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Your guide to food safety & quality and health & nutrition for a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

RICHFIELDS: Exploring big data for understanding consumer food habits & health Recommendations from WHO’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity One quarter of European food carries health claims One hour extra sleep may decrease type 2 diabetes risk Over 400k deaths worldwide each year caused by preventable foodborne illness, WHO estimates Researchers develop new variety of soybean lacking the proteins that cause allergic reactions Researchers identify key personalised-nutrition business models and factors to attract and keep consumers Understanding and concern for sustainability don't translate into action on food choices Practical classes more effective than theory classes in teaching food safety risks to children Assessment of the risk to humans posed by exposure to low levels of chemicals

Infographic: Food Allergens

How can you Identify Food Allergens? Check labels!

Learn more about Food Allergies!

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Infographic: Acrylamide

Is there anything you can do to avoid acrylamide formation? Yes, avoid browning when cooking!

Learn more about Acrylamide and what are the common sources!

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Infographic: Dietary Fats

All fats are bad? Wrong!

They are an important part of a healthy diet! Learn about the different types and how they affect our health, plus more!

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Life with a Food Allergy

This video explains the basics of food allergies and allergen labelling. It provides tips to help you stay safe and enjoy a healthy life!

Also available in Spanish!

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Food Today articles

Mindless to mindful eating

EU project NU-AGE: New guidelines for a healthier aging in Europe

EU project RICHFIELDS: A data platform to learn more about consumers’ dietary choices

International PROTEIN2FOOD project pioneers crops for future generations

Genetically Modified Food – What do you need to know?

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CLYMBOL Conference: Consumers and Health Claims

The pan-European project CLYMBOL (“Role of health-related claims and symbols in consumer behaviour”) will present its final results on 15 June 2016, at a public stakeholder conference in Brussels. This includes a workshop on implications and policy recommendations. Seats are limited!

Energy Balance Explained - Other language versions also available!

This video explains the science behind energy balance and how it affects you. It provides practical tips – small steps that you can incorporate in your lifestyle to reach a healthy balance!

Available in 6 more languages: Español, Français, Italiano, Deutsch, Türk & Polski!

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Different language editions of EUFIC’s popular booklet “10 healthy lifestyle tips for kids” educational quiz!

Kids can answer questions about their diet and lifestyle, and learn healthy tips at the same time. Following these ten tips will help them stay fit and healthy. It’s as easy as riding a bike, once you’ve got the balance right!

We welcome you to download freely or order the booklet and share it with your friends and family (available in 12 languages!).

EUFIC Fact File

Children / kids / adolescents

Food Today

Background Information

Podcasts

MyNewGut podcast 2: Dr Joan Vermeiren 29/04/2016

MyNewGut: Gut microbiome influences on diet-related disease and behaviour 25/02/2016

EuroDISH: Europe needs a better infrastructure for food and health research 08/07/2015

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FENS 2015 Webinars

The 12th European Nutrition Conference FENS 2015 that took place on the 20th – 23rd October 2015 in Berlin, Germany, communicated up-to-date science to help Europeans develop a healthy lifestyle.

EUFIC was present, and chaired a Symposium on understanding behaviour change, covering the theory, practice and implementation of behaviour change science.

As promised, the webinars from the symposium are now available online, and we welcome you to listen and share.

EUFIC Online

Receive regular FREE online updates on food safety & quality, healthy eating and lifestyle. Available in all our 11 languages, select yours on the top right of the subscription page.

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Attention all parents and teachers!

Take your kids on a journey through time and space to the Cool Food Planet – a world full of exciting missions and educational fun and games!

www.coolfoodplanet.org

Highlights from the 22nd European Congress on Obesity 2015

The 22nd European Congress on Obesity (ECO), hosted by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in May 2015.

Obesity remains a major public health priority in Europe, with prevalence continually increasing, as was highlighted in a presentation by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Their obesity forecast exercise indicated that unless immediate action was taken, the proportion of overweight or obese adults in Europe would rise by 2030.

ECO raises awareness of the issue, and provides a platform to promote, inform and engage in the latest scientific developments in the field. The varied programme drew over 1,200 participants from 73 countries worldwide, and featured a range of obesity-related topics. EUFIC interviewed seven of the speakers at the conference, who summarised their research findings.

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