The food pyramid adapted to physically active adolescents as a nutrition education tool

Closing gaps: integrating food safety management systems into the veterinary curriculum, as a tool to improve food quality and trade

National Food and Nutrition Security System (SAMAT), A Tool for Identifying and Monitoring Food Insecurity in the Country

Background and objectives: Iran was reported in the high-risk group of World Food Security Map in 2008 .Identifying food insecurity is first step for executing interventions. Measuring household food security is its cornerstone. SAMAT System was designed to provide a variety of GIS-based reports to policy makers and managers in the field of food security. Methods and Materials: SAMAT system wa...

Personal fulfillment motivates adolescents to be physically active.

OBJECTIVES To identify factors that motivate adolescents to be physically active; to assess differences in motivators for groups at risk for physical inactivity, including girls vs boys, overweight vs nonoverweight youth, and youth with low vs high perceived sport competence; and to assess links between activity motivation and physical activity. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING A middl...

The Healthy Food Slide Rule (HFSR): a nutrition education tool for children.

Assessing schoolchildren's ability to make proper use of a food and nutrition pyramid.

BACKGROUND Being acquainted with nutritional recommendations does not necessarily imply that they are fully understood, nor on how they can be applied when correctly planning an adequate diet. OBJECTIVE To determine whether children can recognise single portion sizes of various foodstuffs and to test their ability for planning a daily menu in accordance to the guidelines from a Food and Nutri...