BACKGROUND Prices are an important determinant of food choices. Consequently, food price policies (subsidies and/or taxes) are proposed to improve the nutritional quality of diets. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of food price policies on the expenditures and nutritional quality of the food baskets chosen by low- and medium-income households. METHODS Experimental econom...

The worldwide prevalence of food allergy appears to be increasing. Early life environmental factors are implicated in the aetiology of this global epidemic. The largest burden of disease is in early childhood, where research efforts aimed at prevention have been focused. Evidence synthesis from good quality systematic reviews is needed. We performed an overview of systematic reviews concerning ...

Access to Healthy and Less Healthy Food Options In a Low-Income, Racially Diverse Seattle Neighborhood Sara Denise Coulter Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor, Donna B. Johnson Department of Health Services There is a need for more place-based research on the food environments of low-income and/or racial minority populations for the purpose of developing policy initiatives a...

During food drying, many other changes occur simultaneously, resulting in an improved overall quality. Among the quality attributes, the structure and its corresponding color influence directly or indirectly other properties of food. In addition, these quality attributes are affected by process conditions, material components and the raw structure of the foodstuff. In this work, the temperature...

Quality management is of paramount importance in all stages of the agri-food production and process chain. The approach of quality management has been changed in the past years due to the effects of globalisation, numerous deficits in food safety and the legislative such as the new European regulation 178/2002 concerning food safety. This article will give an analysis of the documentation requi...