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Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationNutrition / Diet
The NFU has today called for the Government and the cattle and sheep industry in Great Britain to stand together and suspend imports of cattle and sheep from areas where Bluetongue is known to be circulating in light of news that BTv1 has been detected in a batch of cattle imported from France.
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Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationNutrition / Diet
Globally every year, obese people waste billions of pounds on food products that ‘imply’ that they aid weight loss, but are totally ineffective, says a nutritional expert on bmj.com today.
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Nov 25th 2008Drug InformationNutrition / Diet
With childhood obesity increasing, school administrators and public health officials are reducing availability of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in schools. In a study published in the November/December 2008 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers found that reduction or elimination of SSB from school menus has little effect on total consumption by adolescents.
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