Food Chemistry

As per available reports about 100 journals, 162 Conferences, 30 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to Food Chemistry and about 366282 articles are being published on the current trends in Food Chemistry. In terms of research annually, USA, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to Food Chemistry are being carried out. As reported in “Nutrient Intake and Anthropometric Profile of Healthy Adult Men and Women Couples from Selected Households in West Sea Coast Belt of South Karnataka-A Comparative Study” article, Health is a relative expression of metabolic efficiency, and is a valued state of existence in individuals especially during adulthood. Food intake is directly associated with the health and wellbeing of a person. Background: Co existence of under nutrition and obesity is a matter of major concern. Objective: It was proposed to develop data base about the mean nutrient intake, its difference among genders, and anthropometric profile of adult population and association between BMI and WHR. Methodology: Demographic data, nutrient intake (diary technique), energy expenditure (WHO method) and anthropometric measurements (height, weight, MUAC, waist and hip circumferences) were obtained using standard procedures. 70 couples aged 45-54 yrs who were free from degenerative disease from different socioeconomic classes (SEC) of Karkala and Moodbidri Taluks formed the subjects. Results: All the participant were educated, regarding occupation, 41% men had business and 58% women were homemakers others had varied kind of jobs. 51% couples were non vegetarians. Mean nutrient (Energy) intakes of male and females partners respectively are: 1916.0 ± 368.470 and 1745.0 ± 560.764 kcals; 50.3 ± 8.170 and 51.27 ± 24.569 g protein, 32.4 ± 5.997 and 56.91 ± 20.946 g fat; Compared to RDA, intake of all nutrients except fat and calcium was markedly low. Both men and women had normal BMI however WHR was higher indicating central obesity (1.08 ± 0.14 and 1.08 ± 0.13); MUAC was 29.05 ± 6.29 and 24.74 ± 9.28 cms for males and females respectively. Conclusion: Central obesity was observed among both the adult group although they had normal BMI.

Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences is a scientific journal which covers high quality of manuscripts which are both relevant and applicable to the broad field of applied life sciences. Journal renders novel, clear connection to nutritional requirements by the perceived palatability of foods and their applications in highly interdisciplinary applied sciences. Journal aims to reflect contemporary thinking so that professionals can keep pace with the developments in the field of nutrition and food sciences. The journal includes a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review process for the submitted manuscripts for the quality of publishing.

OMICS International – a pioneer in organizing international conferences. Following the success path laid by Nutritional Science-2012 and Nutritional Science-2013 International conferences, OMICS International is proudly announcing the grand commencement of 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Nutrition & Food Sciences (Nutritional Science-2014) at Valencia, Spain from September 23-25, 2014. The conference will be highlighting the theme “Importance of nutrition in daily life and advancing towards better and healthier future”. Nutritional Science-2014 stress on key topics of nutrition & food sciences which are not limited to Carbohydrate and protein nutrition, Nutritional disorders like childhood obesity, diabetes, Malnutrition- associated physical and mental disorders, Dietary assessment studies and guidelines, Public health and community nutrition, Organic nutrition, Nutrigenetics & nutrigenomics, Genetically modified foods, Advancements in food technology, quality control and safety.