It’s hard not to notice the flood of stories about energy drinks in the media these days. Energy drinks have become popular with both teens and adults alike because of their claim to increase stamina...
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2008 Comparative Report (PDF) NOTE: This is a report with all three years of topline data from each edition of the Food & Health Survey. It includes the main...
Successful nutrition messages are essentially CONSUMER-ORIENTED.
This is the basic premise of the New Nutrition Conversation with Consumers. As a consumer-oriented communications technique, it is...
The International Food Information Council Foundation Food & Health Survey provides ongoing insights into the many connections Americans make between the food they eat and their health. The...
The International Food Information Council Foundation has developed a Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-approved continuing professional education (CPE) online program, “A Practical Guide to...
Consumers’ appetites for food and nutrition news seem nearly insatiable. In recent years, scientific evidence has revealed that bioactive dietary components may benefit health in ways that extend...
Background
The growing awareness of the relationship between diet and health has led to an increasing demand for food products that support health above and beyond providing basic nutrition....
Background
Soybeans are native to East Asia, where they have been an important food staple for centuries. There is documentation of soy being cultivated as early as 1100 BC and of the use of soybean...
Consumers demand safe food and expect it to be nutritious, easy to store, easy to prepare and available at low cost year-round. The United States can boast a long history of being able to meet these...
This IFIC Review examines how low-calorie sweeteners (sometimes referred to as non-nutritive sweeteners, artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes) are used to help reduce the caloric content of...
What is the goal of infant nutrition? The goal of infant nutrition is to promote optimal growth and development by providing a variety of nutritious foods. Babies need to be gradually exposed to a...
Although some consumers still view fats as something to avoid, the awareness that certain fats can have beneficial effects on health is starting to resound. Of the types of fats in food, saturated...
Ready or not, the world of "consumer journalism" has arrived thanks to Web 2.0. Despite the name, Web 2.0 is not a software update, but rather the "second generation of the World Wide Web" complete...