Kara Davis Cosby, [email protected]
Amelia Steiner, [email protected]
Alison Esser, [email protected]
202/296-6540
The March/April issue of "Food Insight," the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation's newsletter on food safety and nutrition, includes the following articles:
1. "New Guidelines Recognize Context As Key to Public Understanding" Despite an abundance of food and health information, better public understanding has not always resulted, and many consumers remain confused. New guidelines published recently in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute" and reported in "The Journal of the American Medical Association" seek to show how food-related science can be effectively communicated in ways that enable public understanding while recognizing and meeting the objectives and needs of the communicators.
2. "It's A Small World After All - Dietary Guidelines Around the World" Americans are not the only ones who hear messages about healthy eating - many countries develop and promote dietary guidelines for their populace. Food Insight takes a look at some of the nutrition messages people around the world are hearing.
3. "Charting A Course to Understanding Food Irradiation" Foodborne illness has become a public health concern in the United States. Currently, irradiation is one of the many technologies available to provide an added measure of food safety.
Also included are "Newsbites" on caffeine and fertility, childhood obesity and declining cancer rates.
"Food Insight" is a free, bimonthly newsletter produced primarily for health professionals, educators and media. It is published by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation. IFIC Foundation materials and Food Insight are available on-line at http://ificinfo.health.org or by contacting the IFIC Foundation at 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 430, Washington, DC, 20036.
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