The public health relevance of food consumption and food environments

The Impact of Food Stamp Program on Relative Food Consumption and Food Choices

  I n this paper, the effects of the Food Stamp (FS) Program (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-SNAP) on individuals’ food choices are evaluated. In other words, I examine how households' food choice or relative food consumption is changed by FS participation. For this purpose six food groups are created using 2016 Consumer Expenditure Diary Surv...

Our Food: Packaging & Public Health

Food Health in the View of Islam

Background: The instinct and natural tendency to eat food is an undeniable fact in human and all human beings, even the messengers of Allah and Infallible Imams (A.S) need it in order to keep themselves healthy. Methods: In this review study, using the teachings of the Holy Quran and other Islamic texts, the importance and role of food and healthy nutrition and its role in elevating human being...

Junk Food Consumption among High School Students in Iran: The Role of Food Advertising

Introduction: Adolescence is one of the most important periods of human development. Nutrition plays an important role in health and prevention of disease during this period. Food advertising influences food purchase and food consumption among children and adolescents. Most of these advertisements are about the foods high in fat, salt and sugar. High exposure to these kinds of a...

Food and nutritional security and public health.

Cad. Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 24(7):1464-1465, jul, 2008 Food and Nutritional Security has become an increasingly important area of public policy in Brazil. In the tumultuous process of constructing national values and practices, it has come to have a direct impact on the political and institutional make-up of various sectors of government and society. Until the 1990s, the main forms of f...