The impact of climate change on health and the link between socio-economic status and food choices will be some of the topics discussed by the world's leading public health nutritionists meeting in Brisbane this week. [click link for full article]

Many families on a tight budget are struggling to fill their shopping trolleys with healthy foods, placing them at high risk of poor nutrition, including overweight and obesity, a study in Nutrition and Dietetics published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Dietitians Association of Australia has found. [click link for full article]

A Purdue University expert says food safety this holiday season should start with soap. "It's cold season," said Laura Palmer, a Cooperative Extension Service specialist in foods and nutrition and a registered dietitian. "There are many germs, and you will be around many people over the next few months, whether as the cook or a guest. It all comes down to proper hand washing if you want to decrease your chances of getting sick. [click link for full article]

Cornell University and the United Nations University (UNU) will explore causes, effects and potential solutions for the health, governance and security of the African continent when it inaugurates the "UNU-Cornell Africa Series" of moderated symposia on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The series is free and open to the public.The focus of the Nov. 13 inaugural symposium will be Africa's food system and its interactions with health and nutrition. It will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. [click link for full article]

VTT and the University of Kuopio are starting a joint interdisciplinary research programme Solutions for Intelligent Nutrition One of the challenges facing the food industry is how to create tasty, convenient and experiential products made from health promoting ingredients. Various services assisting and motivating food choices for well being are also anticipated. [click link for full article]

Product innovation and reformulation, along with appropriate nutrition labeling, are key measures that the food industry can take to challenge obesity concluded academic and food industry experts meeting recently in Munich. "Based on joint past experience, experts agree that the fight against obesity must not focus on changing consumer food behaviour alone. [click link for full article]

Pamela Goldberg, Chief Executive Breast Cancer Campaign said “Drinking alcohol to excess, obesity and eating large amounts of red meat have been well documented as key cancer causing risk factors. The latest findings from the World Cancer Research Fund, who should be congratulated on this comprehens

BAPEN's new web-based information resource Organisation of Food and Nutrition Support in Hospitals (OFNoSH) is freely available to download at http://www.bapen.org.uk. The resource will help Hospital Boards and senior staff tasked with overseeing nutritional care to ensure that the appropriate infrastructure, processes and resources are in place. [click link for full article]

Dietitians of Canada (DC) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), are reaching out to multicultural communities to promote healthy food choices using the Nutrition Facts Panel on packaged foods. To do so they have adapted and translated two nutrition fact sheets on food labelling for use by Chinese, Punjabi and Spanish speaking Canadians - three cultural communities who are identified as having a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and chronic heart disease. [click link for full article]

Almost sixty years after the Universal Declaration on Human Rights declared that everyone has a right to food, it is unacceptable that under-nutrition is still linked to nearly half of all deaths of children under the age of five, UNICEF stated on the occasion of World Food Day 2007. World Food Day highlights the situation of the world's hungry and undernourished. The right to food is the theme of this year's observance. [click link for full article]

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