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Processed foods blamed for excessive salt in New Zealand diets

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Processed foods are largely to blame for nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of adult New Zealanders consuming more sodium than current nutrition guidelines recommend, according to researchers from The University...

Subway introduces kilojoule count to its menus

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Subway has announced that, from today, its Australian stores will display the kilojoule content of food products on their menu boards. Subway is the latest of several major quick service food chains in...

Energy content details now on the menu at Domino’s

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Australia’s largest pizza company Domino’s Pizza announced today that it will display kilojoules content details on all its menus nationally. In a statement released today, CEO Don Meij said that the...

Junk food diet can lead to infertility in males, study finds

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Scientists from America and Spain have announced that a diet of junk food can lead to infertility in healthy males. A series of studies were conducted by scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health,...

Almost half of Australians failing to eat their five-a-day vegetables

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Almost half of Australian adults are failing to meet the recommended daily intake of vegetables due to ‘lack of convenience’, according to a survey by kitchenware brand Tefal. According to Tefal, the...

Australian research finds dietary or cooking habits affect drug dosage tolerance

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A University of Sydney PhD student has discovered that a patient’s diet and cookery styles impacts on the required doses of medicines commonly used to treat illnesses such as depression and psychosis. Vidya...

Potatoes and other high-GI foods may not be dietary villains after all, NZ study

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Potatoes and other foods reportedly high on the Glycemic Index (GI) might not be the dietary villains that many dieticians claim them to be, according to a new study by the University of Otago, in New...

A healthy diet during pregnancy reduces birth defect risks

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A new study from Stanford University’s School of Medicine, in the US, has found perinatal and pregnant women who consume a healthy diet stand a lesser risk of having a baby with birth defects. In the...

AFGC disputes CHOICE’s criticism of “low-fat” claim

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The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has reacted to consumer advocacy group CHOICE’s criticisms of “low-fat” claims on foods. AFGC Chief Executive Kate Carnell said, “If misleading claims...

Aussie food nutrition calculator gets a makeover

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The Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, today launched the new version of a popular Nutrition Panel Calculator (NPC) used by industry to provide important nutrition information...