Researchers gain new insights into ancient Pacific settlers’ diet
Researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago studying 3000-year-old skeletons from the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific Islands are casting new light on the diet and lives of the enigmatic Lapita people, the likely ancestors of Polynesians.
March 7, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, enigmatic, from-the-oldest, known-cemetery, lapita, new-light, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oldest, otago, pacific, the-oldest
Asia Pacific Region Hit By Creeping Epidemic Of Obesity
Over eating, sedentary lifestyles, cultural attitudes, and lack of prevention programmes are to blame for the rising epidemic of obesity in the Asia Pacific region.
February 21, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: china, cultural-attitudes, diet, healthy-weight, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pacific, rising, sedentary-lifestyles, the-rising
Radioactive Tuna Migrated Into Californian Waters From Japan
Pacific bluefin tuna which have migrated from Japan to California have been found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima nuclear accident, researchers from Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific have reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…
May 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, from-the-fukushima, fukushima, hopkins, japan, national, national-academy, pacific, sciences, station
Salmonella Tainted Cilantro – Over 6,000 Cartons Recalled, USA
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) informs that 6,141 cartons of Cilantro are being recalled after some samples tested positive for Salmonella at distributor level. Pacific International Marketing has issued the recall and the FDA says they and Pacific are liaising closely. Pacific says the potentially contaminated cartons come in 60, 30 bunches and 20-3 bunched sleeves…
December 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 141-cartons, 20-3-bunched, cartons-come, cilantro, diet, international, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, pacific, potentially, salmonella, some-samples, tested-positive
Grant To Prevent Young Childhood Obesity
The Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region (CHIL) recently received $23.7 in funding from the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…
January 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, children, healthy-living, minority, minority-populations, nifa, on call diets, pacific, program, usda