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Food Innovation is a Global Mission

What kind of team spends 60 days traveling around the world in search of not just the best food, but also a global perspective on innovation? Meet the delegates of the Food Innovation Global Mission (FIGM) – 14 students who hail from countries and fields of studies far and wide to study about the development and diffusion of radical innovations in the food industry. During their stop in Singapore, the students took part in a Design Thinking Workshop that was held in conjunction with ARoFIIN.

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What can Rice Scientists offer to a Sugary World?

The global rise in modern lifestyle diseases calls for urgent attention to diet-based nutritional interventions across the entire socioeconomic consumer spectrum, says Nese Sreenivasulu, Head of Grain Quality and Nutrition Centre, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The solution, he said, can be found in diversifying into more food products with greater health benefits.

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Fortifying Meals for Social Good

45RICE is a social enterprise dedicated to improving lives through nutrition. With the motto “fortifying every meal”, 45RICE brings essential vitamins and minerals to a bowl of rice, turning empty carbs into healthy carbs.

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Rice Fortification as a Contribution to Combat Malnutrition

Although the world has made advancements toward the elimination of hunger, malnutrition rates have only improved marginally and continue to result in stunting and wasting, particularly in key Asian economies. Improving of access to nutritious food intake can start at the food production stage, through food fortification.

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A Healthy Relationship

More so than infectious diseases and other traditional healthcare issues, obesity is fast becoming the top risk factor targeting public health. As the issue grows in Asia, a unique public-private partnership is driving food innovation to tackle obesity in the region.

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Obesity – Causes, Evolution and Solutions

Obesity is a complex problem, and a variety of tailored intervention strategies are needed to address it in its different forms, said Professor Michael J. Gibney of the Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin (UCD), at an FIA Lunch Series session in Singapore, where he shared his thoughts on the misperceptions of, and the solutions for, obesity.

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Taylor’s University Malaysia Signs Agreement with Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès

In the presence of the Malaysian Minister of Health, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, a launch event was held at Taylor’s University with the objective to generate a pool of expertise, facilities and material resources to study the links between diet and health for and from the perspective of Euro-Asian populations.

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Tackling Childhood Obesity through a Whole-of-Society Approach

In an exclusive interview with Food Industry Asia (FIA) on the occasion of World Obesity Day, Dr Sania Nishtar, co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO), founder and president of Heartfile, and a candidate for the role of WHO Director-General, talks about how obesity is a multi-factorial issue that requires a whole-of-society solution.

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