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Feelings of inferiority and over-eating linked for first time
People who feel socially inferior eat more, a Hong Kong-Singapore study has found, suggesting that feeling poor is enough to trigger over-eating.
Archives for January 16, 2017
Probiotics and Alzheimer’s: Personalised nutrition tipped to become crucial area of treatment research
Modulation of gut microbiota through personalised diet or probiotic intervention will increasingly become a key focus for treating brain disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, Chinese academics have concluded in a new review.
Kashmiri taste for lamb and goat prompts robust meat trade in India
The predominantly meat-eating communities in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has become a significant market for Indian meat and livestock producers from outside the region.
New Australian lamb promotional campaign launched
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched its new lamb marketing campaign.
El Niño disruption causes palm kernel prices to double
Palm kernel oil prices have almost doubled in the last year to their highest levels in over five years due to the impact of the El Niño weather phenomenon in the Pacific ocean, which slashed availability throughout the 2015-16 season.
Australia invests $5.3m in R&D projects on Shiraz terroir
Wine Australia has today announced a six year, $5.3m AUD ($4m USD) R&D investment that will look at Australia’s unique terroirs and how they influence wine style and quality.
New Zealand
Study lifts lid on how much alcohol branding kids see on sports TV
Kiwi viewers can be exposed to four alcoholic drinks brands every minute as they watch sport on the television, leading some children to assume that drinking alcohol was “part of being a good New Zealander”.