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Welcome to EUFIC’s Journalist section,Popular interest in food and nutrition is growing rapidly, fuelled by an ever increasing volume of new research, studies and scientific papers. For journalists trying to satisfy this interest, sorting out fact from supposition has become harder and more time consuming. To assist you with this task EUFIC has created the Expert Contact Centre: an online database of European scientific experts who are at your disposal for interviews, quotes, explanations and general commentary in their areas of expertise. If you need a quick and easy insight into food safety & quality and health & nutrition the EUFIC Food and Nutrition Guide provides concise, factual and reliable information that you can freely use for your articles and reports. To support your writing with an original image, EUFIC has created an Image Bank with high-res propriety illustrations that may bring added interest to your work. |
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 | Food labelling and nutrition and health claims | Nowadays more food labels contain nutrition and health information that gives us useful knowledge about the food we buy. It can help us to understand the contribution different foods make to our health and well-being and to choose a more balanced diet.
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 | Obesity and overweight | One of the most common problems related to lifestyle today is being overweight. Severe overweight or obesity is a key risk factor in the development of many chronic diseases such as heart and respiratory diseases, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and some cancers, as well as early death.
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Expert contact centre
Access EUFIC’s database of experts to find the scientific expert who will best clarify issues and answer your questions. To register click here
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Polls and surveys
If you need to write an article on food and nutrition, but do not have the time to delve into research, EUFIC’s polls and surveys can help you. Here are the reports on the results of the polls and surveys issued on the website.
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 | Do you want to better understand the barriers for behaviour change and learn about initiatives that motivate healthier diet and lifestyle choices?
Yes? Then listen to the presentations from the Food In Action" Conference 29-30 November, 2007 “Challenging obesity through motivation and behavioural change" |
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