Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 90 Issue 6

FOOD SAFETY IN THEIR HANDS

We look at the far reaching ways in which the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food works to ensure that our food is safe and wholesome

ANAEMIAS OF NUTRITIONAL ORIGIN

Jill Davies

Anaemia is much more serious and of greater social significance than is generally realised. According to WHO ‘… a great deal of ill‐health, sapping energy and productiveness in…

BORON

Ivan Sharman

Recent advances in multi‐element analyses of biological samples by techniques, such as neutron activation and atomic absorption spectroscopy, have aroused interest in a variety of…

DIET AND DELINQUENCY

Alastair Thompson

The suggestion that there is a causal relationship between diet and delinquent behaviour is not new. In 1893 Egleston, an engineer at Columbia University, attempting to sponsor…

SLEEPING BEAUTIES

Exotic fruits are widely available in the larger supermarkets but there are lems in bringing these highly perishable commodities from their countries of origin

NUTRITION NEWCASTLE

Julia Smith, Alison Cullen, Moira Hill

This is the title of the combined dietetics services in Newcastle. It includes hospital dietitians, community nutrition educators and a nutrition education facilitator under the…

HEALTHY CATERING IS HEALTHY BUSINESS

The Catering Teachers' Association recently held a one day conference on this important subject

FOOD HABITS

Two recent surveys have shed some light on the eating patterns of certain sections of the community

CEREAL BARS

Vince Mitchell, Pari Boustani

The increasing interest in health foods over the past decade has seen a corresponding growth in cereal bars. Consumer health awareness is helping to radically change the nation's…

FOOD FACTS

Regulations which will introduce a stricter date marking system for foods from 1st January 1991 have recently been proposed by MAFF. These will improve consumer protection. ‘Use…