You’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard the term “clean eating” being bandied around by diet advocates and eager adopters. But what does it mean? There is no official definition. Depending on your personal beliefs… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘nutrition’
Canned foods get a thumbs-up for sound nutrition and affordability
Image thanks to FreeDigitalPhotos.net The universal call to increase the consumption of fruits, vegetables, higher fibre foods and seafood, coupled with tightening family budgets, means that a study published recently in the Journal for Nutrition and Food Sciences is highly… Read More ›
I’m sceptical….what are you?
New Scientist ran an interesting series of articles about denial in May this year. It got me thinking that scepticism vs denialism is another way of describing a theme often addressed in this blog. I consider myself a sceptic –… Read More ›
White Hat Scientists
In olden day cowboy movies the do-gooder cowboy heros wore white hats. Recently the term “white hat bias” was coined to describe bias in scientific research on obesity (the subject of much nutrition research at present) which leads to “distortion… Read More ›
What’s driving us to drink….and what are we drinking?
Recently I had the privilege of hearing one of my all time dietetic gurus, Linda Tapsell from Wollongong University, speak about how we relate to beverages. Alongside her, Claire Richards from Coca-Cola Oceania shared some fascinating insights into New Zealander’s… Read More ›
If only it were that simple!
Lately, having done a small amount of work with McDonald’s NZ, I’ve been pondering the place of takeaway foods in our diet. Like them or loathe them, they’re here to stay. A recent evaluation of the zoning strategy employed by… Read More ›
Helping kids buy from the school cafeteria – will ‘Big Brother’ tactics work?
A new computer system telling parents what their child has bought in the school cafeteria that day is being used in some American schools. The idea is that parents can make sure their children are making appropriate choices and spending… Read More ›
What to do when good research gives you a bad result?
All good scientists know that the balance of evidence from objective, well designed research is the only sound basis for making recommendations. So what happens when we don’t like the results we get from research? I was astounded to read… Read More ›
“Just because it’s not in the targets doesn’t mean it’s not important”
As soon as I heard the Health Minister had announced the revised list of health targets, which exclude nutrition and obesity, I felt a blog coming on. Especially since it kind of slipped in quietly, with the media otherwise occupied… Read More ›
Why should foodies participate in the on-line space?
A blog is just one of the many forms of social media that is having a profound influence on consumers’ attitudes, knowledge and ultimately consumption habits. The more traditional mediums remain just as relevant and important but you ignore the… Read More ›