Department of Health Research Initiative on Nutrition Phase 2: overview of findings and recommendations

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this overview is to synthesise and summarise the findings and recommendations of all 14 projects funded between 1997 and 2002 under Phase 2 of the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme Nutrition Initiative. This is aimed at end users, including policy makers, practitioners, researchers and research funding bodies. Design: The main findings and recommendations for policy and practice, as well as for future research, contained in the peer-reviewed final report of each project are summarised under headings identified as being useful for policy groups and practitioners: Maintenance of a healthy weight; Functional outcomes related to different markers of iron status; Nutritional aspects of bone health in humans; and Dietary interventions. Results: The overview draws together the key findings and recommendations for current and future policy and practice from the second phase of the research programme and identifies research gaps. Conclusions: The findings and recommendations of the Department of Health's Nutrition Research Initiative have contributed to the scientific evidence base for policy development, policy evaluation, and will inform practitioners as well as researchers and research funding bodies.

Continuous Self-Cycling Fermentation Leads to Economical Lycopene Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

“…Lycopene is an important carotenoid with 11 conjugated and two non-conjugated double bonds. It has attracted broad attention due to its significant benefits for human health, e.g., antioxidant activities (Suwannalert et al, 2007;Prasad and Mishra, 2014;Islamian and Mehrali, 2015), cancer prevention (Feofilova et al, 2006;Yun et al, 2008;Assar et al, 2016), and cardiovascular disease prevention (Kristenson et al, 1997;Rissanen et al, 2003;Riccioni et al, 2007). Currently, lycopene is considered to be an important ingredient in functional food and food colorant.…”