Sentences with phrase «of nonfood»

While pica might sound like a synonym for destructive chewing, the disorder is usually characterized by the intentional consumption of nonfood items — eating the item is your puppy's main objective.

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).

Develop a list of nonfood rewards — such as special time with Dad or a trip to a water park — to use as treats or to celebrate accomplishments.

Not exact matches

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

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.

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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.

«It's a nonfood primary crop, can be grown on land that isn't being used, but it fits with existing farm infrastructure,» says CEO Tom Todaro of Targeted Growth.

For example, sufferers of Kluver - Bucy syndrome — who often gorge themselves or resort to eating nonfood items — have damage to brain regions including the amygdala and the OFC.

Timothy Durrett, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and collaborators at Michigan State University and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln have modified Camelina sativa — a nonfood oilseed crop — and produced the highest levels of modified seed lipids to date.

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.

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.

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.

Developed last year, this relatively new certification for nonfood items like household products, skin care, cleaners, etc., names a product safe when third - party scientists find that it's free of chemicals thought to harm human health (meaning no carcinogens, endocrine disrupters, fire retardants, or VOCs allowed).

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.

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.

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.

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.

There are a variety of reasons cats might chew on and / or eat nonfood items.

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.

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.

The intervention focused on reducing the cultural barriers to the acceptance of the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, WIC, and World Health Organization on complementary feeding by highlighting 3 topics: 1) recognition of infants» cues; 2) nonfood strategies for managing infant behavior; and 3) mother — grandmother negotiation strategies.