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A year-long Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) study looking at chemical residues in fresh, unwashed produce indicates that New Zealand growers are largely following good agricultural practice (GAP) in how they use chemicals.
Researchers at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom have identified 20% as the rate at which a tax needs to be applied to junk food if it is to be an effective tool for reducing obesity.
The latest update from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the welfare of cattle kept for beef production has produced a grim list of poor welfare outcomes for cattle and calves, as well as for the health of those who eat such beef.
New research conducted at Edinburgh University into nitrous oxide emissions by agriculture has identified industrial poultry farming as a significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions.
Drugs developed from the saliva of Gila monsters Heloderma suspectum has been found to effectively reduce hunger in subjects trying to lose weight.
A study undertaken by a team at the University of California, Los Angeles has found that a high fructose diet undermines the learning capacity of students studying for exams.
Eggs have emerged from recent tests as a possible champion in the battle with obesity, reversing recent trends that have demonised eggs as too cholesterol rich for a healthy diet.
The release of new research by Australian scientists is the latest in a staged argument in favour of the introduction of a fat tax in Australia to reduce the number of diabetes type 2 cases over the next 12 years.
New research by LivingSocial of Chicago, completed for the US National Restaurant Association, shows that 90% of restaurant operators in the United States believe that websites effectively improve their marketing capabilities.
While New Zealand’s bakers are struggling with bureaucracy over directions for compulsory additions of folic acid to their products, new research has revealed another possible food additive to improve the health of babies during pregnancy.
One of New Zealand’s best known suicide researchers has attributed this country’s relatively high youth suicide rate to a comparatively low drinking age of 18.
Conference organisers Sarah Byrne (Institute of Archaeology, UCL) and Kaori O’Connor (Anthropology, UCL) at the newly established UCL Pacific Islands Research Network are calling for papers for a one-day conference, Feast and Famine: Exploring Relationships with Food in the Pacific, taking place at University College London on September 7. The one-day conference responds to the widening [...]
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