World Nutrition

ISSN 2041-9775
Volume 2, Number 1, January 2011

Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association
Published monthly at www.wphna.org

Commentary

Carlos Monteiro on ultra-processing:
The Riddle of the Great Food Guide Pyramid
Why bread is ultra-processed, and should we eat it?

Editorial

Our first and new year

Association position paper: Annex

How to make the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition work well





World Nutrition

Volume 2, Number 1, January 2011

Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association Published monthly at www.wphna.org

The Association is an affiliated body of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences For membership and for other contributions, news, columns and services, go to: www.wphna.org

Publishing and editorial Board

Barrie Margetts (Chair), Geoffrey Cannon, Ted Greiner, Roger Hughes,
Urban Jonsson, Harriet Kuhnlein, Shiriki Kumanyika, John Mason,
Carlos Monteiro, Walter Willett

Editor

Geoffrey Cannon

Assistant editors

Reggie Annan
Fabio Gomes
Gillian Watling

Web manager

Martin Evans, Pewter

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World Nutrition

Volume 2, Number 1, January 2011

Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association
Published monthly at www.wphna.org

The Association is an affiliated body of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences For membership and for other contributions, news, columns and services, go to: www.wphna.org

Contents

Access the pdf of this month’s cover here

Editorial

1-7

Our first and new year
Access the pdf here

Commentaries

8-41

Carlos Monteiro: The big issue is ultra-processing

‘Nutrient profiling’ is a disaster

8-16

‘Fortified’ Coke™ and Pepsi™ for starving Africans?

17-21

Access the pdf here
The Riddle of the Great Food Guide Pyramid

22-33

Why bread is ultra-processed, and should we eat it?

34-41

Access the pdf here

Carlos Monteiro’s November WN commentary on ultra-processing and its implications for nutrition science, and for what we are best advised to eat and drink, is being read and discussed all over the world. Starting this month he develops his thesis, with examples. The first two examples are an updated reprint of what we published last month on our website home page. The second two examples, on the Food Pyramid, and on bread, are new.


Position paper: Annex

42-52

How to make the UN SCN work well
Access the pdf here

Last month we published our position on the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition. In response to an invitation to do so, we now publish our more detailed recommendations on the SCN governance and structure


Apologies. Our commentary on ready to use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) has been held over again, and will be published in next month’s WN.



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Geoffrey Cannon
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March
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Claudio Schuftan

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Reggie Annan

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Cancer in Africa:
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April issue
Out on 1 April


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New book

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Michael Pollan

Available on 1 April