Food, Nutrition & Science: A special issue on obesity

In a special issue, Food, Nutrition & Science this month addresses this topic covering teaching school age children to eat and exercise better, how food insecurity relates to obesity, what we can learn from traditional diets, and how obesity is a sustainability issue as well.

In 2012, we have witnessed food manufacturers, retailers, nutritionists, chefs, schools, government, scientists and parents all desperately searching for answers to our nation's obesity epidemic. But what have we learned this year, and what direction are we headed in facing this health challenge? In a special issue, Food, Nutrition & Science this month addresses this topic covering teaching school age children to eat and exercise better, how food insecurity relates to obesity, what we can learn from traditional diets, and how obesity is a sustainability issue as well. 

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