Sentences with phrase «increased food availability»

The lack of significant differences in tissue thickness or lipids measures between South Tarawa versus Abaiang and North Tarawa, despite higher heat stress in 2009 at South Tarawa, suggests that the sampled corals may benefit energetically due to increased food availability from surface runoff, appearing healthier several months after the heat stress event.

The increased flow may have increased food availability and facilitated successful recruitment.

Through broad public education, hands - on technical assistance, and strategic support of emerging entrepreneurs and technologies, we work to increase food availability and reduce oil usage in the United States.

Not exact matches

To ensure this tax doesn't negatively impact Americans» grocery bills, meat tax revenue could also be used to increase availability and affordability of healthy plant - based foods.

The challenges that we face with that ever - increasing population with regards to climate change, food and water availability, sustainability — those problems are going to be solved by science, and they're going to be solved by the kids today.

That shift can help couples bring a desired venue into budget by avoiding high weekend food and drink minimums, or increase the chance of a venue or vendor's availability even in a peak season.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sprouting foods increases both the amount and availability of the protein, vitamins, and minerals already present in legumes, grains, and seeds.

Urbanization also increases the availability of different dining and entertaining services, creating demand for new kinds of take - away food packaging.

«Availability is one of the key reasons for an increase in organic sales,» McDermott told Food Processing Technology.

The combination of longer shelf life and more appetizing appearance promises to both reduce food waste and increase the availability of proteins in areas further away from food sources.

Nutrition labels also create incentives for food manufacturers to reformulate their products, so helping populations more broadly by increasing the availability of food of higher nutritional value.

«We are excited to be part of this fantastic countywide conversation on how to increase awareness and improve availability of our region's local, sustainable agricultural assets (read: awesome food),» says Webber.

TOMRA's food sorting solutions boost throughput and availability while at the same time increasing yield, quality and food safety.

TOMRA's gummy sorting solutions boost throughput and availability while at the same time increasing yield, quality and food safety.

One of the biggest dairy - related stories to break this month was the announcement that as part of their commitment to increase the availability of healthy, American - made food products in schools, the USDA is expanding its pilot program for Greek - style yogurt for the National School Lunch Program in SY 2014 - 15.

The goal would be to cut back on high - fat, high - sodium processed food and increase the availability of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

I have seen the graphs showing a correlation between high fructose corn syrup intake and rising obesity rates in the United States, but it is important to point out that increased high fructose corn syrup intake was also accompanied by exploding portion sizes and easier availability of sugar and fat - laden foods.

it is important to point out that increased high fructose corn syrup intake was also accompanied by exploding portion sizes and easier availability of sugar and fat - laden foods.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

This initiative connects store owners with resources to increase availability of healthy foods in corner stores, and offer consumers fresher, nutritious food options.

Processed foods tweaked to cut salt, fat and sugar might not have been exactly what the first lady envisioned five years ago when she stood by the president as he signed the new law designed to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat - free and low - fat milk on school menus.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

The increase in MAR of foods selected by students appears to reflect the increased availability of these foods.

«Improving the availability of healthier kids» meals is a critical step toward increasing children's exposure to healthier foods, but that alone is not enough,» said lead author Sarah Sliwa, PhD, an instructor at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition.

Other parts of the anti-obesity proposal include: ensuring new schools are built with dedicated activity space; creating a program to send doctors into homes to develop preventive programs for children with asthma; increasing the availability of free food programs for children; and doubling the number of school - based health centers in the city to 250.

The government's hope is that this will equip and empower communities to utilize their local resources in manufacturing products in a bid to increase agricultural and manufacturing output, reduce reliance on imports and increase the production of consumer goods and food availability.

They found that people high in the psychological attribute called attachment anxiety (a tendency to worry about the proximity and availability of a romantic partner) responded to memories of a relationship breakup with an increased preference for warm - temperature foods over cooler ones: soup over crackers.

Increased global productivity improved the availability of food over the last 50 years, but this trend must continue between now and 2050 to buttress food security.

The top five things (from a list of 16) that the public believes would improve people's health a great deal are: improving access to affordable healthy food (57 %), reducing illegal drug use (54 %), reducing air, water, or chemical pollution (52 %), increasing access to high - quality health care (52 %), and improving the economy and the availability of jobs (49 %).

All three, according to the citation, «have contributed significantly to increasing the quantity and availability of food, and can play a critical role as we face the global challenges of the 21st century of producing more food, in a sustainable way, while confronting an increasingly volatile climate.»

The finding from this study — that the increased availability of food on deep - sea hills is fuelling increased seafloor biomass — is important because there are approximately 25 million abyssal hills and seamounts — they are thought to be the most common landform on the planet.»

Federal food policy changes led to increased availability of healthy foods at smaller urban corner stores in Baltimore, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.

Policies targeting healthy food availability in corner stores have the potential not only to increase healthy food availability but also to decrease health disparities.»

If climate change exceeds the temperature target, scientists warn, there is a greater risk that the world's ice sheets will be destabilized, leading to sharply rising seas, and increasing climate extremes such as droughts, heat waves and floods, which could pose daunting challenges for food and water availability for growing populations.

If we all farmed our yards, even in small container gardens, we would greatly increase the availability of local food and reduce food costs.

Underlying conditions for increased availability may be an endogenous histamine overproduction caused by allergies, mastocytosis, bacterias, gastrointestinal bleeding, or increased exogenous ingestion of histidine or histamine by food or alcohol.

Increasing the availability of L - arginine can be achieved by eating certain foods.

Supermarket and Grocery Options — we're educating food suppliers to increase the availability of delicious, healthy options when you shop.

Many factors affect magnesium availability from foods and increase your need for magnesium even if you DO N'T suffer from any known magnesium related deficiency symptoms.

This significantly increases the availability of «food» and this is matched by an increase in energy expenditure.

Hopefully, availability will increase as time goes on and more people show an interest in the new health food - although there's really nothing new about a centuries - old Amazonian plant.

For a health and wellness product to be selected as the winner in a category that has been traditionally dominated by high sugar, low nutrition products, highlights the increasing demand the public is now putting into the availability of foods that are more nutritionally beneficial for improving wellness.

Over the years, as the convenience and availability of processed foods has increased the amount of time we spend eating whole natural foods that possess the necessary vitamins and minerals has decreased.

The Westernization of diets, with an increase in availability of high calorie foods certainly contributes to the epidemic of metabolic syndrome.

Any holiday that celebrates with food is a potential for an increase in chocolate availability for pets.

The pet food industry took an enormous leap after World War II when the consumption of meat increased and the availability of by - products led to development of the rendering industry and new uses for meat and bone meal.

The desire for prepared dog food resulted from a combination of dogs being viewed as luxury items with a need to protect the owners» investments, the increasing availability of such food (dog biscuits, dog bread, canned food, etc.) and marketing.

This cultural shift must also include the recognition, as the present study makes clear, that the problem of human population growth can be feasibly addressed only if it is recognized that increases in the population of the human species, like increases in the population of all other species, is a function of increases in food availability.»

Similar to 6, 7, and 9 above, «We recognize that climate change, left unaddressed, is expected to threaten food production from land and sea, to limit fresh water availability, to cause more severe weather including cyclones, droughts and floods, to increase life - threatening illnesses, to endanger biodiversity» and so on.