Paternalistic Food and Beverage Policies: A Response to Conly

Food and Beverage Marketing to Youth.

After nearly a decade of concern over the role of food and beverage marketing to youth in the childhood obesity epidemic, American children and adolescents - especially those from communities of color - are still immersed in advertising and marketing environments that primarily promote unhealthy foods and beverages. Despite some positive steps, the evidence shows that the food and beverage indu...

Food and Beverage Analysis

Artificial neural networks, genetic algorithm and response surface methods: The energy consumption of food and beverage industries in Iran

In this study, the energy consumption in the food and beverage industries of Iran was investigated. The energy consumption in this sector was modeled using artificial neural network (ANN), response surface methodology (RSM) and genetic algorithm (GA). First, the input data to the model were calculated according to the statistical source, balance-sheets and the method proposed in this paper. It ...

Fairness and Respect in Obesity Prevention Policies: A Response to David Buchanan

Chemometrics in Food and Beverage

Scientists in the food and beverage industry are faced with many different quality control tasks, such as making sure that flavors meet certain standards, identifying changes in process parameters that may lead to a change in quality, detecting adulteration in any ingredient and identifying the geographical origin of raw materials. Food scientists who work for regulatory agencies, such as the F...