Sentences with phrase «food system studies»

You could also put together a web - based radio show about your neighborhood food system studies or construct a neighborhood food system exhibition at a local venue like a library or a park.

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The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank study Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities nicely covers this topic.

The health advocates challenge that view, pointing instead to a significant study in Australia which showed that consumers using a traffic - light label system were «five times more likely to correctly identify healthier food products», compared with the current monochrome daily intake system.

This study also highlights consumers» preference for consistent front - of - pack labelling across all food packages, with consumers perceiving the use of multiple and inconsistent systems as more difficult to understand.

Impact of food labelling systems on food choices and eating behaviours: a systematic review and meta - analysis of randomized studies

This study indicates that TL front - of - pack food labelling is the most effective system for assisting consumers to identify healthier food products, and that product comparisons can be made quickly and easily.

The present study was primarily interested in assessing consumers» ability to use a variety of front - of - pack labelling systems; therefore participants did not have access to other information that might also be used when selecting foods.

At mealtimes I had many interesting conversations focussed on the global food system and received an introduction to an economist who studies intellectual property.

A new gum extracted from the roots of an Iranian plant can be used in food systems to improve foaming properties, according to a new study published in the journal...

Studies show that this gluten - free food could help prevent and relieve hypertension and heart disease, boost our immune system, prevent osteoporosis, improve brain function and prevent anemia.

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian co-regulatory system in limiting children's exposure to unhealthy television food advertising by measuring compliance with mandatory and voluntary regulations.

Breastmilk Study Furthers Understanding of Critical Ingredients Ask someone in the know to list the substances in breastmilk that make it the ideal food for newborns and you may hear about proteins that guard against infection, fats that aid in the development of the nervous system, and carbohydrates that promote the growth of healthy bacteria.

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A 2011 study in European Journal of Clinical Investigation found that probiotics can also help food to move through the digestive system more easily, leading to less frequent spitting up.

Mrs. Q did not set out to be an activist, but her book is a compelling case study of what's wrong with our school food system and what all of us need to do to fix it.

That approach was based in part on the flawed notion that it's smart to let an infant's gastrointestinal and immune systems «mature» for a while so they can better handle allergenic foods, and some studies from the 1990s did support it.

The Food and Drug Administration has long permitted its use, but in recent years concerns about the chemical have grown as studies have indicated low doses of the substance can disrupt hormone systems in laboratory animals and possibly increase the risk of cancer or other serious illness.

Those studies show that BPA is a powerful hormone disruptor that affects multiple hormonal systems and that can enter the body through the skin or other pathways beyond food consumption.

The Rethinking School Lunch Oakland Feasibility Study, by a team of experts consultants commissioned by the Center, is based on CEL's Rethinking School Lunch planning framework, a whole - systems approach developed over more than 15 years of work on school food issues.

ANMS, Austin New Mothers Study; GWG, gestational weight gain; IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; NMIHS, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey; NR, not reported; PIN, Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study; PNSS, Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System; pp, postpartum; PPWR, postpartum weight retention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SES, socioeconomic status; WIC, Women, Infants and Children Food and Nutrition Services.

«These projects include the completion of the 2017 Farmland Protection Plan, with a grant from the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets we have hired a Farm to School Marketing Coordinator to help our regions farmers sell locally produced food products to our public schools» lunch programs and with the support of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Oneida County Health Department, Oneida County Planning Department, Mohawk Valley Community College ThINCubator and the Mohawk Valley Food Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.&rafood products to our public schools» lunch programs and with the support of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Oneida County Health Department, Oneida County Planning Department, Mohawk Valley Community College ThINCubator and the Mohawk Valley Food Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.&raFood Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.&raFood system.»

The study will include the economic assessment of the existing local food producers and systems, data development, an economic impact analysis and the identification of barriers and opportunities within the food system of Oneida County.

Fewer crop species are feeding the world than 50 years ago — raising concerns about the resilience of the global food system, a study has shown.

This study gets us closer to understanding the complex food webs that are vital in nutrient dynamics and overall soil fertility,» said study first author Tami Swenson, a scientific engineering associate in Northen's group within the Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area's Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division.

A study published in Nature Communications, led by the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has found five genetic risk loci that point to the importance of skin and mucous membrane barriers and the immune system in the development of food allergies.

«Worksites are self - contained environments with established communication systems where interventions that modify food options and provide physical activity have the potential to reach large numbers of adults,» said Diana Fernandez, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of Rochester Department of Public Health Sciences and lead author of the study.

Deepti Singh, the lead author of the study and a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Earth System Science program at Stanford, said changes in the monsoon are important, because farmers there are very dependent on rain - fed agriculture for food production both nationally and for export.

«By looking at the decline in fish food over time, we can estimate how much our total potential fisheries catch could be reduced,» said Moore, who helped develop the Community Earth System Model employed in this study.

Sharpe and Emery's study focuses on Aguateca, Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan, capitals during the late Classic period (A.D 500 to 900) and indicates that the Maya had a complex social system regulating trade, food distribution and access to animal species.

The study involved more than 535,000 shoppers, eight different food categories, and a major grocery store chain that utilized the NuVal (short for Nutritional Value) simplified scoring system.

«Our study also revealed that shoppers became less price - sensitive and more promotion - sensitive following the introduction of the food scoring system,» says Inman.

«A take - home message from the study was that we need to expand the way we think about food production to account for the complex consequences of changing any individual piece within the wider food system,» says White.

The condition results in significant medical costs to the health care system but also inflicts substantial costs on families, including special diets and allergen - free foods, according to the study.

«We have applied our knowledge of food systems to investigate how food manufacturers can reduce the amount of added sugar in food products whilst still maintaining quality characteristics for the consumer,» said Dr. Margaret Brennan, co-author of the International Journal of Food Science & Technology stfood systems to investigate how food manufacturers can reduce the amount of added sugar in food products whilst still maintaining quality characteristics for the consumer,» said Dr. Margaret Brennan, co-author of the International Journal of Food Science & Technology stfood manufacturers can reduce the amount of added sugar in food products whilst still maintaining quality characteristics for the consumer,» said Dr. Margaret Brennan, co-author of the International Journal of Food Science & Technology stfood products whilst still maintaining quality characteristics for the consumer,» said Dr. Margaret Brennan, co-author of the International Journal of Food Science & Technology stFood Science & Technology study.

Moreover, brain - imaging studies by researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Oregon Research Institute show that the brain's reward systems in overweight individuals respond weakly to food, even to junk food.

A web - based irrigation system developed by researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences saved 21 percent in water use without reducing growth of container - grown landscape plants, a new study shows.

The study's results suggested that girls whose brains showed less reward system activation to foods also gained more weight — if they had the DRD2 Taq1AQ1 or the DRD4 7 + repeat alleles.

According to Cleveland, the findings add weight to the conclusion of several other recent studies: Diet change must be part of successful climate change mitigation policies, and climate change mitigation must be included in policies to improve the food system.

Nestle: Right, but our food system has changed and right now because of farm policies that support the production of cheap ingredients in processed foods, processed foods are much cheaper per calorie than our unprocessed foods and vegetables per calorie; so that if you look at the studies that have been done, if you look at the cost of processed foods, it is a much greater bargain for somebody who is poor to buy junk food than it is to buy foods that are fresh.

Findings from the study «Enhancing the Fatty Acid Profile of Milk through Forage - Based Rations, with Nutrition Modeling of Dietary Outcomes,» published in Food Science and Nutrition, compared the fatty acid profile of milk from cows managed under three systems in the United States:

«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.

«This resonates with the cautionary message of the landmark 2015 study by Lloyd's of London, which showed that the global food system is actually under significant pressure from potential, coinciding shocks, such as bad weather combined with crop disease outbreaks,» Braun said.

Alongside a team of scientists based in Hungary, Tamás has been studying systems regulation of autophagy in humans within TGAC's Vertebrate & Health Genomics group and IFR's Gut Health & Food Safety (GHFS) programme.

A disturbing new study led by scientists at the University of Bonn suggests that the immune system responds to a fast food - style Western diet in much the same way as it would react to a bacterial infection.

A new study suggests that the immune system responds to a fast food - style Western diet in much the same way as it would react to a bacterial infection, stimulating widespread inflammatory activity that remains even long after the switch to a healthy diet.

Carman says GM foods have not been around long enough for anyone to know what health problems they may cause, no one is looking at health surveillance systems to see if GM foods are currently causing harm, and no real animal or human studies have been done on their long - term effects.

Studies have shown that these colonies of good bacteria in our gut can grow with increased intake of probiotics, which leads to increased digestive system functionality, increased immune system function and also a bigger resistance of the body to food allergies and food intolerances.

Having fewer Bacteroides can affect immune system development and extraction of energy from food, according to the authors of the study published Aug. 8 in the journal Genome Medicine.

Because these foods are great sources of probiotics, or «good» bacteria, studies show they help keep our digestion and immune systems healthy, among other benefits.

In fact, many of these «health foods» have caused Americans» health and the American health care system to rank at the bottom of virtually every study, including a survey conducted in the past decade.