the main goals and objectives of africa food and nutrition security day is to ensure that information and knowledge is transmitted and communicated to all the different levels of consumers - policy makers, programme implementers and all the vulnerable households ... what needs to be done at the earliest opportunity is to apply some of the more relevant indigenous knowledge systems around the best nutrition, as has been done for generations
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... the study, published in the european journal of clinical nutrition, assessed the contribution that breakfast cereals make to the nutrient intakes of low income uk population ... study details sanders and his team analysed the nutrient intakes of 3728 people taking part in the uk low income diet and nutrition survey
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... food manufacturers and marketers who are “irked” by tight nutrition claim regulations are being offered practical steps to ensure they comply with the rules whilst remaining competitive ... there are 29 approved nutrition claims in the european union a free report from the uk consultancy, healthclaimseurope ... com, has summarised the key nutrition claims regulations from the perspective of a food and beverage marketing manager, in an easy-to-use format, so they don’t stray from the regulations ... jo jordan, who headed the nutrition claims project, said that eu food regulation is strong and allows companies to market equally on a level playing field, over a large common market ... ” but she added: “the commonality of efsa (european food safety authority) works from spain to estonia - we all understand what these nutrition claims mean ... in europe, 29 nutrition claims such as ‘low fat’ and ‘fat-free’, are permitted in food advertisements, packaging and promotional messages and each claim has specific requirements that products must meet if they bear it ... the report states that marketing managers have three obligations: verify that a nutrition claim is on the approved list confirm with food scientists that the nutrition claims for the product have been met match products more closely to consumers’ expectations
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... the tools have been developed by scientists working within precompetitive networks such as ti food and nutrition (tifn) and the kluyver centre for genomics of industrial fermentation (kc), and are directly applied for and with industry at nizo food research
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... it said that people should not be swayed by nutrition claims alone, as “despite its healthful image, muesli can be laden with fat and sugar” ... the watchdog looked at on-pack nutrition claims and found almost three quarters contained at least one ... however, choice said: “the problem with nutrition claims is that they don’t tell the whole story — products claiming no added sugar can still be high in sugar, for example, and on the flip side, products that are low fat or contain more than average fibre may be claim free ... “choice has called for mandatory front of pack traffic light labelling on all products making nutrient or nutrition claims as well as high level health claims to ensure that consumers who want to make healthy decisions are able to do so
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