The official requirements for energy (calories) should be increased for most of the population, according to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). The recently released draft report recommends the following changes in the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR): Teenage boys ( increase...
Eating a slice of cake to celebrate a birthday has been banned because it conflicts with the Healthy Eating policy in a Rotherham school (The Yorkshire Post 17 October 2009). The mother of one of the pupils sent a cake to the school so that her daughter could share it with her friends. This incident...
According to the Government obesity/overweight is a major problem and it is getting worse. Here a few quotes from recent official publication entitled ‘’Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross Government Strategy for England’’. ‘’Britain is in the grip of an epidemic. Almost 2/3 of adults...
July 2009 Dough used to make cookies has been found to have E.coli contamination. As a consequence at least 69 people in 29 different states have been infected, 34 of these required hospital treatment. The dough was prepared at a Nestle plant in Virginia. It has just emerged that when it was inspected...
July 2009 Recently there was a major outbreak in the U.S.A. which was caused by peanuts contaminated by Salmonella. At least 9 people died and an estimated 25,000 became ill. The peanuts were from a factory in Georgia owned by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Investigations have shown that...
July 2009 The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has recently released a report on “Iron and Health”. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) advocates that the intake of red meat should be restricted to 500g per week and that very little if any, should be processed. This advice...