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Rajasthan launches fortified food project to improve nutrition
Jaipur, Feb 3: Fortified wheat flour,oil and lentils are now available in the market in Rajasthan for providing improved nutrition.
Food Storage Essentials: Food storage can contribute to great-tasting, economical breakfasts
This article gives simple ideas for planning a variety of nutritious, fast and delicious breakfasts from food storage. Adding...
Reactions positive to new nutrition standards for school meals
On Wednesday afternoon, first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled new USDA nutrition rules for public schools, calling for more fruits and vegetables and less fat and sodium in the publicly funded meals programs. The new guidelines raised the nutritional standards for the first time in 15 years. Read full article >>
Conn districts join federal school nutrition plan
Several Connecticut school food service directors and college students studying nutrition are gathering in West Hartford to learn more about a federal push for healthier school lunch options.
Conn. working to fix troubled food stamps program
While a fraud scandal cast a cloud over a special emergency food aid program following Hurricane Irene, the state is working to address deeper troubles that have plagued the traditional food stamps program, including high error rates, slow response times and an antiquated computer system.
Women Copy Each Others' Eating Patterns
When two women are eating together, one is more likely to put food in her mouth when the other one is doing so too - while one's food-filled fork is coming towards her mouth, the other one is more likely to do the same within five seconds, researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, reported in PLoS One (The Public Library of Science 1). Behavioral mimicry, the authors suggest ...
Study finds lack of whole grain food consumption among teens
Teens are not consuming enough whole grain foods, according to a recent study from the University of Minnesota at St. Paul and featured in the January issue of Food Nutrition & Science.
Nutrition Labels Being Ignored By Consumers
The key outcome of the FLABEL conference (Food Labeling to Advance Better Education for Life) in November 2011 was reported to be that even though nutrition labeling is commonly used throughout Europe, consumers pay insufficient attention and lack motivation to use them. FLABEL Scientific Advisor, Professor Klaus G. Grunert, will present the final findings of this three-and-a-half-year project ...
Rajasthan launches fortified foods to tackle malnutrition
Jaipur, Feb 3: With an estimated 40 percent of children under three years in Rajasthan suffering from chronic malnutrition, the state government, in partnership with GAIN - the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and other partners Friday launched projects aimed at increasing the nutritional value of a range of foods - from infant foods to vitamin and mineral-rich wheat flour, to iodized salt.
First lady to promote healthy food in California
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