Energy and happiness in food: towards a nutri-emotional indicator

Energy and happiness in food: towards a nutri-emotional indicator

Sharing a meal with friends has different effects on anxiety and mood from those produced by a quick meal eaten alone and almost without chewing. Sharing a meal increases the score of the nutri-emotional indicator in every food. Regardless of the specific score of a food item, the environment where one consumes it modifies its rating.  

Vegetarian diet could save millions of lives

Vegetarian diet could save millions of lives

If the whole world decides from now on to cut out meat and dairy products from its diet, more than 8 million lives would be saved by 2050, according to a study carried out by the University of Oxford. Moreover, it shows that the massive adoption of vegetarian or vegan diets – on a global level –

Pegaso really gets going!

Pegaso really gets going!

Pegaso, the project co-financed by the European Union and aimed to redefine the teenagers’ relationship with food and sport, really gets going: how are the adolescents reacting?

Food allergies reach epidemic levels in the United States

Food allergies reach epidemic levels in the United States

The Food Allergy Research & Education organisation reports that 1 in 13 children are affected by food allergies in the United States, while the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that these have increased among children by an astonishing 50% between 1997 and 2011. Experts blame this upsurge on the quality of the

PCBs, the infamous chemicals keep harming the environment

PCBs, the infamous chemicals keep harming the environment

Polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, are a group of highly toxic man-made chemicals introduced in the early twentieth century and quickly acclaimed as an industrial breakthrough. Like the pesticide DDT and herbicide Agent Orange, which were also once thought to be safe, PCBs have a dark side. They don’t break down easily and can