RISK Raiders: a food safety hypermedia software game for students (Grades 3-5)
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An interactive food safety software curriculum was developed and introduced to elementary school students to teach them proper food handling techniques to prevent food-borne diseases. Operation RISK (Reducing the Incidence of Sick Kids) allowed students to fulfill three food-related missions by means of a computer software game. The game evaluated the user's food preparation habits by giving feedbacks after each simulated food situation. The RISK Raiders software was found to interest the children and had a significant effect on the knowledge of students regarding proper food handling.
Publication Name: Journal of Nutrition Education
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3182
Year: 1996
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Olestra: another technological fix for the food supply
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Olestra is a fat substitute developed by Procter and Gamble Co. that is increasingly being used as a food additive for snack foods such as crackers, potato chips and cheese curls. Although the FDA has certified that olestra offers several health benefits, many questions still exist about its safety as a food additive. The two major concerns raised by critics are olestra's ability to reduce the availability to the body of cancer-fighting agents such as carotenoids and phytochemicals and its role in the development of gastrointestinal diseases.
Publication Name: Journal of Nutrition Education
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3182
Year: 1996
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Olestra: questions still unanswered
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Olestra is a noncaloric fat substitute developed by Procter and Gamble Co. for the manufacture of low-fat food products. Although the FDA has certified the safety of olestra for reducing dietary fat, many questions still exist about how it contributes to a healthy diet. These questions arose from epidemiologic studies which have shown that olestra lowers the availability of cancer- and disease-fighting agents to the body and that it causes gastrointestinal disturbances, suggesting that not all people can eat foods containing olestra.
Publication Name: Journal of Nutrition Education
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3182
Year: 1996
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