Tag Archives: Consumer Health

Research and Markets: Sports Nutrition – The Evolution of Fitness and Consumers

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/87a44b/sports_nutrition) has announced the addition of the “Sports Nutrition – The Evolution of Fitness and Consumers” report to their offering. Sports nutrition has remained a niche category in consumer health for decades. Current public health programmes to fight obesity and a … Continue reading

How to Help Your Overweight Child at Home and School

The week of August 10 is Healthy Back to School Week at DietsInReview.com. Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RD is director of wellness for the International Food Information Council (IFIC). Her work includes conducting consumer and health professional research, developing communication workshops for opinion leaders, speaking at conferences and workshops, and communicating with journalists and the media. Wendy is a certified fitness instructor and has also had a private practice specializi Continue reading

The Food Industry Agrees – Food Labels are Misleading

August 6th, 2009Leave a commentGo to comments IFIC, The International Food Information Council, is a trade group representing the interests of food, beverage, and agricultural industries mostly in the US. Recently IFIC published a report entitled “2009 Food & Health Survey – Consumer Attitudes toward Food, Nutrition & Health”. The consumer survey was conducted earlier this year and a summary presentation may be downloaded here [PDF].There are many interesting statistics, but we’d like to first Continue reading

NAMILCO using ISO accolade to forge ahead in markets

Buoyed by its new international standards accolade the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) is seeking to further enhance its reputation as a local manufacturer by focussing both on the qualitative enhancement of its products to address consumer health considerations as well as on the increase of its growing regional market share. NAMLICO products Meanwhile, the promise of a new and potentially significant market in neighbouring Brazil beckons, according to the company’s General Manager B Continue reading

Health Food Supplements – Consumer Guide

Health food supplements are one of the hottest selling products in the market these days. Their total consumption values billions of dollars in the U.S. alone. Recent surveys show that more than half of the adults in the U.S. consume health food supplements in different forms, such as tablets, capsules, powders, soft gels, gel caps and liquids. The increased consumption of health food supplements can be attributed to public awareness of health issues and improved standard of living in our soci Continue reading

Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty…Get Informed Now!

Synergy needs to exist between your consumer choices, your health and the health of our environment. Be inspired to make healthier, more informed consumer choices. Find FDA recalls, green companies, organics, Yoga, natural weight-loss, toxins. Green news you need to know! Our future depends on our knowledge and actions, what choices do you make? Continue reading

Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival August 20, 2008

A variety of articles on family health, alternative medicine, consumer driven health care, dental care, and diet and fitness in this August edition. Continue reading