The potential cardiovascular benefits of several trending foods and dietary patterns are still incompletely understood, and nutritional science continues to evolve. However, in the meantime, a number of controversial dietary patterns, foods, and nutrients have received significant media exposure and are mired by hype. This review addresses some of the more popular foods and dietary patterns tha...

This paper examines how the patterns of India’s food consumption have been changing in recent times as a consequence of her faster economic growth and generally rising affluence levels. The study, also, presents evidence on the nutritional implications of these changes to reinforce some of the findings on the observed changes in the food consumption patterns. The exercise estimates the Quadrati...

Consumers in the European Union are involved in integration processes that head towards homogenization of food consumption patterns+ Several factors are encouraging these homogenization trends based on consumers’ similarities and corporate activities+ In this article a review of the food consumption structure, across European Union countries, is undertaken+ First, food consumption trends in dif...

HOW TO CITE: Ronquest-Ross L-C, Vink N, Sigge GO. Food consumption changes in South Africa since 1994. S Afr J Sci. 2015;111(9/10), Art. #2014-0354, 12 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/ sajs.2015/20140354 Food consumption patterns in South Africa have changed dramatically over the past decades and likely will continue to change over the coming decades. Various food-related studies conducted ov...

Background & Aims: Identification of dietary patterns and food groups' consumption can be beneficial in improving public health. This study aimed to evaluate the daily dietary pattern of households in Kermanshah, 2011. Methods: A total of 500 households in Kermanshah/Iran were selected through multi-stage clustersampling. Data were collected using demographic questionnaire and food frequency qu...

Consumption of different food categories varies across the US+ A cluster analysis of 52 markets based on food sales in 62 categories found 11 market groupings with similar consumption patterns+ These new market groupings were compared with a cluster analysis based on data from 10 years earlier+ Many patterns were similar but a few shifts in consumption patterns were also noted+ Evidence suggest...

BACKGROUND A 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak resulted in mass removal of chickens in Lower Egypt, which decreased the household supply of poultry. Poultry, a key animal-source food, contains nutrients critical for child growth. This paper examines determinants of stunting between 2006 and 2008 in children 6 to 59 months of age within the context of the AI outbreak. METHODS The 2005 and 200...

OBJECTIVE To put the debate on the Mediterranean diet in context by highlighting historical and prospective changes in the level and composition of food consumption in the world and key Mediterranean countries. DESIGN Data from FAO's food balance sheets are used to illustrate historical evolution. Projections to 2030 are presented from FAO's recent and ongoing work on exploring world food and...

Organic production and consumption provide a delineated food system that can be explored for its potential contribution to sustainable diets. While organic agriculture improves the sustainability performance on the production side, critical reflections are made on how organic consumption patterns, understood as the practice of people consuming significant amounts of organic produce, may also be...