Sentences with phrase «food availability influence»

We have also noted that hunger and food availability influence what our picky eater is willing to try.

Not exact matches

What is considered inedible varies among users (e.g., chicken feet are consumed in some food supply chains but not others), changes over time, and is influenced by a range of variables including culture, socio - economic factors, availability, price, technological advances, international trade, and geography.

Easier availability of frozen foods has influenced the purchasing patterns of consumer regarding dietary products, rendering a firm place for frozen foods in their list of daily consumables.

Advertising, food supply and availability, the influence of peers, and opportunities to eat outside the home all contribute to making children's diets very different from that of their parents.

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 Series authors call for food policies that change the nature of the food and consumer environment including the availability, price, and nutrition standards of food products, and the marketing practices that influence food choices and preferences.

Previous studies have suggested that temperature and, more specifically, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels influence body size more via an indirect impact on food availability and nutritional content.

The results of both teams, published in the 30 June issue of Science, reveal that while factors like the health of local bee colonies and the availability of food sources influence the impact of neonicotinoids, the pesticide's effects are largely negative.

The study also concludes that nature will favour all physical traits that influence «optimal» fertility in either sex, and that climate and food availability also influence the evolution of reproductive processes — factors which Darwin originally overlooked.

The findings suggest that men may be able to pass information about the availability of food in their environment down to their offspring, which could influence their child's odds of being overweight.

Sea ice is a crucial part of the ecosystems at both poles, providing habitat and influencing food availability for penguins, polar bears and other native species.

«We increasingly recognize that many — and perhaps most — factors influencing health outcomes are found outside of the health system and relate to such universal themes as food availability, adequate housing and reliable transportation,» said Dr. Shaun Grannis, director of the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Biomedical Informatics and a co-author of the study.

And while it runs independent of external cues, it is influenced by the rhythms of light, temperature and food availability.

While, individually, we have responsibility to improve our own wellness, most people are significantly influenced by social forces in the form of fitness trends, advertisements, food costs and availability and, of particular concern, physical, biochemical and mental - emotional stress brought on by life in modern society — life increasingly characterized by existence in Max Weber's steel shell.

The evaluation focused on three key areas: 1) Implementation (training, staffing, promotion, availability, methods for sustainability, curricular connections), 2) Participation (methods of adoption / education, level of participation, parent / teacher / food service worker roles) and 3) Attitudes (changes in diet / nutrition - related knowledge, behavior, impact of cultural differences, food likes / dislikes, expectations, influences on food selection, etc.).

First, she looks at the influence that religion, availability, and historical factors (especially war) have had on food consumption.

These include CO2 concentrations (which generally mediate a positive influence), temperature increases (beneficial to some crops in some regions and harmful elsewhere), increases in droughts, flash floods, weeds, and insect infestations (all harmful), as well as drains on the availability of soil nitrogen needed for the protein content of food crops.

MRD Journal: Abstract: Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns across the Hindu Kush — Himalaya (HKH) region resulting from climate change have an influence on water resource availability and food security for the downstream population.

However, children's eating behaviors are also significantly influenced by social and environmental factors such as role modeling [22, 23], availability of food in the home [24, 25] and parenting practices [1, 26 — 28].