Sentences with phrase «increase public consumption»

The most beneficial of so - called omega - 3 fatty acids are found only in fish, so growing omega -3-rich transgenic plants instead could increase public consumption while relieving pressure on fisheries, researchers say.

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Mark Seetin, director of regulatory and industry affairs for the U.S. Apple Association said that while school lunches were a «significant contributor» to increased consumption, «When a company as big as McDonald's helps promote something, it not only boosts sales, but also really raises public awareness.»

While public spending increases were important in sustaining activity last year, stronger private spending, particularly personal consumption, has contributed the bulk of the increase in demand in recent months.

And as the Salvation Army does not engage in harm reduction programs, such as needle exchanges or supervised injection, drug use, drug dealing, and alcohol consumption in public spaces can be expected to increase.

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«Factors such as public awareness regarding the increase in obesity levels, as a result of high meat consumption, have led to the demand for meat substitutes,» the report said.

Significant supporting research from both the USDA and public groups has demonstrated that school children significantly increase their consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables when given a variety of choices via a school salad bar.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

Whitfield County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Implementation of the New Meal Pattern and Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Seaborn Lee Elementary / Fulton County School Nutrition (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Liberty County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Promoting a Healthy School Environment Atlanta Public Schools Nutrition Department Savannah — Chatham County Public Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Walton County Public Schools Farm to School Programs Commerce City Schools DeKalb County Schools Sharon Elementary School — Forsyth County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Jackson County Schools Pierce County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Fiscal Management Thomaston - Upson School System (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Food Safety (HACCP Implementation) Gwinnett County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Increasing Participation in School Lunch, School Breakfast, or Afterschool Snacks Bibb County School Nutrition Butts County School System Tri-Cities High School, Fulton County School Nutrition Program Leadership, Development and Program Management Cobb County School District Jackson County Schools School Breakfast and School Lunch Week Events Dublin City Schools Jackson County Schools Pierce County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner)

Significant supporting research from both the USDA and public groups has demonstrated that school children significantly increase their consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables when given a variety of choices via a school salad bar.

Only two years into the new meal improvements, the Harvard School of Public Health has already found that the new school food standards have significantly increased kids» fruit and vegetable consumption.

These findings are contradicted by an earlier Harvard School of Public Health study, which found that fruit consumption was holding steady and vegetable consumption had increased due to the HHFKA.

She also provides legal technical assistance to public health officials working to reduce sweetened beverage consumption and to increase access to drinking water.

While Costa Rican legislators have recently approved a law to increase the sales of electric cars, exempting them from all taxes, which will eventually help to reduce CO2 pollution and fossil fuel consumption, it will not ameliorate the situation of overcrowded and underfunded public roads that make Costa Rica one of the top 10 worst countries to drive in.

By 2002 the results were positive enough for the American Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements of fish oil for coronary heart disease patients.

Digital technologies have enabled a massive increase in writing, much of it for public consumption — which, lest we forget, used to be the domain of professionals, from medieval scribes to Victorian novelists to science journalists.

Experts say the result will be increased pressure on public health agencies to set safety limits for rice consumption.

«From a review of the literature, it would appear that concerns in the scientific community and among the public regarding the potential adverse health effects of the increased consumption of energy drinks are broadly valid,» write the authors.

«Along with other research released recently from Western Australia showing increased harms on nights when people consumed energy drinks, it is becoming more apparent about how associations between energy drink consumption and greater levels of intoxication and harm can be explained, and that the concerns of researchers regarding social order and public health appear to be warranted, despite industry lobbying to the contrary.»

Metabolic Syndrome, which includes obesity and diabetes, represents a major public health concern, caused by a combination of increased food consumption and reduced physical activities, with contributions from host genetics, environment and tissue inflammation.

The results have significant public health implications as the increase of berry consumption is a relatively simple dietary modification for cognition protection in the elderly.

This was a public health measure to increase the population - wide consumption of folic acid as a widespread tool for decreasing the risk of NTDs.

Significant supporting research from both the USDA and public groups has demonstrated that school children significantly increase their consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables when given a variety of choices via a school salad bar.

The Harvard School of Public Health tracked the diet and lifestyle of 120,000 men and women for about 20 years and found that people who increased their consumption of French fries and baked or mashed potatoes gained more weight over time — as much as 3.4 lbs.

There is an urgent need for increased public awareness of the risks associated with high fructose consumption and greater efforts should be made to curb the supplementation of packaged foods with high fructose additives.

The plan assessed various alternative fuels and developed fuel portfolios to meet California's goals to reduce petroleum consumption, increase alternative fuels use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase in - state production of biofuels, without causing a significant degradation of public health and environmental quality.

In the best - case scenario, undercover investigations can lead to immediate changes through corporate or legal policy change and consumers reducing their consumption of animal products, as well as contribute to long - term outcomes by growing the animal advocacy movement and increasing public concern for farm animal issues.

Presented at American Fine Arts in New York, Meyer's effort was intended specifically as a reply to that year's Whitney Biennial, which had, he argued, effectively thematized politics and subsequently rendered critical artwork the stuff of style, preparing it for ready consumption by the public.5 Notably, the Berlin - based critic Isabelle Graw would roughly contemporaneously take note of museums» increasing desire to invite artists to deconstruct institutional infrastructures and ideologies in their projects, dubbing the growing trend «subversion for hire.

Likewise, dedicating a small fee on oil and gas production (or consumption) or a portion of increased royalties from energy production on public lands would ensure that as we enjoy relatively cheap and abundant energy supplies today, we are also setting aside the funds needed to make steady investments in the advanced energy technologies needed to secure cheap and abundant energy in the future.

A number of studies have explored the opportunities available to improve health and well - being as a result of adapting to climate change, 273 with many recent publications illustrating the benefit of reduced air pollution.2, 271,288,299,300,301,302 Additionally, some studies have looked at the co-benefits to climate change and health of applying innovative urban design practices which reduce energy consumption and pollution while increasing public health, 99,272,303,304 decrease vulnerability of communities to extreme events263, 264,303 and reduce the disparity between different societal groups.249, 305,306,307,308

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

Through the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use; potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits; the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

The assertions that marijuana consumption and driving under the influence will increase if it's legalized need to be challenged to arrive at a reasonable public policy, Toronto criminal lawyer Ryan Handlarski writes in The Lawyer's Daily.

Businesses can also increase their funding by showing that they meet public policy goals of reducing energy use or promoting alternative fuel consumption.