Nutrition TodayPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000672
John M. Kearney
{"title":"What Is EFSA and Why Is it Important?","authors":"John M. Kearney","doi":"10.1097/nt.0000000000000672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000672","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of food safety is to protect consumers of food products from food-related illnesses. Within countries, ensuring the safety of the food supply comes under the auspices of national food safety agencies. In the European Union, the agency charged with the safety evaluation of food products is the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Its equivalent in the United States is the Food and Drug Administration. What EFSA is and its role in risk analysis of food chemicals is the subject of this article. It also looks how EFSA as a scientific organization operates and comes to an opinion on the safety of a food chemical. This article also examines the interaction of EFSA with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. In addition, some examples of where these institutions differ in how they evaluate and regulate food products are highlighted, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and the sharing of expertise between EFSA and the Food and Drug Administration to ensure consumer trust in the foods they consume.","PeriodicalId":19386,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Today","volume":"27 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140404012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition TodayPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000675
Eva Weston, Esther Myers
{"title":"Non–Immunoglobulin E–Mediated Food Allergies","authors":"Eva Weston, Esther Myers","doi":"10.1097/nt.0000000000000675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000675","url":null,"abstract":"In food allergy, there is an unfortunate misconception that all allergies are equally dangerous. This third article on food allergies focuses on non–immunoglobulin E–mediated food allergy, which classically presents in infancy or early childhood and predominantly involves the gastrointestinal tract. Most non–immunoglobulin E–mediated food allergies have a good prognosis, with the majority outgrown in childhood, although a minority of cases do persist into adulthood.","PeriodicalId":19386,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Today","volume":"61 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140404338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition TodayPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000678
Lynsey M. Ricci, Libby MacQuillan, Arlene Grant-Holcomb
{"title":"The Prevalence and Perception of Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders Among Dietetic Students, Interns, and Graduates at a University","authors":"Lynsey M. Ricci, Libby MacQuillan, Arlene Grant-Holcomb","doi":"10.1097/nt.0000000000000678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000678","url":null,"abstract":"Disordered eating (DE) and eating disorders (EDs) are behaviors indicative of unhealthy relationships between food and body image. They may require mental health interventions and have implications for dietetic practice when they occur in dietetic professionals. This was a cross-sectional study about them delivered over the internet to students, interns, and graduates of nutrition and dietetics at a university. About half (53%) of respondents indicated having a personal experience with DE or an ED. The results of this study may be useful for educators in designing higher education that supports future nutrition professionals in the achievement of healthy relationships with food and body image.","PeriodicalId":19386,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Today","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140406662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition TodayPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000669
Adam Drewnowski
{"title":"Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels","authors":"Adam Drewnowski","doi":"10.1097/nt.0000000000000669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000669","url":null,"abstract":"Front-of-pack nutrition labels that reflect and convey a food's nutritional value have a dual purpose. The first one is to promote consumer demand for more nutrient-rich foods. The second one is to motivate manufacturers to improve the quality of product portfolios by removing excess calories, fat, sugar, and salt. Whether front-of-pack nutrition labels can help shape food supply or food demand is a complex question that needs to be evaluated more closely.","PeriodicalId":19386,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Today","volume":"33 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139637120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition TodayPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000662
Juan A. Velasquez, Jacob M. Thompson, Emily M. Hicks, Analí Morales-Juárez, Ivan D. Mendoza, D A Savaiano
{"title":"The Healthy Label","authors":"Juan A. Velasquez, Jacob M. Thompson, Emily M. Hicks, Analí Morales-Juárez, Ivan D. Mendoza, D A Savaiano","doi":"10.1097/nt.0000000000000662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000662","url":null,"abstract":"The US Food and Drug Administration is considering an update of a front-of-pack voluntary “healthy” designation that received little use or attention by the food industry. Effective communication to consumers is crucial in promoting healthy diet and lifestyle patterns. In the current food landscape, it is difficult for consumers to determine what foods are healthy. Furthermore, the healthy definition should fit the current science based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. We present an argument for required front-of-pack labeling, rooted squarely in the Dietary Guidelines.","PeriodicalId":19386,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Today","volume":"42 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139634769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}