Background Although it is widely accepted that lack of capacity is one of the barriers to scaling up nutrition in West Africa, there is a paucity of information about what capacities exist and the capacities that need to be developed to accelerate progress toward improved nutrition outcomes in the region. Objective To systematically assess the current capacity to act in nutrition in the West Af...

The relevance of nutrition to national development is very strategic; even though many subSaharan African countries do not consider nutritional challenges as critical. Poor disposition to nutrition in many African countries are aggravated by the quality of nutrition professionals in the region. There is lack of reliable information regarding the number of people working as nutrition professiona...

The art and science of nutrition education have reached a milestone in their development. Since the early 1980s, growing attention has been paid to improving the effectiveness of nutrition education. Nutrition education has evolved from local teaching and a concern with simple knowledge and information, disseminated primarily on a one-to-one basis in the classroom or clinic, to focus on strateg...

Consumers are interested in making healthier food choices but the mandatory nutrition information panel currently in use in Australia is not easily understood or interpreted by most consumers. A simple nutrition signpost would be valuable. This paper reviews two nutrition signposting systems currently being considered for adoption in Australia. The authors conclude that a system similar to the ...

This health promotion project is a 12-week program for adults in a rural West Virginia community with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater. The goals of this project were to facilitate learning through modules focusing on activity and nutrition, increase knowledge of healthy activity and nutrition, and improve weight and BMI. Each 12-week session provided evidenced-based information regardi...

The importance of nutrition-sensitive food and agriculture-based approaches for overcoming malnutrition and improving nutrition in general is fully recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAO, a specialized UN agency, has as its mandate the raising of levels of nutrition and standards of living and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger by promoting sustainable agricultural ...

BACKGROUND An online cross-sectional survey examined the relationships between the demographic characteristics, personal values, trust in sources of nutrition information and the use of convenience food outlets among middle-class household food providers in the Asia-Pacific region. METHODS The survey was administered to 3945 household food providers in Melbourne, Singapore, Shanghai, Vietnam ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presence of nutrition labels on pre-packaged food products, as well as to analyse the types of presentation. DESIGN This was a descriptive study. The following characteristics were analysed: (i) presence and placement of the nutrition declaration (either as front-of-pack (FOP) or back-of-pack (BOP)); (ii) content of the presented information; (iii) presence of nutri...

BACKGROUND Little is known about national patterns in the use of fast food and packaged food labels among adults by weight loss strategies and demographic characteristics. METHODS We analyzed the Consumer Behavior Module in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010 among adults (N = 9,690). For each of the outcome variables - use of packed food and fast food menu labels -...