Aims: Considering that diet is a potential factor contributing to the development of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and it is increasingly prevalent among population worldwide, the aim of the present study was to correlate dietary patterns with MetS and its main risk factors in adults...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/14973
Aims: Adequate coverage of nutrient requirements is a real health concern and surveillance of the nutritional status of a population is a key element for public policies. This study aimed at providing a reliable nutritional risk assessment of the French population based on preval...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/18193
Aims: To determine the prevalence and density of the larval digenean trematode Paracoenogonimus ovatus in fish muscle tissue. To determine larval survival under selected thermal conditions. Place and Duration of Study: Division of Hydrobiology, Ichthyology and Biotechnology of Br...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17597
Aim: The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in raw beef produced from selected commercial abbatoirs in Namibia. Methodology: A total of 9508 of beef samples from three different types of samples; meat cuts, carcass swabs and meat fluid were col...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17276
Janneche Utne Skåre, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Livar Frøyland, Gro-Ingunn Hemre, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard & Bente Torstensen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) In September 2013, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority requested VKM to update relevant parts of the benefit-risk assessment of fish in the Norwegian diet published by VKM in 2006. The background for the request was new know...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/18605
One challenge is to make food consumption healthful and sustainable. Tools to achieve this include science-based documented dietary advice (here: 'dietary guidelines'), and policy-based initiatives and legislation (here: 'dietary guidance'). These two scientific and political too...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17435
The UK urgently needs a public health strategy for NTD reduction, which could include the use of food supplements, food fortification or a combination of both. An updated nutritional benefit-risk analysis is needed to inform population-based and/or targeted public health policies...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/18093
Aims: Nutritional status can be compromised by food insecurity which is common among HIV infected persons. Providing food assistance is expected to improve food insecurity and nutritional status among persons infected with HIV. This study aimed at examining the relationship of pa...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/10876
Ingrid Bielderman, Maaike J. Bruins, Reina Engle-Stone, Noel W. Solomons, Hans Verhagen, Lindsay H. Allen, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Klaus Kraemer & Jane Badham·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2015
Micronutrient fortification of staple foods can be an effective strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition. When planning on fortification, challenges faced include the collection of essential information on population food and nutrient intake patterns, as well as the use of t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17357
Aim: Malnutrition in the form of under-nutrition is still a major public health problem in developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. This study compares the nutritional status of under-five children and their mothers in rural and urban areas of Anambra State N...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/17392
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of a community-based fruit and vegetable education program and provision of fruits and vegetables on consumption of fruits, vegetables, antioxidants, and changes in biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress among overweight and obese adu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/15994
Aim: This study investigated perceptions of risk to self, risk to society, risk denial, control, responsibility, trust and knowledge of food and nutrition-related hazards among expert and non-expert groups with an aim of better understanding barriers to effective communication be...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/11161
Aims: The aim of this paper was to assess the incidence of antimicrobial residues in market muscle samples from different animal species (bovine, ovine, poultry and porcine) using a new screening strategy. Methodology: 4849 samples were evaluated with a methodology that combines...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/13795
Aims: To determine the dietary diversity score and diversity within food groups consumed and the probability of food security among rural households in North Central Nigeria. Study Design: A cross sectional survey design was used. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/14875
Study was done to describe global cassava food supply, and its relationship to occurrence of ataxic polyneuropathy and konzo, which are attributed to exposure to cyanide from cassava food. Cassava food supply and occurrence of ataxic polyneuropathy and konzo in all countries from...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/11453