Safety authority warns about Fonterra product (Stuff) World Health Organisation advice has prompted Hong Kong food safety authorities to warn people with heart problems to avoid consuming four types of milk powder manufactured by Fonterra. [News Source]

Nutrition and health claims (The Star Online) Nutrition claims are now permitted on food labels: can we accept them as true? [News Source]

POPsible nightmare. Virtually every person on the planet has persistent organic pollutants in their body and the chemicals have been linked to cancers, birth defects and disabilities. Now a group of researchers in Korea have found strong evidence linking POPs and diabetes. [News Source]

Fitness ‘cuts colon cancer risk.’ Keeping physically active can significantly cut the risk of colon cancer, international research shows. [News Source]

Fast food at children’s hospitals? Outpatients at pediatric hospitals with fast food are more likely to eat it, and are also twice as likely to say McDonald's food is healthier than outpatients at hospitals without such restaurants. [News Source]

Obese should have health warnings on their clothes. Oversize clothes should have obesity helpline numbers sewn on them to try and reduce Britain's fat crisis, a leading professor said today. [News Source]

High IQ link to being vegetarian. Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says. [News Source]

Trans fats ban stokes fear of double threat. In Australia there are no requirements to list trans fat on food labels. [News Source]

Vegetarianism: The choice of the ‘more intelligent’ child. It's official - vegetarians really are smarter. But it is not because of what they eat. [News Source]

US citizens ignorant of genetically modified diet. Despite having consumed genetically modified food in their cookies and apple pies for the best part of a decade, most Americans still don't know they're routinely eating the stuff. [News Source]

The Whaley inquest. Plastic, household refuse, and multiple chemcials banned for more than 10 years were found in stomach of stranded whale, implicating Britian's polluted waters. [News Source]

Teach small fry to hold the fries. The need to change habits early is crucial. According to an American Dietetic Association study, french fries are the most commonly consumed vegetable for children ages 15 months to 24 months. [News Source]