Global Food Crises

Monitoring and assessing impact to inform policy responses.
by Todd Benson, Nicholas Minot, John Pender, Miguel Robles, Joachim von Braun

Describes the data and methods that national and international decisionmakers need to understand the effects of a global food crisis on a country and to alleviate risks and exploit opportunities. Outlines the design and implementation of an open Internet-based portal for sharing reliable, appropriate information and decision-support tools for national policymakers so they can respond quickly to changes in world food markets in an informed manner.
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/fpr/pr19.asp

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Nutrition Information and Consumer Knowledge

The European Food Information Council is holding a (free) webinar on 24 September from 10-12.30 Greenwich Meantime (11- 1.30 on British SummerTime) on consumer knowledge of nutrition information and how they use it:

For those interested in the carbon labelling isue it might be worth listenining in to see if there are any insights that might be relevant . You can find out more and register to attend at: http://www.focusbiz.co.uk/live/eufic/register/


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Stores and weight loss

A study found that the presence of big retail stores such as Wal-Mart may promote weight loss among local residents.
"Big boxes and smaller waistlines? Wal-Mart, warehouse clubs, and obesity"
Social Science Research Network 2008; published 4 Sep 2008
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1263316

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Healthy Vending Machines?

In the Netherlands, a group of researchers changed the content of vending machines at school. They changed the calory-dense products for less calory-dense products. The research team found that school-aged children started consuming more healthy products. The introduction of labels did not have a significant effect. If you understand Dutch, you can read it in detail here: http://www.automatischgezonder.nl


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European Nutrition Leadership Programme

The European Nutrition Leadership Programme (ENLP) is a programme which aims to assist the development of future leaders in the field of human nutrition in Europe. During a 1-week course, held annually since 1994, emphasis is placed on understanding the qualities and skills of leadership, team building, communication and the role of nutrition and science in society. This is achieved through a varied and highly interactive programme, which includes role-playing, presentations, discussion groups and talks by leading European nutritionists.

Leadership, team-building and communication are the cornerstones of the ENLP course and training young nutritionists in these fields has generated an active network, which can help to create European approaches in nutrition and health and food safety.

The 30 participants at the programme are selected each year from final year PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, the food industry or government (age 35 or younger) and are all interested and active in food, nutrition and health at large, mainly from Europe. The selection process is undertaken by an international committee based on the individual's application to the ENLP.

If you want to apply visit ENLP How to apply: http://www.enlp.eu.com/en/basic324.html

You should apply before the end of November.

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Vacancy in the Food Standards Agency

The Food Standards Agency is looking for a senior nutrition officer to work in central London.

More information available here

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New Calls EU 7FP

The new calls of the EU 7 FP Food (call: FP7-KBBE-2009-3). are published. You can find more information on the following website:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=143


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