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- Food Safety and Nutrition (International Food Information Council Foundation) 9-01
- CNN Food and Health News
- Food and Nutrition Sources of Information (USDA)
Provides information on dietary supplements, nutrition for children, food safety, the food guide pyramid, food composition, and more. 1-01
- Food for Children with Diabetes
- Fast Food Facts Search
Provides information on nutritients by food and fast food restaurant. 09-09
- Nutrients in Foods (Nutrient Data Laboratory)
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is available for free. 10-09
- History of Recipes and Use of Foods (Morris County Library -Olver)
Provides a timeline for when certain foods and recipes began to be used. Guess when popcorn or sandwiches started to appear. 1-05
- Food and Digestion (How Stuff Works - Brain)
Find out about food, how it works, why we eat it, and where it comes from.
- Hispanic Foods (SpanishSupermarket.com)
Provides ingredients for Spanish recipes in Spanish. 7-01
- Fractions and Food (Information Institute of Syracuse)
Provides a lesson for grade 5. 1-04
- Afghanistan - Getting Food to the Children (Alertnet.org)
Discusses the great efforts relief agencies are taking to ensure that food and other essential supplies reach those who need it most, especially children. "Mansour [of the World Food Program] said: 'United States is the largest supporter of the WFP Afghan operations. For our last operation they provided nearly 90 percent of the food and support we needed.'" 10-01
- Afghanistan - Bombs and Food (Economist)
Provides a British view of the American bombing in Afghanistan and discusses the need for food. Includes a map showing how many people are at risk of starvation in each part of the country. 10-01
10-01
- By Country - Ethnic Foods (Cyber-Kitchen.com)
Provides sources of recipes. 3-02
- By Country - Ethnic Foods (FoodDownUnder.com)
Provides over 150,000 recipes. 3-02
- Obesity - Food Industry Sued (CBC News)
"The same lawyers who took on Big Tobacco met this summer in Washington to explore whether similar tactics can be used against the food industry." "And just like tobacco, the lawyers would target junk food advertising and gimmicks directed at children." 8-02
- Fighting Hunger Globally - World Food Prize (WorldFoodPrize.org)
"By pioneering ways to restore fertility to the poorest and most degraded soils in Latin America and Africa, the 2002 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, has made a major contribution to preserving our delicate ecosystem, while at the same time offering great hope to all those struggling to survive on marginal lands around the world." 8-02
- Fighting Hunger Globally - World Food Prize Laureates (WorldFoodPrize.org)
Laureates are "those who have made significant and measurable contributions to improving the world's food supply." "The World Food Prize is the foremost international award recognizing -- without regard to race, religion, nationality, or political beliefs -- the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world." 8-02
- Food Fights (Washington Times)
"The average consumer craving a Reese's Cup or Big Mac probably isn't aware that his indulgence is at the center of a widening legal battlefield." 10-03
- Saving Money When Shopping for Food (Urban Programs Resource Network - Reuter)
Recommends ways to cut costs when buying food. 11-03
- Saving Money When Shopping for Food (SaveRealMoney.com)
Recommends ways to cut costs when buying food. 11-03
- Saving Money When Shopping for Food (AllThingsFrugal.com)
Recommends ways to cut costs when buying food. 11-03
- Saving Money When Shopping for Food (MommySavers.com)
Recommends ways to cut costs when buying food. 11-03
- 02-10-04 United Food and Commercial Workers Strike (UFCW.org)
UFCW union strikes against Safeway, Albertson's, and Kroger's in California. 2-04
- Food Supplement to Reduce Methane Emissions (NewScientist.com)
"Adding a dash of fish oil to animal fodder could help farmers stifle the greenhouse gases wafting from their farmyards, new research shows. Switching animals from regular feed onto a diet of fishy fodder cut the amount of methane in their belches by nearly half."
"According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, belches from farmyard animals account for around 22 per cent of global emissions of the greenhouse gas methane. Volume for volume, methane traps nearly 20 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, making it a potent contributor to global warming." 9-04
- 11-14-04 Investigation: Oil-for-Food Nets Saddam $21 Billion (MSNBC News)
"Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by subverting the U.N. oil-for-food program and other sanctions, more than double previous estimates, according to congressional investigators." 11-04
- Food Pyramid Revised (New York Times)
"Newly revised dietary guidelines issued today by the federal government place a stronger emphasis on calorie control and physical activity than past guidelines to help Americans, many of them overweight, maintain good health." 1-05
- -04-14-05 Oil for Food Program - Q and A (BBC News)
"Since Saddam Hussein was toppled in April 2003 evidence has emerged of corruption within the oil-for-food (OFF) programme administered by the UN."
"The BBC News website examines the key questions." 4-05
- Food Pyramid Revised (ABC News)
"The new food pyramid, unveiled today by the USDA, is being welcomed by nutritionists as an important step forward from existing dietary guidelines."
" 'Overall, I think it's a vast improvement over the previous pyramid,' said Lora Sporny, a professor of nutrition at Columbia University in New York.' "
"As a response to growing rates of obesity, the pyramid breaks new ground by emphasizing physical activity. In particular, the pyramid indicates dietary choices that are appropriate for a person based on their individual level of daily activity."
"Many images of the new pyramid show a person climbing the side of the pyramid, reminding Americans that exercise is as important a component of health as diet."
" 'The emphasis on physical activity is very important,' said Sporny. 'Anybody can make food recommendations, but to take into account one's activity level to arrive at estimated calorie needs is very important.' " 4-05
- Food Chain in Oceans Threatened (Time.com)
"Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is threatening to make oceans too corrosive for marine organisms to grow protective shells, according to researchers."
"If emissions continue unabated, the entire Southern Ocean, which stretches north from the Antarctic coastline, and subarctic regions of the Pacific Ocean will soon become so acidic that the shells of marine creatures will soften and dissolve making them easy targets for predators. Others will not be able to grow sufficient shells to survive."
"The loss of shelled creatures at the lower end of the food chain could have disastrous consequences for larger marine animals." 9-05
- -11-30-05 Reports: Boy Sits for Months Without Food or Water (BBC News)
"Ram Bahadur Bamjan's friends, relatives and managers say he has been meditating without drinking water for six months now and that he will carry on for another six years until he gains enlightenment - as did the Buddha some 250km (160 miles) away in Lumbini in western Nepal." Also spelled Bomjan or Bomzon11-05
- -12-11-05 Compound in Some Foods Attack Alzheimer's Agent (Scientific American)
" 'Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol occurring in abundance in several plants, including grapes, berries and peanuts,' says author Philippe Marambaud of the Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders in Manhasset, N.Y. 'The polyphenol is found in high concentrations in red wines.' "
"The scientists found that 40 micromoles (a measure of the amount of resveratrol in a liter of solution) cut levels of the Alzheimer's-associated molecules--amyloid-beta peptides--by more than half." 9-03
- Scientists: Marketing of "Junk" Food Effective - Stop It (MSNBC News)
"SpongeBob SquarePants, Shrek and other characters kids love should promote only healthy food, a panel of scientists recommended."
"In a report released Tuesday, the Institute of Medicine said television advertising strongly influences what children under 12 eat." 12-05
- Food Preferences May Be Established Before Birth (ABC News)
"If you don't have an appetite for certain kinds of food you may want to have a chat with your mother."
"Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, a pioneering reseach center devoted to taste and smell, has found critical periods in the first seven months of life in which tastes are developed for certain types of food." 04-06
- -06-11-06 Food Safety and Spoilage (ABC News)
" 'Not all leftovers are created equal,' Doyle said. "So, my rule of thumb is, if it's a highly perishable type of food, like a cooked meat product, three to four days should be the maximum."
"Perhaps the single best thing you can do to extend the shelf life of your foods is to make sure your refrigerator is set at 40 F or lower." 06-06
- -06-14-06 KFC Sued for Fattening Foods (ABC News)
"The fast food chain KFC is being sued for the fat content in its fried chicken, which Center for Science in the Public Interest says contains "staggering amounts" of trans fat."
"One three-piece Extra Crispy combo meal has 15 grams of trans fat, which is more trans fat than a person should have in one week, says the CSPI." 06-06
- Fast Food and Nutrition (Think Quest)
Provides information and quizzes related to the nutritional value of fast foods. 3-00
- Fast Food and Health (MSNBC News)
Describes the decline in health of film producer, Morgan Spurlock. "He decided to make a documentary—his first feature-length film—in which he would, in an attempt to explore why Americans are so fat, eat at McDonald’s three times a day for 30 solid days."
"With regular visits to the doctor, interviews with experts on fast food and chats with regular folk on the road, the viewer gets a front-row seat as the formerly fit filmmaker eats everything on the menu, packing on the pounds, and looking—and feeling—worse in each successive frame. McDonald’s’ response? The home of the Happy Meal declined to comment in the film but has released statements saying that its menu offers an array of choices, some healthier than others."
"My body just basically falls apart over the course of this diet. I start to get tired; I start to get headaches; my liver basically starts to fill up with fat because there’s so much fat and sugar in this food. My blood sugar skyrockets, my cholesterol goes up off the charts, my blood pressure becomes completely unmanageable. The doctors were like 'You have to stop.' ”1-04
- Fast Foods
- 09-19-06 Mercury Now Polluting Our Food Chain - Pollution Is Reversable (ABC News)
"Mercury contamination is making its way into nearly every habitat in the United States, not just oceans, according to a report that the National Wildlife Federation will release Tuesday."
"[Felicia] Stadler[of the National Wildlife Federation] said she believes the key is for this country — and the whole world for that matter — to realize just how big a threat mercury pollution is to our ecosystems."
" 'We need to be as drastic at cutting mercury as we have been in cutting lead,' she said." 09-06
- Toxic Cottonseed Becomes Food (Christian Science Monitor)
"Dr. Rathore and his colleagues have figured out how to make poisonous cottonseeds fit for human consumption. The new, nontoxic seeds could give 500 million people an additional source of high-quality protein, the team estimates, if the genetically engineered plant is approved for cultivation." 11-06
- Worst Trans Fat Foods (MSNBC Health News)
"According to a report published in April by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and Wageningen University, eliminating trans fats from the U.S. food supply could prevent between 6 percent and 19 percent of heart attacks and related deaths each year."
"Saturated fats raise the bad cholesterol, or LDL, and the good, HDL, but trans fats perform the double whammy of raising bad and lowering good cholesterol. Bad cholesterol causes plaque to build up in and eventually clog arteries." 01-07
- Pet Food Recall (MenuFoods.com)
Provides a list of products for cats and dogs that are on the recall list for possibly causing kidney failure and death in animals.
- Pet Food Recall (MenuFoods.com)
Provides a list of products for cats that are on the recall list for possibly causing kidney failure and death.
- Pet Food Recall (MenuFoods.com)
Provides a list of products for dogs that are on the recall list for possibly causing kidney failure and death.
- Foods Provide Cancer Preventatives (MSNBC News)
"TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer offers these five lifestyle guidelines to help reduce your overall risk of the disease:" 04-07
- As Cars Use Ethanol, Prices for Food Will Jump (ABC News)
" 'Almost everything in our refrigerator contains corn,' says Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute. 'Whether it's milk or eggs or chicken, pork, beef, ice cream, yogurt — these are all corn products.' "
"And consider this: The price of wheat, soybeans and other crops will go up because farmers will be planting less of each."
"Brown says the nation needs a 'timeout' in building ethanol distilleries so people can consider the direction in which they are heading." 04-07
- Report: Conflicts Over Water and Food Could Intensify (Christian Science Monitor)
"For years, the debate over global warming has focused on the three big 'E's': environment, energy, and economic impact. This week it officially entered the realm of national security threats and avoiding wars as well."
"As quoted in the Associated Press, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who presided over the UN meeting in New York April 17, posed the question 'What makes wars start' The answer:"
" 'Fights over water. Changing patterns of rainfall. Fights over food production, land use. There are few greater potential threats to our economies ... but also to peace and security itself.' " 04-07
- Declining Honeybees Threaten Food Supply (MSNBC News)
"Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of the nation's honeybees could have a devastating effect on America's dinner plate, perhaps even reducing us to a glorified bread-and-water diet." 05-07
- -05-15-07 World Food Program Names Drew Barrymore Ambassador (MSNBC News)
"“I can’t think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry,” Barrymore said in a statement Wednesday. 'Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing, but it works miracles. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.' "
"Founded in 1962, WFP provides food aid to an average of 90 million poor people, including 58 million hungry children in at least 80 of the world’s poorest countries. The United States said it provides nearly half the annual contributions to the Rome-based agency, which has an annual budget of just under $3 billion." 05-07
- -07-10-07 China Executes Ex-Food and Drug Chief (USA Today)
"China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis." 07-07
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