Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 96 Issue 3

Nutritional health project: “putting food on their agenda”

Fiona C. Taylor

The Health of the Nation set national targets for improving the health of the population and identified five key areas for action, one of which was heart disease. Particular…

Nutritional awareness of professional football teams with particular reference to carbohydrate

Louise Ingram, Jill Davies

Investigates the link between diet and exercise for professional footballers. In particular, finds out how much football players in England and Wales know and understand about…

What do homeless people eat and can Crisis FareShare help improve their diet?

Naomi Evans

Reports on a survey of the diets of 423 homeless people attending day centres and soup runs in London during 1994 and 1995. Also analyses the potential nutritional benefits of…

Food for thought ‐ or thought for food: diet and individual effects

Andrina E. McCormack

Looks at the effect of diet on disease and ill health from three perspectives: the past, the present and the future; the latter section listing dietary factors which the author…

Chemistry in the kitchen ‐ milk and milk products II

Paul Ainsworth

Uses the basic chemical and physical information discussed in “Milk and milk products I” and applies this information to a range of other milk products. Describes the methods of…

Software selection VI

Claire E.A. Seaman

Features a nutrition package aimed at caterers, schoolteachers or others who want to evaluate the quality of school meals. The package can be used to evaluate either an “average”…

Editorial: The Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention: 25th anniversary

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Flora Project for Heart Disease, outlines the work of the project, including literature, sponsorship, activities, nutritional…

Editorial: Government announces plans to establish a pesticides forum

Summarizes the themes emerging from a conference held in London in October 1995 to discuss Government policy on the minimization of pesticide use and suggests mechanisms through…

The safe use of recycled and reused plastics in food contact materials ‐ part I

Carole Crockett, Sam Sumar

First part of an article which focuses on the use of plastics as packaging material. This use has been increasing at an exponential rate with time over the past decades. After…