Nutrition

Top 11 Reasons For Fast Food's Popularity (CBS News)

3 Dec 2008

Speed. That's the top reason nearly 600 adults and teens cited for frequently eating fast food in a new study. Nutrition and fun ranked last.

Applying Systematic Review To The Field Of Nutrition (Medical News Today)

3 Dec 2008

Performing systematic reviews of nutrition related topics raises unique challenges not often encountered in the field of medicine. In a new article, a team of researchers use specific examples to describe the steps, strengths, and limitations of systematic reviews relevant to nutrition and discuss the factors that impact the results.

South Africa: Govt Expands School Nutrition Programme to Secondary Schools (AllAfrica.com)

3 Dec 2008

Pretoria — As from next year, the Department of Education is to expand its school nutrition progamme to 1 500 secondary schools which fall in the category of the poorest of the poor.