Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 88 Issue 4

SPORTS NUTRITION

Anita Bean

Over the last few years, sportsmen and women have begun to realise the potential role of nutrition in relation to improving performance. As sporting standards get higher and…

ANSWERING BACK

Jacqueline McCluney

Where do members of the public pick up what they know about food? And where would they go to find what they consider to be reliable information about nutrition? Jacqueline McCluney…

FOOD MARKETING: NUTRITION AND HEALTH CLAIMS

Terry Kirk

The basic control of claims made for foods in the UK is provided by the Food Act 1984 in England and Wales, the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 and the Food and Drugs (Northern…

VERY LOW CALORIE DIETS

Fiona Hunter

For some time there has been concern among dietitians, the medical profession, teachers, parents and others about the use of proprietary diets which severely restrict the energy…

ORGANIC FARMING

Dennis King MA

There are a number of organisations involved in organic farming in this country, but as yet they have not been successful in determining unified standards, although some progress…

EGGS

Harold Fore

Thousands of years ago, in the Far East, jungle fowl were caught and kept until killed for their meat. The eggs laid while the hens were in captivity were found to be a…

NUTRITION AND FOOD POLICY FOR THE UK

Phillipe Rossiter, Michael Kipps

Food is self‐evidently a vital commodity and its provision should rank with security as the most important concern of governments. Because of its importance governments should…

NEW VITAMIN INFORMATION SERVICE

Roche Products has recently launched a new campaign to improve the knowledge of health professionals about vitamins. The Service has been set up following research among family…

FOOD FACTS

LOWEST After three years of research and development, St Ivel has launched a new product believed to be the lowest, low‐fat spread in the world. Appropriately called. Gold Lowest…