Research Publications on Food and Nutrition

                   Prof.Dr.M.Akmal Khan

MSc (Hons), PhD(London), DANIDA Research Fellow (Denmark),
MIBiol, FRSH(London) ,MIFT(USA),
Ex.Chief Scientific Officer (PARC), Professor of Nutrition(KSU),
Chairman Department of Nutrition (UAF),Visiting Professor (QAU & AIOU),
Consultant to UN-FAO & UNICEF,

• Food and Nutrition situation in Pakistan
• Food and Nutrition situation in Northern Areas of Pakistan- A Survey
• Nutritional Status of Infants and Pre School Children
• The Assessment of Nutritional Status of School Girls
• Nutritional Status of Children in Orphanages in Punjab
• Nutritional Status of College Girls of Faisalabad City
• Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adolescent Girls
• Incidence of Obesity in Adult Women
• Child Rights: Achievements of Nutritional Goals of World Summit (1990-2000).Malnutrition Costs Pakistan Rs. 200 billion every year
• Iodine Deficiency-A Major Obstacle to Human and Social Development
• Improving Quality of Life of Senior Citizens
• Healthy Diet Ensures a Healthy Heart
• Food Availability and Quality of Diet in Saudi Arabia - A Review
• Initial responses to treatment of newly-diagnosed Saudi non-insulin dependent diabetic patients
• Trends in Urbanization & Food Consumption in Pakistan
• The Nutritive Value of Some Pakistani Diets
• Nutritional Evaluation of Some Commercial Baby Foods Consumed in Pakistan
• Nutritional Adequacy of Commercial Infant Milk Formulas
• Effect of Home & Industrial Processing on Protein Quality of Baby Foods & Breakfast Cereals
• Dairy Technology in Pakistan
• Nutritive Value of some Home Prepared & Commercial Baby Foods
• Nutritional Evaluation of some commercial baby foods consumed in Saudi Arabia
• Nutritive value of selected Milk & Milk -Cereal blend baby foods in Saudi Arabia
• Adaptation to restricted food intake-explains how adult human beings appear to maintain health on dietary intakes well below the requirements in developing countries
• Minimum Dietary Protein required to maintain Nitrogen Equilibrium in Adult Rats
• Turnover rate of Tissue Proteins in Adult Rats
• The effect of Food Restriction on Body Weight, Nitrogen Balance & Liver Composition
• Effect of Food Restriction on the Turnover Rate of Liver & Muscle Proteins in Rats
• The Effect of Food Restriction on the Activity of Hepatic Arginase
• The Effect of Protein Calorie Deficiency on the Activity of Hepatic Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase
• The Oxygen Consumption during food restriction and re-feeding-Explains how body on restricted diet adapts by reducing caloric requirement and reverts back to original condition on re-feeding
• The Effect of Food Restriction on the Net Protein Utilization (NPU) in Growing Rats
• The Effect of Food Restriction on the Net Utilization of Protein by Weanling Rats
• Nutritional Values of Cereals in Relation to Human Need
• The Effects of Food Processing on the Protein Quality of Some Cereals Products
• The Nutritional Quality of Some Pakistani Wheat Varieties
• Nutritional Attributes of Wheat
• Nutritional Evaluation of Some Commercial Wheat Varieties Grown in Pakistan
• Technological Value of Some Pakistani Commercial Wheat Varieties
• Effects of Preharvest Rains on Quality Characteristics of Some Pakistani Commercial wheat Varieties
• Quality Evaluation of Wheat Flour Consumed in Rawalpindi and Islamabad
• Effects of Baking on the Nutritive Value of Pakistani Bread
• Nutritive Value of Various Breads in Saudi Arabia
• Nutritive Value of Some Wheat Based Dishes Consumed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Nutritional Quality of Rice Grain
• Grain Quality Characteristics of Pakistani Commercial Rice Varieties
• Post-production Technology and Quality of Rice
• Nutritive Value of Various Rice Based Dishes in Saudi Arabia
• Nutritional Quality of Maize, Sorghum and Millet
• Physical, Rheological and Baking Characteristics of Some Triticale Lines Grown in Pakistan
• Nutritional Quality and Technological Value of Triticale
• Nutritive Value of Some Improved Varieties of Legumes
• Nutritional Attributes of Food Legumes
• Physicochemical Characters and Nutrient Composition of Some Improved Lines of Lentils Grown in Pakistan
• Production and Utility of Chickpea in Pakistan
• Nutritional Evaluation of Cooked Bengal Gram
• Nutritional Evaluation of Desi and Kabuli Chickpeas and their Products Commonly Consumed in Pakistan
• Utilization of Chickpea and Groundnut in Pakistan
• The Effects of Soaking, Germination and Cooking on the Protein Quality of Mash Beans
• Nutritional Evalution of Some Legume Based Dishes in Saudi Arabia
• Effect of processing and storage on the nutritive value of chickpeas and lentils and their suitability for growing children
• Relationship Between Available Amino Acids and Protien Value of Cereal - Legume Diets
• Foodgrain Handling at Village Level in Pakistan
• Role of vegetables in human diet
• The Nutritive Value of Potatoes & its products
• Soybean- the gold from the soil
• Groundnut utilization for Food & Feed
• Fish as Food
• Nutritional Value of Lentil (lens esculenta) as Protein Supplement for Wheat Protein
• Nutritional Value of Wheat Protein as influenced by supplementation with Lentil & Fish meal
• Nutritive Value of Maxi-Pak wheat flour supplemented with defatted Soyflour
• Improvement of Wheat Protein by supplementation with Potato Flour
• Supplementation of Wheat Flour with Leaf Protein Concentrate (LPC)
• Biological utilization of Protein as Influenced by Dietary Carbohydrates
• Influence of Various Carbohydrates on the Utilization of Low Protein Diet by the Adult Rat
• Effect of Different Levels of Protein on Sucrose and Starch Diets on Growth & Liver Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) in the Young Rat
• Sucrose Induction of Hepatic Hyperplasia in the Rat
• The Metabolic Effect of Honey, Dates, Glucose, Sucrose and Starch on Plasma Lipids, Insulin and Glucose
• Predicting Dietary Protein Quality by an In Vitro method
• Blood Catalase as an index of dietary protein quality
• Relationship between Chemical & Biological methods of evaluating Protein Quality
• Available Lysine as an index of Dietary Protein Quality
• Dietary Energy & Protein requirements of Saudi Arabia : a methodological approach
• Suitability of Deworming Medicine (Albendazole) & Multi-Micronutrient Supplement for Tawana School Girls
• Proceedings of the Nutrition Society: Abstracts of Communications
• Relative Constancy of Urinary Creatinine & Urochrome
• Nutrition Education
• Nutrition considerations in Agricultural Development Programmes
• Women in Agricultural Development
• Agriculture Plans for Nutritional Adequacy in Pakistan
• Food Consumption, Production, Distribution & their impact on Nutritional status of Children in South Asia
• Importance & Determination of Flourine in Water
• Nutrition Trends & Nutrition Education in Pakistan- A UNICEF Report
• Food & Nutrition Infrastructure in Pakistan
• Dietary Guidelines for Food & Agriculture Planning
• Nutrition Reports International
• Enzymes in Biochemical Research
• Food & Nutrition Spectrum of Pakistan
• Food Laboratory News-Food and Nutrition Research Lab at NARC, Islamabad was one of the Best Ten Food Labs of the World.
• Establishment of Nutrition Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources; Democratic Republic of Sudan, A UN(FAO) Report also includes the Impact Evolution of Agricultural Development in the world largest Agri-Farm on the Diet and Nutrition Status of Agricultural Labourers and children under Five in Gezira.
• Determination of Iodides in Blood
• Planning Desirable Dietary Patterns for Future
• Report of the FAO/ PARC Workshop on Dietary Guidelines for Food & Agriculture Planning
• Desirable Dietary Patterns for Pakistan
• Nutrition in Agriculture
• Improving Livestock Productivity in Pakistan
• Desirable Dietary Patterns for Health in Saudi Arabia
• Nutrition Survey of Northern Areas of Pakistan
• Dietary recommendations, goals & guidelines for health in Saudi Arabia
• Tawana Pakistan Project (School Feeding Program) An Overview
• Guidelines for Planning Nutritionally Adequate Meals for Primary School Girls
• Suitability of Deworming Medicine (Albendazole) & Multi-Micronutrient Supplement for Tawana School Girls
• Pesticide Residues in Tobacco Agro-Environment of Swabi, KPK
• Effect of civic pollution on the quality of water and fish in Soan River
• Recommended Dietry Allownces for Pakistani People
• Establishment of food technology and nutrition laboratories at the Agriculture Research Station, Muscat,Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultenate of Oman
• Food Insecurity, Malnutrition and poverty in Pakistan, An Unholy Alliance


Nutritional Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural and Industrial Foods and their Products as Influenced by Production Environment, Processing and Storage. Visit the following Research Reports.

• Research Report-1985
• Research Report-1986
• Research Report-1987
• Research Report-1988
• Research Report-1989
• Research Report-1990

• Comparative nutritive value of decorticated cottonseed cake,sesame oil cake and mustard oil cake in broiler Rations
• Replacement of cereal(sorghum) with rice-polishings in broiler ration
• Nutritional evaluation of some commercial broiler feeds
• Influence of varying levels of toasted gar meal on the digestibility of mixed ration for dry Sahiwal Cows
• Effect of dietry urea on feed intake, digestibility and milk yield in Beetal Goats