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Diana Bogueva, Conrad Perera - Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Oceania, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Del i serien Elsevier traditional and Ethnic Food Series

Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Oceania

Av Diana Bogueva, Conrad Perera

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Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Oceania provides an analysis of traditional and ethnic foods from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Hawaii, Samoa, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. The book addresses the history of use, origin, composition, preparation, ingredient origin, nutritional aspects, and effects on health for various foods and food products in each of these countries. In addition, it presents both local and international regulations while also providing suggestions on how to harmonize these regulations to promote global availability of these foods.



  • Analyzes nutritional and health claims related to Oceanic countries
  • Includes traditional and ethnic foods from the region
  • Explores both scientific and anecdotal diet-based health claims
  • Examines whether foods meet regulatory requirements and how to remedy noncompliance
  • Reviews the influence of historical eating habits on today’s diets
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Diana Bogueva is a social scientist, specializing in sustainable food consumption, generational consumer behavior, food and masculinity, alternative proteins, novel food processing technologies, and food sustainability and harmonization. Her work has received several prestigious awards, including at the 24th and 28th Gourmand Awards, often likened to the Oscars for food books, for her edited book "Environmental, Health and Business Opportunities in the New Meat Alternatives Market" (2019) and co-authored book "Food in a Planetary Emergency" (2022). Her recent co-edited book "Nutrition Science, Marketing Nutrition, Health Claims, and Public Policy" (2023) is a finalist at the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards. Diana is currently a Research Fellow at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, where she also teaches the "People and Planet" unit as part of the Masters in Sustainability and Built Environment. She is the President of the Global Harmonization Initiative, headquartered in Vienna, and serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Consumer Perception Working Group.Dr. Conrad Perera's research interests are in the Chemistry and Technology of processing of food. He has consulted extensively to FAO, UNIDO, World Bank, Secretariat of the Pacific Community and other national and international organizations on food processing projects. He is currently supervising several projects on the extraction of bioactive peptides from micro-algae, green-lipped mussels, and chicken feet; arabinogalactan proteins from honey; flavonoids from honey and antioxidant activity; galactans from native plants and their action on galectin-3; bioactive polysaccharides from mushrooms; added Vitamin D degradation in dried milk products; Neuroprotective compounds from Centella asiatica.

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