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Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 17-41, April 2025.ABSTRACT Cultivation pits represented the principal form of horticultural features developed by past atoll communities in Central‐East Polynesia (CEP), and they are still utilised on some atolls in Oceania. The majority of information about the use of cultivation pits in CEP derives from ethnographic and preliminary archaeological investigations.
Elisa Scorsini +5 more
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Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.The development of a tortilla‐type product based on corn flour and the partial substitution of Opuntia flour (OF) and soy flour (SF) emerged from the need and demand of the snack sector for a product of better nutritional quality. This study evaluated the effect of substitution of OF and SF in the tortilla–chip process and the effect of infrared ...
Karla Yuritzi Amador-Rodríguez +4 more
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Chía and its wild relatives: A superfood Salvia (Lamiaceae)
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 1284-1292, November 2024.Alternative crops are a promising approach to address the global food shortage that is exacerbated by climate change and wealth disparities. Some of these alternative crops are traditional food plants that have been widely traded for centuries, whereas others have only recently become more popular.
Sabina I. Lara‐Cabrera +4 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 516-522, October 2024.ABSTRACT Little is known of helminth parasites in Micronesia in archaeological contexts. This study presents a parasitological analysis of soil and sediment samples from Ebon Atoll in the Marshall Islands, eastern Micronesia. Microscopic eggs of the dog (Canis lupus familiaris) nematode Toxocara canis, which could have adversely affected the health of ...
Mark Horrocks +3 more
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Inequality of opportunity in the double burden of malnutrition in Mexico
Health Economics, Volume 33, Issue 10, Page 2342-2380, October 2024.Abstract This paper proposes a pseudo‐birth‐cohort approach to deal with a lack of longitudinal data to measure health inequities over time. Using Roemer's framework for inequality of opportunity, this study measures ex‐ante and ex‐post inequalities in malnutrition, a concept that spans both sides of the nutrition continuum.
Andrea Salas‐Ortiz, Andrew M. Jones
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 12, Issue 8, Page 5412-5425, August 2024.The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of adding sour cherry puree to tarhana formulations on nutritional value and quality. The use of sour cherry puree has enriched tarhana in terms of essential amino acids and increased antioxidant activity.
Ali Göncü
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ECONOMY OF FAVORS: Tiered Labor Systems on Mexico's Car Assembly Lines
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 400-427, August 2024.ABSTRACT Inequalities are inherent to capitalism. However, supply‐chain production has introduced new dynamics in which workers situated in uneven labor regimes increasingly find themselves working alongside one another. On Mexico's car assembly lines, autoworkers work next to logistics workers.
ALEJANDRA GONZÁLEZ JIMÉNEZ
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Street vendors as actors of a sustainable food system—The case of Mexico City
Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 11, Issue 2, July‐December 2024.Short Abstract This paper presents an empirical study of street vending in two municipalities of Mexico City. Through observational fieldwork, we quantified and spatialized the street food offer, which we compared to food outlets (shops and restaurants), focusing on traditional foods.
Louise Guibrunet +4 more
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Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Traditional fermented beverages are culturally and socially accepted products for consumption, drinking, entertainment, customary practices, and for religious purposes. The purpose of this review was to identify some cereal‐based fermented beverages and determine the differences in their production technologies.
Felix Kwashie Madilo +5 more
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The Impact of Nutrition during Early Childhood on Education among Guatemalan Adults [PDF]
Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on the effect of early childhood nutrition on education in developing countries by ...
Agnes R. Quisumbing +5 more
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