Archives for June 30, 2002

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Food allergen labelling - the debate deepens

Fuel to further fire the debate, on both sides of the Atlantic, surrounding the labelling of potential food allergens arrived this week with the outcome of a new study in the US. According to new research, 93 per cent of parents of children with a...

Breast is best when it comes to brain development

Breastfeeding is still the best way to ensure that babies obtain the necessary nutritional intake for developing a healthy brain. This was the conclusion of a panel of experts meeting last week at the Advances in Paediatric Nutrition Symposium in the US.

Food fortified with vitamin D - the future?

Health professionals across Europe are seeing more and more cases of rickets and increasing the amount of vitamin D in food could be one way to tackle this. A new European-funded research project in Denmark entitled OPTIFORD is set to investigate new...