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From food access to food sovereignty

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023
The ongoing neoliberalization of higher education has meant that college and university students at state institutions face declining state support for their education, increasing debt, precarious post-graduation job opportunities, and a dominant cul ...
Kate Darby, Lena Hemmer, Renee Holt, Terri Kempton, Melanie del Rosario, Jon Stubblefield, Grey Webster   +6 more
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Unplanned Food Access

Journal of the American Planning Association, 2022
U.S. suburbs have increasingly diversified in the past 2 decades. Most working-class and lower income immigrant households settle in older suburbs of metro regions, reversing their decline. In this study I examined the multifaceted contribution of immigrant food entrepreneurs toward the wellbeing of a multiethnic, working-class suburb (Upper Darby, PA).
M. Khojasteh
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Nourishing student success and wellbeing

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023
Food insecurity among U.S. college and university students surpasses respective levels in the general population. Previous research has primarily focused on demographic and economic explana­tions, neglecting other risk factors such as student place of ...
Teresa Warne, Roland Ebel, Selena Ahmed
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Development of a Quantitative One-Step RT-PCR Method for the Detection of Sabin 2 Virus Contamination in a Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2

Vaccines, 2021
To control circulating vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus outbreaks, a more genetically stable novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) was developed by targeted modifications of Sabin 2 genome.
Hasmik Manukyan, Erman Tritama, Rahnuma Wahid, Azeem Ansari, John Konz, Konstantin Chumakov, Majid Laassri   +6 more
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COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fisheries-dependent island communities

Ecology and Society, 2023
Policies designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted food systems worldwide. How impacts played out in local food systems, and how these affected the lived experiences of different people is only just coming to light.
Sarah Sutcliffe, Jacqueline D. Lau, Michele L. Barnes, Emmanuel Mbaru, Eric Wade, Wilda Hungito, Innocent Mulwodo. Muly, Stephen Wanyonyi, Nyawira A. Muthiga, Philippa J. Cohen, Joshua Cinner   +10 more
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Food insecurity as a risk factor for obesity: A review

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Obesity is considered a 21st-century epidemic and it is a metabolic risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, some types of cancer, among others. Thus, its prevention and
Diana Carvajal-Aldaz, Gabriela Cucalon, Carlos Ordonez   +2 more
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School meal access and changes in meal participation during COVID-19 school closures: A stratified random sample of CalFresh Healthy Living Eligible school districts in California

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs are a nutrition safety net for millions of children in the United States, particularly children in households with lower incomes.
Kaela Plank, Sridharshi Hewawitharana, Evan Talmage, Suzanne Rauzon, Gail Woodward-Lopez   +4 more
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Factors Influencing Dietetic Interns’ Dietary Habits during Supervised Practice

Dietetics, 2023
Supervised practice is a prerequisite to becoming a registered dietitian. Research suggests that environmental and social factors may affect dietary choices.
Courtney Weese, Katie M. Thompson, Adalyn White, Brianne Oronoz, Karli Breinholt, Dawson V. Croxall, Kelzie Devitt, Marin Easton, Madison L. Gunter, Breann McFarlane, Kaitlyn Reich, Jenna Sacks, Lacie Peterson, Rebecca Charlton, Holly Hopkins, Katie N. Kraus   +15 more
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Access to healthy foods: Part I. Barriers to accessing healthy foods: Differentials by gender, social class, income and mode of transport [PDF]

, 1998
This paper examines the issues of access to food and the influences people face when shopping for a healthy food basket. It uses data from the Health Edu cation Authority's 1993 Health and Lifestyles Survey to examine the barriers people face in ...
Caraher M., Caraher M., Department of Health., Department of Health., Department of Health., Department of Health., Dowler E., Graham H., Healey and Baker., Institute of European Food Studies., Jarvis S., Kemm JR, Martin Caraher, McClements L., Oakley A., Office of Population and Census Surveys., Paul Dixon, Piachhaud D., Raven H., Robertson A., Roy Carr-Hill, Tim Lang, United Nations Association-UK.   +22 more
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Using a Mobile Food Pantry to Address the Food Insecurity Needs of College Students

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2023
Food insecurity is a prevalent issue throughout the United States, the state of Oklahoma, and on Oklahoma State University’s (OSU) Stillwater campus.
Madison Lapke , Barbara Stoecker , M. Craig Edwards , Janice Hermann   +3 more
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