Top Research Papers on Food and Nutrition

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An international consensus has been emerging around the importance of three underlying factors as causes of malnutrition, factors related to food, health and care (UNICEF, 1990; ACC/SCN, 1991; Maxwell and Frankenburger, 1992).

It is recommended that India commit to nutrition security by direct actions that provide essential staples and a nutrient distribution system with affordable prices and adopt an Employment Guarantee Program.

This report uses preliminary data from USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to examine program trends and policy changes in USDA's largest U.S. food and nutrition assistance programs through 2021 and summarizes a recent USDA, Economic Research Service report examining the prevalence of household food insecurity in the United States in 2021.

There are still large gaps in knowledge on the efficacy, effectiveness and impact of multi-sector approaches compared to single sector interventions, due to limited information on appropriate methods for monitoring and evaluating MSNPs.

Gender affected sensory attributes with female consumers giving higher scores than male consumers for aroma intensity, initial impression of juiciness and a-typical flavour, and the results may suggest that Windsnyer pork cooked by microwave method could be more acceptable to consumers than Large White pork.

It is observed that the information has not been used in its full potential for the planning, management, and assessment of food and nutritional actions in the scope of PHC 3 and, consequently, contributes little to the implementation of the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Policy (PNAN).

Organic farming is a production system that avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetic agricultural inputs such as pesticides, growth regulators, highly soluble mineral fertilisers, supplements, preservatives, flavouring, aromatic substances and genetically modified organisms, and their products. This system aims to maintain and increase soil fertility and quality, and relies on systems such as crop rotation, polyculture, intercropping, ecosystem management, covering crops, legumes, organic and bio-fertilisers, mechanical cultivation and biological control methods. The present review summ...

There is growing interest in the adoption of a more sustainable diet, and this has led to the development of plant-derived alternative products that are used as a substitute for products of animal origin. This is a promising way to improve the sustainability of the agricultural food industry; however, there are increasing concerns regarding the nutritional profile of plant-based products, with emerging evidence that many are not nutritionally equivalent to conventional animal products. In this study, we provide a narrative review focusing on the nutritional quality of plant-based alternative p...

In the coming decades, feeding the growing world population is going to become a global food-supply challenge for existing food systems, according to the World Health Organization.

The aim of this white paper is to provide a guiding framework for the future contributions of ELIXIR’s recently established Food & Nutrition (F&N) Community, including suggestions on how to align these tasks within the ELixIR Platforms, other ELIXir Communities/Focus Groups and the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures.

This survey aims to assess anthropometric status, dietary intake and micronutrient status of Ethiopian children, women and adolescent girls, and assess coverage of direct and indirect nutrition-related interventions and map agricultural soil nutrients.

In the agri‐food chain, while the impact of producers and consumers on sustainability has been well studied, food processing has been less explored. This position paper aims to discuss the potential of food processing to address all food and nutrition security (FNS) outcomes in order to achieve improved food system sustainability. First, FNS dimensions and the four pillars of agro‐food industry sustainability are defined, with a focus on ultra‐processed foods. Second, the food matrix concept is developed as a new paradigm to holistically address all FNS. It is concluded that food processing sh...

Foods and Nutrition includes the study of human metabolism, foods and other forms of nutrient delivery that support human health, factors that can affect nutrient availability, the food supply and human health behaviors.

It is shown that droplet microfluidic devices enable unprecedented control over their production and properties, and can be integrated in lab-on-chip platforms for in situ and time-resolved analyses.

report provides a conceptual framework for assessing inequalities in FSN, the inequalities within and outside food systems that underpin them

Food banks provide an indispensable service to people experiencing severe food insecurity. Food banks source donations from across the food system; however, the food redistributed to clients across the developed world is nutritionally poor. This, together with the increasing prevalence of diet-related diseases and food insecurity, has prompted a focus on nutritional quality. Despite more food being distributed via food banks in Australia, the nutritional quality of donated food remains unreported. This study analyzed all food (84,996 kg (1216 products)) donated to Foodbank WA over a 5-day peri...

Opportunities for upcycled food manufacturers to produce more nutritious products are discussed, given the importance of ensuring a sustainable healthy diet.

The availability of healthy food in the GS in the food swamps and food oases is significantly higher than that of the GS from the food deserts; CS in the three neighborhoods did not exhibit a significant difference in healthy food availability.

An overview of the current knowledge on the role of xenobiotics and micronutrients in liver damage is offered.

This publication dives into how nutrients connect to disease and uses of Food as Medicine as an overview for general learners.

Food-induced anaphylaxis is an immediate adverse reaction, primarily triggered by the cross-linking of allergen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) E bound to the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) on mast cells (MCs) after re-exposure to the same foodAllergen.

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The findings of the review indicate that food reformulation policies are more likely to succeed if the private sector collaborates with or responds to the government regulatory process, and further research is conducted to establish newly developed reformulation concepts from different countries.

This study aims to see nutritional status, physical condition and the position of Sumedang volleyball athletes, information related to anthropometry and the physical condition of volleyball athletes based on each playing position is very useful for identifying athletes' performance when playing. In addition, for a coach this information can be used as a reference to seeing someone's faith in playing volleyball. This research method uses analysis with a descriptive approach. Data collection is done to get data related to the existing phenomenon related to the variable studied and not intended f...

Research has shown that nutritional effects are exerted through complex interrelations between various aspects such as: content and use of body reserves, distribution of nutrients between different systems and organs and prioritization of the use of nutrients for various functions in addition to reproduction.

An overview of how diet in early life relates to cardiometabolic disease is provided and important distinctions between the concepts of food insecurity and nutrition insecurity are made.

Algae are a large and diverse group of autotrophic eukaryotic and photosynthetic aquatic organisms and have been implicated in the development of infectious disease and infectious disease in the environment.

All these guides are derived from and governed by the biochemical paradigm of nutrition science, which was once useful, but now should be discarded as obsolete except for addressing deficiencies.

Abstract Mycorrhizae improve the efficiency of mineral intake in soils where such minerals may be poor or otherwise less accessible. In particular, immobile elements like phosphorus, zinc, and copper are supported by the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi, but under certain conditions, more mobile ions like sulfur, calcium, sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, manganese, chloride, and nitrogen are also taken up by the plant roots from the soil. Mycorrhizae promotes plant growth, development, stress tolerance, soil remediation, carbon sequestration, food safety, and...

Food nutrition is generally defined as the heat energy and nutrients obtained from food by the human body, such as protein, fat, carbohydrates and so on [...].

Every year the waste from leftover food increases. Based on the United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) in 2021, 20.9 million tonnes of food waste is produced per year. One of the largest contributors to food waste in Southeast Asia is Indonesia. Most of the waste is generated from the household sector. Examples of food waste generated by the household sector are fruit peels, eggshells and bones. Fruit peels contain good nutrition for the body, such as starch, fiber, polyphenols, etc. Banana peel has a calcium content of 715 mg/100 g and a high starch content of 10.32%. Durian peel contains a...

Should you choose to, or find yourself eating only meats or vegetables, you will most likely suffer certain nutritional deficiencies, and you better get a doctor's advice to start taking good supplements before you develop nutrient deficiency symptoms.

Addressing food illiteracy and the challenges to health communication is essential to promote health equity and improve health outcomes for all populations.

Nutrition paradigms have shifted in the last few decades, and now there is an urgent need for the policy discourse and public health practice to catch up. Effective public health policy and practice responses to nutrition depend on an accurate understanding of the problem of ‘malnutrition’, its implications for human health, and its underlying causes. They also depend on the political economy of nutrition policy—including policies relating to food environments and the global food system. The aim of this chapter is to map out the public health dimensions of food and nutrition problems that incr...

Proteins are essential components of the human diet. Dietary proteins could be derived from animals and plants. Animal protein, although higher in demand, is generally considered less environmentally sustainable. Therefore, a gradual transition from animal- to plant-based protein food may be desirable to maintain environmental stability, ethical reasons, food affordability, greater food safety, fulfilling higher consumer demand, and combating of protein-energy malnutrition. Due to these reasons, plant-based proteins are steadily gaining popularity, and this upward trend is expected to continue...

The smallest unit of whole grain, an individual cell, is highlighted as "nutritional capsules" and the structure-function of the nutritional capsules, followed by isolation techniques, are elucidated, paving the way for the industrial production of intact cells as a novel food ingredient.

Abstract There are numerous challenges facing the modern food and agriculture industry that urgently need to be addressed, including feeding a growing global population, mitigating and adapting to climate change, decreasing pollution, waste, and biodiversity loss, and ensuring that people remain healthy. At the same time, foods should be safe, affordable, convenient, and delicious. The latest developments in science and technology are being deployed to address these issues. Some of the most important elements within this modern food design approach are encapsulated by the MATCHING model: Meat-...

In conclusion, nutritional risk assessment of children with FA requires a comprehensive, detailed, and multidisciplinary approach.

This interview seeks to record the challenges faced these past decades to consolidate public policies for food and nutrition in Brazil by editing a videoconference with written answers sent by Professor Malaquias to previously sent questions.

This is the first study measuring the nutritional content of fresh or freshly cooked rescued food conveyed by a food aid organization and shows that food donations substantially contribute to energy, macro, and micronutrient dietary recommendation intake (DRI).

From gluten-free to all-Paleo, GMOs to grass-fed beef, our newsfeeds abound with nutrition advice. Whether sensational headlines from the latest study or anecdotes from celebrities and food bloggers, we’re bombarded with "superfoods" and "best ever" diets promising to help us lose weight, fight disease, and live longer. At the same time, we live in an over-crowded food environment that makes it easy to eat, all the time. The result is an epidemic of chronic disease amidst a culture of nutrition confusion-and copious food choices that challenge everyday eaters just trying to get a healthy meal ...

Although appreciable advancements have been made in food processing and preservation technology; world is still struggling to provide food, health and nutrition security to large part of the population. Simultaneously, agriculture is also facing countless challenges, such as scarcity of water, decline in the size of land and adverse impact of climate change. Presently, global food security is mainly dependent on wheat, rice and maize. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of lesser known species also called underutilized species including bamboo with known economic value can play a key role in promoti...

Fortification of food with mineral micronutrients and micronutrient supplementation occupied the center stage during the two-year-long Corona Pandemic, highlighting the urgent need to focus on micronutrition. Focus has also been intensified on the biofortification (natural assimilation) of mineral micronutrients into food crops using various techniques like agronomic, genetic, or transgenic. Agronomic biofortification is a time-tested method and has been found useful in the fortification of several nutrients in several crops, yet the nutrient use and uptake efficiency of crops has been noted t...

The use of food and nutrition education interventions presented positive outcomes on the food practices of the participants and the IM is an alternative method to educate children and adolescents about healthy eating practices.

In DPF-Nutrition, a depth prediction module was introduced to generate depth maps, thereby improving the accuracy of food portion estimation and an RGB-D fusion module was designed that combined monocular images with the predicted depth information, resulting in better performance for nutrition estimation.

Food literacy is a set of skills and knowledge that are integral to diet. It is common among teenagers to not have basic food literacy skills needed to consume a healthy diet. This study examined: (1) the current state of food and nutrition knowledge among adolescents 13–19 years of age in the census metropolitan area of London, ON, Canada; and (2) correlates of food knowledge and nutrition knowledge among adolescents. Data for this study were drawn from baseline youth and parent survey data collected from a larger population health intervention study. Statistical analysis of the survey data i...

SIR,-By extrapolating a graph curve of the numerical increase in recent years of private cars in Great Britain we can obtain ample evidence that unless measures are taken to restrict the daily flow of such vehicles into and out of the metropolitan area the already serious traffic congestion will shortly end in a literal impasse. If private cars on strictly official or trade business or owned by bona fide residents of London were alone allowed inside, and all cars whose occupants were concerned solely with shopping, visiting, theatres, dining, etc., were compelled to be parked outside, say, a s...

With two major Sections, namely Section A : Nutrition and the Science of Food and Section B : Common Food Materials with 10 chapters in each Rankin's and Hiedreth's Book on Foods and Nutrition furnishes valuable information.

This book by a well-known master of his subject, whose name is particularly associated with the surgery of the stomach and colon, will be welcomed by surgeons because nothing quite iike it has appeared since the fourth edition of Moynihan's classical two-volume work, Abdoninlal Operations, which appeared in 1926. The title is not quite indicative of the scope because the surgery of the liver, gall-bladder, spleen, and pancreas is included, and there is also a chapter on hernia, while the numerous lreferences to intra-abdominal hydatid disease remind us that, like all Australian surgeons, the a...