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Food and nutrition and processed products

The different facets of our diet reflect the varied characteristics of this essential activity. Interactions between need, pleasure, culture, tradition, sharing, etc., are particularly complex. Like M Lire la suite

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cover page Cereals play a major role in the total nutritional balance

The most important change that has occurred in our eating habits during the transition from a traditional diet to our contemporary Western diet has been an inversion of energy sources. Based initiall Lire la suite

 

Food safety Food safety

"We expect from foods that they will provide health, well-being and pleasure. And today, we feel that an absence of any chemical or microbiological risks will be ensured. However, several recent crise Lire la suite

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Food and taste Food and taste

"Taste, and more broadly all organoleptic aspects of food, play an essential role in our diet. Without taste, we would not be capable of choosing the food we need to cover our dietary requirements. Lire la suite

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Food and health Food and health

"The prolongation of life expectancy in developed countries has been accelerating during recent decades. Advances in hygiene (particularly food-related) and defences against infectious diseases (vacci Lire la suite

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Food and nutrition Food and nutrition

"The field of human food and nutrition has evolved considerably in developed countries during recent decades: the explosion of agricultural and agri-food yields and their economic consequences, an abu Lire la suite

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Written by :  Communications Department
Label for the news :  Topic
Date for the news :  2011.03.08
Date of creation : 11/09/2009
Date of last update : 11/09/2009

 

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