Sentences with word «nonfood»

You may notice dogs, cats, rats and mice ingesting feces — while essentially the same behavior, it does not serve a nutritional purpose and is actually called «pica,» a word that refers to the eating of nonfood items.

If your baby has diarrhea and is vomiting and you think he may have swallowed some kind of nonfood item like a medication, chemical, or plant, call the Poison Control Center right away (800-222-1222).

Another behavior linked with OCD is pica, which is a tendency to eat nonfood items such as rocks, dirt or feces.

I've heard of women not only having profoundly strange food cravings, but also developing pica — a craving for nonfood items like dirt, cardboard, sofa cushions, even cigarette butts.

Now for the really fun part, pick out a festive Halloween bucket or bowl to fill with nonfood treats like small toys, games, and novelties like the ones we got from Oriental Trading Company.

DOE's Bioenergy Research Centers support multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research teams pursuing the fundamental scientific breakthroughs needed to make production of cellulosic biofuels, or biofuels from nonfood plant fiber, cost - effective on a national scale.

Gains for pouches in nonfood product uses will be driven by continued development of new applications.

There is no need to create an ongoing pattern of using food for reward, but at this age, many children do respond to candy, when other nonfood rewards, such as «stickers» have languished.

BP said it would soon build a demonstration plant in Florida for a type of ethanol made from plant material; Shell has worked with several firms since 2002 to develop ethanol from nonfood crops.

It is calling for a 10 - year moratorium on field trials of any GM food crop as well as nonfood crops such as cotton equipped to produce an insect - killing toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

Lovitt encourages nonfood rewards such as a pedicure — just not right before a workout.

Instead, find nonfood ways to de-stress and focus on what you really need in these moments.

• Nurture with nonfood related activities, such as a hot bubble bath or a massage, developing a hobby, relaxing with a good book, or listening to some music.

Services include Global Food Safety Initiative, foodservice equipment and nonfood compounds certification, HACCP validation and inspection, label claims verification and certification, DNA and food package testing, product and process development, food fraud consulting and training, and organic and Certified Transitional certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI).

Article also reported data for a «nutrition advertisements» group; means for «snack food advertisements» and «nonfood advertisements» groups only were used in our analyses.

In addition to inappropriate elimination and overgrooming, signs of distress include hiding, chewing on nonfood items, tail flicking, and holding ears farther back than normal.

New research is revealing that swallowing nonfood items may be more common among Toby's breed than others.

In addition to messages about the type and timing of infant feeding, the intervention showed mothers how to read their infants» cues, provided nonfood strategies for managing infants» behavior, and addressed mother — grandmother negotiations regarding feeding.

Finding nonfood substitutes for ethanol produced from corn or sugarcane would help.

Participants in the two Mediterranean - diet groups received either extra-virgin olive oil (approximately 1 liter per week) or 30 g of mixed nuts per day (15 g of walnuts, 7.5 g of hazelnuts, and 7.5 g of almonds) at no cost, and those in the control group received small nonfood gifts.

Participants received quarterly individual and group educational sessions and, depending on group assignment, free provision of extra-virgin olive oil, mixed nuts, or small nonfood gifts.

Chewing on or ingesting nonfood items can not only be destructive, it can be very... [Read more...]

Lauric acid, the major fatty acid from the fat of the coconut, has long been recognized for the unique properties that it lends to nonfood uses in the soaps and cosmetics industry.

Nearly 30 percent of pregnant women crave nonfood items, an eating disorder called pica — from the Latin word for magpie, a bird known to eat anything.

We regularly run courses across the entire nonfood Biofuel Feedstocks, technology, Finance and management renewable to build a sustainable Biofuel industry worldwide and also offer bespoke in - house training / Group training to meet your individual corporate training needs.

Nonfood prices were up 1.7 % in December, compared with November's 1.6 % gain.

But with no doubt, the main attraction is the countless number of booths with food and nonfood stuff, most of it somehow related to the mighty pod, of course.

A «grocery product» includes «nonfood grocery products» such as:

Now, Raspet runs Nonfood along with co-founder and fellow artist Lucy Chinen.

Don't forget your fun nonfood treats, though!

Last year, I picked up a few nonfood treats to hand out and they were so popular, we ended up handing them out with the candy to the rest of the kiddos, too.

Dana: Be sure to check out the reader comments on this post, which gave me a ton of fun, nonfood ideas, as well as this post, which tells readers what I chose.

«This suggests substantial nonfood exposure, accumulation in body tissues such as fat, or both,» the researchers wrote in their paper released today by Environmental Health Perspectives.

To see if nonfood plants could be a source of a biofuel the way corn is, researchers followed six alternative crops and farming systems in so - called marginal lands over 20 years, including poplar trees and alfalfa.

In the biofuels business, the idea of converting nonfood plants to fuels is like a mirage: enticing but seemingly just out of reach.

The work continues through the DOE - funded Center for Bioenergy Innovation, created last year to advance the production of fuels and other products directly from nonfood biomass.

Interestingly, when they were shown a photo of an energy - dense food — such as a doughnut, candy bar, you get the picture — they were much more easily distracted than when they were shown either nonfood objects or low - calorie snacks.

It is the food on our plates as well as nonfood sources, like relationships, careers, spirituality and physical activity, that truly feed us.

That spike wasn't seen in response to nonfood odors,» study coauthor Surabhi Bhutani told Science News.

Adults operating on only four hours of sleep inhaled food odors such as those from potato chips and cinnamon rolls, and nonfood smells like fir trees while undergoing functional MRI scans.

However, except for olive oil, most early use of oils seems to have been for nonfood purposes such as illumination, lubrication, and medicine (43).

The kitchen cupboard was full of nonfood sorts of food.

Biofuel brewers would prefer to convert either agricultural waste or other nonfood plants, such as trees and grasses, to fuels.