Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive

'Nigeria: High Food Prices - Silent Tsunami of Ill Health in the Making (AllAfrica.com)

The prevailing high food prices are having radically different effects across the length and breadth of the country.

'Got Milk? Campaign Will Recognize and Reward Moms for Their Role as the Family's Chief Health Officer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Mothers have always had a lot on their plates -- from carpool queen to coach, counselor to chef. It's all been part of a day's work. However, with the growing concerns over childhood obesity and inadequate nutrition, many moms have taken on yet another important role -- that of Chief Health Officer for the family.

'WIC program updates approved food list (St. Charles Journal)

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' Bureau of Women's, Infants and Children (WIC) and Nutrition Services announced changes to the WIC Approved Food List.

'AFGHANISTAN: New survey to measure food-price hunger (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN The Health Ministry, with UN support, plans to conduct a rapid nutrition needs assessment in vulnerable provinces affected by high food prices. This will be used as a baseline for future nutrition interventions.

'Nutrition message still not reaching Americans, FDA survey (Nutraingredients.com)

The results reveal there is still room for food manufacturers to leverage consumers' good intentions and desire to be healthy, with easy-to-understand healthy food offerings.

'Health Highlights: May 6, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

'Makeover Of Shopping Habits Can Offset Rising Food Costs (CattleNetwork.com)

COLUMBIA , Mo. -A makeover of your shopping habits could offset rising food costs, said a University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health education specialist.

'Waikato DHB Improves Student Nutrition (Scoop.co.nz)

Six schools in Waikato District Health Board's region have received a financial helping hand for their planned project or initiative that will improve the nutrition of their students.

'Schools will fail grade on healthy food guidelines (Scoop.co.nz)

Many schools will get a fail grade under the new Food and Nutrition for Healthy Confident Kids guidelines that come into effect on 1 June, according to the Green Party's latest school food survey.

'Nutrition Quiz | Fruit (Miami Herald)

Most of us know that eating fruit is a good boost for your health, but does that mean you should just plop an apple into your lunch sack every day and call it nutrition accomplished? Here's a quiz to find out if you are making the best choices when it comes to fruit.