Citation
Blades, M. (2008), "Editorial", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 38 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2008.01738faa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial
Article Type: Editorial From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 38, Issue 6.
In May I attended one of the international conferences on obesity called ECO, which has been written up as a conference report.
With the problems of obesity, it made me think about portion sizes of foods – how much of the crockery available for use in the home is much bigger than that of the past and hence, one is inclined to fill the plate more with extra food. Most of the more modern wine glasses are much larger than the more old fashioned small ones which allow one to derive six glasses of wine from a bottle. Indeed, a student said to me today that he can get half a bottle of wine in his wine glasses.
So, portions sizes are another factor to consider when thinking about obesity.
This Nutrition & Food Science has a wide-ranging variety of papers from all over the world:
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(1) Obesity and the food intake of a paediatric population in Greece is covered.
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(2) An interesting paper on heartburn which affects large numbers of people who often buy across-the-counter medications is included plus a short paper on a preliminary study of school lunches.
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(3) A paper on soya and the isoflavone content provides updated information on this area.
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(4) Two papers from Nigeria give an interesting perspective on the diet there which includes both snails and rabbits which do not form part of a staple diet in the UK but will be of interest to those utilising such protein sources.
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(5) With increasing interest on trans fats and the popularity of Indian foods a paper on this topic gives additional information.
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(6) Legumes are an important staple food in many peoples diet and the effects of soaking them prior cooking is helpful information.
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(7) Fermented milks are of increasing interest and this study into their effect on cancer could be of value.
Mabel Blades