Sentences with phrase «reduce food availability»

People using TNR to manage a colony should make sure to reduce food availability as the population of the colony dwindles.

And, in fact, one point Dr. Guyenet's mentor, Michael Schwartz, made of interest in his 2006 review in Nature «Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight» was that «food deprivation strongly augments the reward value... reduced food availability seems to exert a global, stimulatory effect on reward perception.»

For example, the rapid growth in use of crops for biofuels to ensure energy security in the face of soaring petrol prices, not only reduced food availability, but also drove millions of people off the land and contributed to food riots in 30 countries around the world.

As an example, the author pokes fun at a 2016 Newsweek article announcing that «Climate change could cause half a million deaths in 2050 due to reduced food availability.»

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It is also making extensive efforts to reduce the salt content of each of its dishes and to expand the availability of high - fiber food, without making any compromises on taste.

If hunger (responsible for more deaths every year than war or disease and the loss of more lives than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined) is not attributable solely to inadequate production of food, but rather insufficient availability of food, why isn't more being done to reduce the shameful levels of food loss occurring in developing countries?

The combination of longer shelf life and more appetizing appearance promises to both reduce food waste and increase the availability of proteins in areas further away from food sources.

These results suggest that limited food availability is a key factor in the reduced number of birds in conventionally farmed areas.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

Torres, also endorsed by StreetsPAC, is well versed in a broad range of progressive issues — from participatory budgeting to the battle against «predatory equity» and derelict landlords to sustainability, a key policy concern of his that encompasses issues including the health impacts of truck exhaust pollution, the need for congestion pricing to reduce traffic, the availability of nutritious fresh food, and the maintenance of affordable and livable housing.

The government's hope is that this will equip and empower communities to utilize their local resources in manufacturing products in a bid to increase agricultural and manufacturing output, reduce reliance on imports and increase the production of consumer goods and food availability.

«Obesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.

Farmers make the fuel by chemically treating corn kernels to isolate the sugars and then feeding the sugars to yeast, which digests them and secretes ethanol.Not only do the corn husks and stalks go to waste, but ethanol production has driven up the price of the corn that is used for food by reducing its availability.

The top five things (from a list of 16) that the public believes would improve people's health a great deal are: improving access to affordable healthy food (57 %), reducing illegal drug use (54 %), reducing air, water, or chemical pollution (52 %), increasing access to high - quality health care (52 %), and improving the economy and the availability of jobs (49 %).

«These roots include sedentary lifestyles, widespread availability of high - calorie food in large portions, and reduced time for at - home food preparation.»

If we all farmed our yards, even in small container gardens, we would greatly increase the availability of local food and reduce food costs.

A study of Asian vegetarians with incomplete amino acid intake showed reduced clearing of xenobiotics.47 Low levels of hydrochloric acid have an adverse impact on the availability of dietary amino acids, even in a higher protein diet, so stimulating the pancreas using lacto - fermented foods is crucial.

Further, unhealthy cooking methods greatly reduce the availability of boron from food.

Now we are a smart species and our agriculture science and production has substantially reduced famine on our planet and has given us more time than most species have before these population reductions occur (although global climate shift and higher energy costs are wildcards in food production and availability in the future).

Accordingly, unless action is taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could cut the projected improvement in food availability by approximately a third by 2050, which in turn would lead to average per - person reductions in food availability of 3.2 %, or 99 kcal, fruit and vegetable intake by 4.0 %, or 14.9 grams per day, and red meat consumption by 0.7 %, or 0.5 grams per day.

Concerted efforts to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from industry, improve the efficiency of their use in agriculture, and enhance their availability for use in fertilizer in food - insecure regions would have multiple benefits, including a reduction of climate risks.

As is the case with biofuels, there is also the significant risk that inappropriately applied incentives to encourage biochar might increase the cost and reduce the availability of food crops, if growing biomass feedstocks becomes more profitable than growing food.»

Since these residues are a natural by - product of the primary food crop, they can be used without reducing the availability of food crops or increasing the amount of land used for agriculture.

Food availability per capita and access to clean water have risen dramatically over the past half - century, reducing malnutrition and water - borne diseases and increasing life expectancy.

Increased mismatches between food availability in ecosystems need to also include reduced energy demands needed to maintain body temperature, such as for marine mammals and the fact that plants and cold - blooded animals usually grow faster when warmer rather than colder.

Through broad public education, hands - on technical assistance, and strategic support of emerging entrepreneurs and technologies, we work to increase food availability and reduce oil usage in the United States.

Most health professionals agree that to systematically reduce obesity in Australian Aboriginal communities, reform is needed and must include structural and regulatory changes to improve availability, affordability, accessibility and promotion of healthy food.