local food production can be seen worldwide, and there are several local wisdoms on food production. there are many problems on local food production, including the problem of microbiological contamination, which is considered a great concern. the safety consideration is required. in the tropical world, the problem of local tropical food production should be specially discussed. there are many ...

BACKGROUND Patients with gastrointestinal food allergy are characterised by increased production of mast cell derived mediators upon allergen contact and present often with unspecific symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary histamine and methylhistamine excretion in patients with food allergy and to compare their values with food-tolerant controls. METHODS In a retrospective c...

OBJECTIVE (i) To assess change in confidence in having conversations that support parents with healthy eating and physical activity post-training. (ii) To assess change in staff competence in using 'open discovery' questions (those generally beginning with 'how' and 'what' that help individuals reflect and identify barriers and solutions) post-training. (iii) To examine the relationship between...

Cure4Kids organized the first Global eHealth Challenge in 2010. This contest encouraged the creation of innovative multimedia applications to help educate children or parents about cancer and healthy living. Here, we describe one of the applications submitted to this contest. The presented application was designed to be a serious game containing several mini-games intended to teach healthy eati...

DOMINIC ROWLAND 1, 2 , AMY ICKOWITZ 1 ∗, B RONWEN POWELL 1, 3 , ROBERT N ASI 1 AN D T ERRY SUNDERLAND 1, 4 1Center for International Forestry Research, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor (Barat) 16115, Indonesia, 2School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London WC1H 0XG, UK, 3Department of Geography and African Studies Program, Pennsylvania State University, 314 ...

Unhealthy diets can lead to various diseases, which in turn can translate into a bigger burden for the state in the form of health services and lost production. Obesity alone has enormous costs and claims thousands of lives every year. Although diet quality in the European Union has improved across countries, it still falls well short of conformity with the World Health Organization dietary gui...

Background Improving dietary intakes is a key public health target. Perceived barriers to healthy eating (PBHE) are an important component of the Health Belief Model which aims to understand why individuals do not adopt preventive health measures. This study investigates the relationship between PBHE and reported fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption. Methods Data from the Scottish Health Sur...