Sep 8
Posted by Sabina Bhate in Health Law, Nutrition, Public Health, obesity | Comments off
Wall Street Journal- 31 August, 2010
Author: Janet Adamy
“In preliminary guidelines released last week, the Food and Drug Administration said the scope of the law stretches beyond restaurants to encompass airlines, trains, grocery-store food courts, movie theaters and convenience stores that qualify as chains. Within grocery stores, the agency said, it is considering including salad bars, store bakeries, pizza bars and delicatessens.”
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Sep 7
Posted by Edwina Light in Children, Health information and education, Nutrition, Public Health, obesity | Comments off
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164(9):878-879. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.152
Editorial: J. Michael McGinnis
“Marketing works. This was a basic finding of the 2006 report of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Food Marketing to Children and Youth. That report, Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? presented a comprehensive and rigorous assessment of all qualified scientific studies published on the relationship between food and beverage marketing patterns and practices and the dietary attitudes, beliefs, practices, and nutrition-related status of children and youth. The committee concluded that the evidence supported a causal relationship between television advertising targeted to children and teenagers and their food preferences, short-term food consumption, and—for children—longer-term dietary patterns. With respect to marketing’s direct and causal association with overweight and obesity, the Institute of Medicine committee determined that the studies that were assessed were not long enough to offer a formal finding one way or the other…”
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Sep 4
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Biotechnology, Medical Boards and Associations, Nutrition, Safety | Comments off
Bloomberg Businessweek, By Molly Peterson, 3 September 2010
“Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc.’s genetically engineered salmon are safe to eat and unlikely to harm the environment, said U.S. regulators considering whether to approve the first gene-altered animal for human consumption. The modified Atlantic salmon, known as AquAdvantage, are unlikely to escape into the ocean or reproduce with naturally occurring fish, Food and Drug Administration staff said today in a report. Outside advisers to the agency will meet Sept. 20 to evaluate the findings.”
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Aug 25
Posted by Edwina Light in Health Law, Health information and education, Nutrition, obesity | Comments off
The Heart Foundation, media release, 18 August 2010
“The Heart Foundation today called on State and Federal Governments to legislate for nutrition information on the menus of cafés, fast food restaurants and snack food outlets. Speaking at the NSW Fast Food Forum held at the State Library in Sydney, Tony Thirlwell, Heart Foundation CEO – NSW, revealed the results of a Heart Foundation review of key menu labelling studies and outlined the charity’s recommendations. “There are indications that people can significantly underestimate the calories/kilojoules in unhealthy food. People have the right to know what they’re eating so that they can make an informed choice,” Mr Thirlwell said. Research showed that parents chose meals for their kids that were on average 428kJ (102 calories) less when they had all the facts. Other studies tracking sales data showed that consumers who usually bought higher calorie/kilojoules foods reduced their calories per transaction by 26%.”
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Aug 14
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Animals, Cloning, Health Law, Nutrition | Comments off
BBC News, By Pallab Ghosh, 12 August 2010
“Farmers say it is being done because it is only possible to tell that the animal’s meat is of exceptionally high quality by inspecting its carcass. US scientists are using a variety of techniques to assess which animals have exceptional qualities. These attributes include meat quality, productivity or longevity. There is a long tradition of resurrecting dead animals for cloning – Dolly the sheep being a case in point.”
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Aug 14
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Global and International Health, Health Law, Infectious Disease, Medical Boards and Associations, Nutrition, Safety, Whistleblowing | Comments off
The Australian, By Lanai Vasek, 13 August 2010
“Doctors have called on the government to address concerns about food imports that have been exposed to antibiotics during production. They fear unless adequate steps are taken to properly regulate imports, such as apples, antimicrobial resistance in Australia will lessen, paving the way for an increase in the prevalence of superbugs. Last month, the World Health Organisation identified superbugs — bacteria that have become resistant to all known antibiotics — as one of the three “greatest threats to human health”. Research in the British medical journal The Lancet published this week confirmed a new breed of superbug had infected parts of Europe, brought home by tourists who travelled to Asia for cosmetic surgery.”
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Aug 9
Posted by Sabina Bhate in Children, Nutrition, Resource Allocation, UK Health Services | Comments off
Guardian-08 August, 2010
Author: Patrick Wintour
“The coalition government was accused of making policy “on the hoof” yesterday after plans to remove free milk for the under-fives were summarily dropped by David Cameron amid fears it would remind voters of the “Thatcher milk snatcher” episode of the 1970s.”
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Aug 5
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Health Law, New Legislation, Nutrition, Pregnancy | Comments off
Channel 9 News, By Jessica Marszalek, 5 August 2010
“Premier Anna Bligh introduced the new breastfeeding and work policy on Thursday to support public servants who wanted to continue breastfeeding on their return to work. She said women would be given one hour of paid time a day for lactation breaks.”
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Jul 25
Posted by Lisa Csillag in Global and International Health, Health Law, Nutrition, Public Health, obesity | Comments off
BMJ 2010;341:c3979
Author: Aser García Rada
“Authorities in Spain have agreed a policy to limit the availability of junk food in public school canteens and vending machines in a bid to promote healthy eating and tackle the growing rates of overweight and obesity among children.”
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Jul 24
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Elder Care, Health Services, Nutrition | Comments off
SMH, By Amy Corderoy, 24 July 2010
“Hospitals will be forced to show they are preventing malnutrition in their patients or else lose their accreditation after continuing concerns about how vulnerable patients are fed. Elderly patients who stay are hospitalised for long periods are dying from malnutrition because hospitals do not currently consider food part of clinical care, said Claire Hewat, the chief executive of the Dietitians Association of Australia.”
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