1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457428303321

Titolo

Front-of-package nutrition rating systems and symbols [[electronic resource] ] : promoting healthier choices / / Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols (Phase II), Food and Nutrition Board ; Ellen A. Wartella ... [et al.], editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-12322-2

9786613527080

0-309-21824-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WartellaEllen

Disciplina

613.2

Soggetti

Nutrition

Food - Labeling

Food - Packing

Health promotion - Methodology

Obesity - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The food package environment -- The regulatory environment -- Consumers' use of nutrition information and product choices -- Consumer use and understanding of front-of-package labeling systems -- Effects of food package information on consumer preferences, choices, and processing -- A model front-of-package symbol system including criteria for evaluating nutrients -- Promotion, evaluation, and monitoring for front-of-package symbol systems -- Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

"During the past decade, tremendous growth has occurred in the use of nutrition symbols and rating systems designed to summarize key nutritional aspects and characteristics of food products. These symbols and the systems that underlie them have become known as front-of-package (FOP) nutrition rating systems and symbols, even though the



symbols themselves can be found anywhere on the front of a food package or on a retail shelf tag. Though not regulated and inconsistent in format, content, and criteria, FOP systems and symbols have the potential to provide useful guidance to consumers as well as maximize effectiveness. As a result, Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake a study with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine and provide recommendations regarding FOP nutrition rating systems and symbols. The study was completed in two phases. Phase I focused primarily on the nutrition criteria underlying FOP systems. Phase II builds on the results of Phase I while focusing on aspects related to consumer understanding and behavior related to the development of a standardized FOP system. Front-of-package nutrition rating systems and symbols focuses on Phase II of the study. The report addresses the potential benefits of a single, standardized front-label food guidance system regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, assesses which icons are most effective with consumer audiences, and considers the systems/icons that best promote health and how to maximize their use"--Publisher's description.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144011503321

Titolo

Growth factors as drugs for neurological and sensory disorders [[electronic resource] /] / [editors, Gregory R. Bock (organizer) and Jamie A. Goode]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1996

ISBN

1-282-12246-0

9786612122460

0-470-51486-8

0-470-51487-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 196

Altri autori (Persone)

BockGregory

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

599.08265

616.8/0461

Soggetti

Nervous system - Degeneration - Chemotherapy

Nerve growth factor - Therapeutic use

Neurotropin - Therapeutic use

Growth factors - Therapeutic use

Afferent pathways - Diseases - Chemotherapy

Sensory disorders - Chemotherapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 25-27 April 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

GROWTH FACTORS AS DRUGS FOR NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORY DISORDERS; Contents; Participants; Introduction; Motor neuron disease and model systems: aetiologies, mechanisms and therapies; Potential utility of rhlGF-1 in neu romuscular and/or degenerative disease; Therapeutic potential of the n e u rot ro p h i n s and n e u rot ro p h i n-C NT F combinations in peripheral neuropathies and motor neuron diseases; Development of neurotrophic factor therapy for Alzheimer's disease

Growth factor function in the development and maintenance of



midbrain dopaminergic neurons: concepts, facts and prospects for TGF-bSomatic gene therapy for nervous system disease; Neurotrophic factors in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy; General discussion I; Growth factors in the treatment of degenerative retinal disorders; Effects of neurotrophins on the survival and regrowth of injured retinal neurons; Neurotrophic factors as pharmacological agents for the treatment of injured auditory neurons; Growth factors as potential drugs for the sensory epithelia of the ear

Factors affecting neuronal birth and death in the mammalian olfactory epithelium The problems of delivering neuroactive molecules to the CNS; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit. Various strategies have been tried for promoting regrowth of sensory receptors, particularly in the eye and ear. The latest data from experimental studies in animals are presented in the book including applications of BDNF and CNTF in the eye and epidermal growth factor in the ear.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557769203321

Autore

Aracil Rafael

Titolo

Memòria de la Transició a Espanya i a Catalunya II : Sindicalisme, gènere i qüestió nacional

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (336 p.)

Collana

Col·lecció Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals (CEHI-UB)

Soggetti

History

Sociology & anthropology

Society & culture: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Catalano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Aquest text correspon a la transcripció de les intervencions, i del debat



que es feia a cada sessió, del segon curs de lliure elecció «Memòria de la Transició a Espanya i a Catalunya» que va tenir lloc a la seu del Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals durant el primer semestre de l'any 2000.