Recent development of widely reported incidents of dangerous levels of pesticides in food, fertilizer contamination of ground water and the occurrence of livestock diseases attributable to the production methods of large scale agriculture have stimulated the demand for organic fo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6498
The German Nutrition Society publishes a national Nutrition Report on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on a regular basis. Lastly the 12th Nutrition Report was published in December 2012. The Nutrition Report 2012 is an important instrum...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7894
Background and Aim: The Dutch national food composition database (NEVO database) is used for all food and nutrition related work in the Netherlands. The database is managed at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. Recently the updated version of NEVO onlin...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7663
Saskia De Pee, Rafael Flores-Ayala, Joris Van Hees, Maria Elena Jefferds, Laura Irizarry, Klaus Kraemer, Eva Monterrosa & Arnold Timmer·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2013
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7804
Aim: This report deals with the generation of work examples using food consumption data from the Netherlands and Sweden to facilitate the understanding of probabilistic modeling of dietary exposure to pesticides by risk managers. Imaginary field trial residue data were invented t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6899
Background: Children are known to have higher dietary exposure levels to pesticide residues than adults due to higher consumption levels per kilogram bodyweight. Also social concern exists on the effects of these residues in young children, who are growing rapidly. To assess whet...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6900
Aim: This report presents an overview of trends in dietary patterns and exposure to selected chemicals in children aged 0.5-12 years living in the Netherlands, with the aim to get insight in possible trends in exposure over the last two decades. The compounds included are acrylam...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6901
Background: Prevention of negative health effects due to pesticide residues and contaminants in food is an important world-wide issue. It has been recognized that especially children may be a potentially vulnerable subgroup in this respect due to their higher consumption levels p...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7653
Stéphane Vidry, Jeljer Hoekstra, Andy Hart, Bernhard Watzl, Hans Verhagen, Katrin Schütte, Alan Boobis & Alessandro Chiodini·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2013
BRAFO, Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods, was a European Commission project funded within Framework Six as a Specific Support Action and coordinated by ILSI Europe. BRAFO developed a tiered methodology for assessing the benefits and risks of foods and food components, utilising a q...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2013/7007
Aims: Resistant starch (RS), kinetics of starch digestion, predicted glycemic index (pGI) and nutritional composition were determined in two improved rice varieties from Cameroun. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2013/5096