Do we have the wrong idea about the global obesity ‘epidemic?’

To date, experts have seen urbanization trends as a key driver of the global obesity ‘epidemic,’ but a major new study now challenges that assumption.

Beef vs. bugs: Which is most nutritious?

As the global population skyrockets and the need to provide more food grows, insects may be the solution. But can they provide the same nutrition as meat?

Duke obesity experts in special issue on food and health

Two Duke Global Health Institute faculty members have articles in the November issue of Health Affairs, which is devoted entirely to the subject of food and health, marking the first time the…

Toward a safe antiobesity drug that could block fat absorption

To help address the global obesity epidemic, scientists are developing a new class of compounds called “micelle sequestrant polymers,” or MSPs, that could prevent fat particles from getting absorbed…

Two billion people suffering from hidden hunger according to 2014 Global Hunger Index, even as levels of hunger in many developing countries decrease

A staggering 2 billion people get so little essential vitamins and minerals from the foods they eat that they remain undernourished, according to the 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) being released…

New Super-Nutritious Puffed Rice For Breakfast Cereals, Snacks: American Chemical Society Podcast

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports a new process for blowing up grains of rice to produce a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrients…

High Fructose Corn Syrup Fuelling Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic

A new study suggests countries that use large amounts of high fructose corn syrup in their food may be helping to fuel the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes…

Eat Healthy To Reduce The Risk Of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)

The first WHO Global status report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) launched on 27th April, confirms that NCDs are the leading killer today, with 36.1 million people dying from heart disease, strokes, chronic lung diseases, cancers and diabetes in 2008. In other words, NCDs killed 63% of people who died worldwide in 2008…

Global Field Expeditions Aim To Help Farmers Adapt To Climate Change By Securing Valuable Genetic Traits Of Key Food Crops

The Global Crop Diversity Trust has announced a major global search to systematically find, gather, catalogue, use, and save the wild relatives of wheat, rice, beans, potato, barley, lentils, chickpea, and other essential food crops, in order to help protect global food supplies against the imminent threat of climate change, and strengthen future food security…

Experts Call For Global Agriculture Reform To Ensure Food Security As Two Rice Conferences Open

Experts attending the International Rice Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday called for imminent action to change inefficient farming methods and expand the global rice supply “in order to prevent rising poverty and hunger,” Agence France-Presse reports (11/9). The meeting is running parallel to another conference also dealing with rice this week…

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