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A new weapon in the fight against fat is under way: a mobile application that makes the calorie count based on picture of the food on their plate. Although there are applications for this purpose, these programs require users to enter the type of food and caloric information. Since the software developed by NTT Communications, Japan, evaluates the [...]

No matter how big a pro we are the nutritional health charts, but we always face difficulty in calculating the nutritional value of the morsel we ingest and not to mention the cost of the frequent visits to the nutrition experts, which helps us to get there! Now, you won’t need any expert’s advice or your granny’s suggestion, you can calculate [...]

Food labels are essentially wrong. The calorie counting system on food labels around the world goes as far back as the late 19th century. It espouses the calculation of the ‘energy content of various foods by burning small samples in controlled conditions and measuring the amount of energy released in the form of heat.’ Based on this system, carbohydrates [...]

Well to sell fruit juices it is enough to promote good healthy eating habits. And that’s what Tropicana is banking on in its new campaign on the eve of National Fruit and Vegetable Month being held in June. The main call of the campaign is “Get your fruit on!” – meaning add Tropicana juice to the daily healthy intake. The online campaign includes [...]

There are indicators of socioeconomic well-being, and all these are materially measured. They may all contribute positively to a person’s comfort, convenience, mobility, freedom, and further opportunity in life. On the other hand, these material manifestations are not distributed equally in society. That is why if these provide advantage to one person [...]