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Food Facts Asia Issue 37

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AFICNews January 2010

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AFIC provides latest information on food safety and nutrition, consumer research on health and food issues and share media trends analysis in food safety, health and nutrition across Asia.

The Science behind the Headlines

Eating junk food ‘can cause depression’

This article seems to be a repeat of a story that was first carried in November of 2009. AFIC published a review of that article which can be found at

http://afic.org/searchall.php?news_id=1083&start=0&category_id=3&parent_id=3&pageaction2=searchnews&searchby=bykey&searchkey=depression&datesearch=

In essence, the article was about research being conducted in the UK where the authors conclude that office workers who eat “junk” food tend to suffer symptoms of depression. AFIC’s review looked at concerns about the reliability of the dietary data for the participants, the lack of clinical diagnoses of depression and the lack of compelling effects given the variable quality of the data.

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White Hat Bias

Plastics component harmful

When eating right goes wrong

Spotlight

Effective January 1

AFIC’s office has been relocated from our old location off Suriwong to the campus of Kasetsart University. We are in the same building as the Institute for Food Research and Product Development and look forward to positive interactions with that group that will increase our value to our stakeholders. Our new coordinates are :

Mailing Address:

Asian Food Information Centre

P.O. Box 80, Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Tel : +66(0)29428380–1, Fax : +66(0)29428382

E-mail info@afic.org, Website: www.afic.org

Secretariat Office :

7th Floor, Room 730, Amorn Bhumirat Building,

Institute of Food Research and Product Development, Kasetsart University

Recipe of the month

Yum Ruam Mitr Talay
(Spicy Mixed Salad with Seafood

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