.../l and 19.59±3.07 μg/l, respectively. Originality/value – The endemic area has been surveyed by the author – the data generated and analyzed – the findings of which are independently arrived. The study is helpful for students, academicians, independent researchers, and the government...

...Heather Hartwell; Edwin van Teijlingen; Jonathon Parker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review one aspect, impact of the forthcoming assessment of research in UK universities, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and to examine its meaning and potential for enhanced partnerships between...

...Paula Hunt; Jenny Poulter; Maureen Strong The British Meat Nutrition Education Service has updated its food guide “Getting the balance right” (GBR). Qualitative research to explore the use, perceived suitability and effectiveness of the new GBR posters and supporting booklet suggests it has been...

... composition (Brady et al., 2000). Assessment and modification of dietary composition could therefore greatly contribute to alleviation of colon cancer incidence. Health Diet Research Food Illness © MCB UP Limited 2003 Experimental data strongly indicate the benefits of non...

... purposes (Perry, 1980). There were some researches showing that roselle could decrease blood pressure (Faraji and Haji Tarkhani, 1999; Onyenekwe et al., 1999; Ali et al., 1991). Adegunloye (1996) suggested that the antihypertensive effect of the extracts of roselle calyx could be mediated...

...Luís Cláudio Benevenuto; Luciléia Granhen Tavares Colares; Maria das Graças Tavares do Carmo The purpose of this research was to verify the changes in the body weight of breastfeeding women, using the anthropometric and the bioelectrical impedance (BIA) methods. The sample was formed by 30 women...

... speed. The filtered extraction was used for analysis. Total anthocyanins were expressed as g delphinidin‐3‐glucoside/100g calyxes. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Food Nutrition Research The diameter and the length of the fruit were measured using vernier caliper (Mitutoyo, USA...

... 1997 Diet Health Nutrition Research Because of its wide diversity of functions, it has proved difficult to devise specific functional tests of vitamin C status; available status assays therefore rely on the measurement of its concentration: in blood serum or plasma, in white cells...

... to move analysis forward. © Government agency 1997 Diet Health Measurement Nutrition Research The nature of many of today’s nutrition and health problems require collaboration between experts in several different disciplines. Nutritionists, clinicians, biochemists, biologists...

..., researchers concluded that β‐carotene supplementation had no preventive effect at all. One trial indicated possible harm[ 7 ]. The exception to these studies relates to cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx where there is evidence that β‐carotene plays a protective role[ 8...

... and bone health in the elderly will further assist with the setting of dietary reference values for the future. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Diet Health Nutrition Research Vitamin K, as phylloquinone (K_{1), occurs in the photosynthetic tissues of plants and as the family of menaquinones}...

... and a thorough nutritional analyses. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Age groups Diet Health Nutrition Research The UK population over 65 is scheduled to rise from 9.1 million in 1997 to 14.3 million in 2031. Hip fractures and other osteoporotic fractures such as those of the spine, pelvis...

... in cardiac cytochrome C oxidase, but not in laminin and fibronectin, are observed within three weeks of copper restriction in rats: implications for cardiac hypertrophy ”, Nutrition Research , Vol. 17 , pp. 493 ‐ 504 . Johnson , M.A. , Fischer , J.G. and Kays , S.E. (1992...

...Margaret Ashwell Briefly outlines the main objectives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) research programme on optimal nutrition status. Summarizes the project portfolio and lists recent, current and future research topics in the programme. Also looks at future plans...

...Alan Bent; David Thacker; Michael Whieldon Focuses on research and teaching in the field of bakery technology, including aspects involving food nutrition. Main research activities involve the transfer of research findings and associated technology to small and medium sized enterprises under...

... and fishing activity of the English and Welsh fleets, and length and age compositions of the more important commercial species are sampled from landings and, where possible, from fish that are discarded at sea. Supporting biological data are collected on surveys conducted by research vessels or chartered...

...Martin Chaplin; Tom Coultate Focuses on teaching and research in the field of food science and technology at South Bank University, featuring the content of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as the areas of food science research. Food science and its related disciplines...

...Christine Williams; Ann Walker Reports the award, to the University of Reading, of an endowment in accordance with the wishes of the late Dr Hugh Sinclair for a unit devoted to the research and teaching of human nutrition. Outlines the work currently taking place within the unit and its plans...

...Anne de Looy; Pamela Turner A New Centre for Food Research was created in September 1993 at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh. Its main purpose is to promote research into food choice, particularly factors influencing choice such as sensory, socio‐cultural and nutritional aspects. Research...

... insignificant amounts of TFAs. Diet Diseases Food Food industry Health Research Bacteria in the intestinal tract of ruminant animals hydrogenate dietary unsaturated fatty acids and form (small amounts of) TFAs by a process called biohydrogenation. The TFAs thus formed will then appear...