BACKGROUND After an era of only considering the allergenic properties of the infant diet and allergy outcomes, emerging data suggest that the overall composition of the infant diet might be a more important factor in the development of allergic disease. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the relationship between infant dietary patterns in the first year of life and development of food allergy by a...

This review article addresses recent advances in the analysis of foods and food components by capillary electrophoresis (CE). CE has found application to a number of important areas of food analysis, including quantitative chemical analysis of food additives, biochemical analysis of protein composition, and others. The speed, resolution and simplicity of CE, combined with low operating costs, m...

wheat (triticum aestivum l.) is a major staple food crop for more than one third of the world population and is the main staple food of asia. over 800 million hectares of land throughout the world are salt affected. salinity is a major obstacle to food production because it substantially reduces the average yield of major crops. this study was conducted to evaluate the response of 24 cultivars ...

the iranian food consumption program (ifcp), a unique program in iran was developed to aim accurate calculation of nutrient intakes in relation to heart health investigation released in isfahan cardiovascular research center in march 1998 for the first time. the new versions came out along changes in computer technology. this interview-based program is designed to gather data through designed q...

BACKGROUND Diet has been associated with differences in weight and nutritional status of an individual. The prevalence of overweight and obesity increased among adults in Taiwan. Hence, we examined the relationship between dietary patterns and weight status by gender among middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan. METHODS The cross-sectional data of 62,965 participants aged ≥40 years were retri...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the level of support among Western Australian adults for food control policies to improve diet, reduce obesity and protect the environment. METHODS Attitudes towards government food control policies on food labelling, food advertising, and the supply of environmentally friendly food data were pooled from two Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series telephone surveys of 2,14...

The present study investigates the socio-economic nature of the issue of food provision in the consumer market of Ukraine. It is entity content and main macroeconomic functions oriented at production, sales, and consumption of food, undertaken by the state to maintain the ongoing process of social reproduction and security guaranteeing in the country. It is hypothesized that the change in incom...