Citation
Blades, M. (2011), "Editorial", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 41 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2011.01741baa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial
Article Type: Editorial From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 41, Issue 2
Festivities such as Christmas and other special national events are often a time for overindulgence in foods with resultant feelings of guilt and weight gain.
The whole concept of over- and under-eating can be all consuming to the individuals involved with it becoming the main focus of their lives. The Rio International Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference held in November 2010 had ground-breaking research and considerations of the topics, which in some cases are almost untreatable. A brief report on the conference is included.
This edition of Nutrition & Food Science has been put together to incorporate a blend of different subject areas.
A paper on the effective factors carotenoids produced by synthesis will be of interest to food scientists who are involved in the use of carotenoids as food scolours and nutritional supplements.
Advertising has a profound effect on food choices and billions are spent on it. The paper on an instrument to assess health-related advertising in young adults on college campuses in the USA shows how common advertisements related to food and health are found and a helpful inventory for assessments is shown.
Cookies or biscuits as they are called in the UK are ever popular. They are subject to staling, which makes them less desirable. Reformulations in oat-based biscuits are described in a paper and the effect of the components on staling.
One has only to look at a supermarket shelf to see a wide range of different types of beans including canned, dried and frozen. They make a valuable contribution to the diet and a paper on the effects of different types of preparation will be of assistance to those who use beans widely in the diet.
Rice is an ever-popular food particularly in India but also extensively elsewhere. A discussion of the phenolics and antioxidants in rice makes a novel paper and one, which makes interesting points.
The role of fermented milk with products such as yoghurts has been known to have positive benefits to health for many years. A paper on fermented milk and the benefits gives an up-to-date perspective.
Mabel Blades