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The potential habitat of desert locusts is contracting: predictions under climate change scenarios [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Desert locusts are notorious for their widespread distribution and strong destructive power. Their influence extends from the vast arid and semiarid regions of western Africa to northwestern India.
Jingyun Guan +5 more
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An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world
Plants, People, Planet, 2020 Societal Impact Statement Climate change is dramatically restructuring agriculture and damaging crops, food security, and human health, especially in deserts.
Gary Paul Nabhan +13 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 Food access is a major key component in food security, as it is every individual’s right to proper access to a nutritious and affordable food supply. Low access to healthy food sources influences people’s diet and activity habits.
Abrar Almalki +3 more
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2017 Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart disease and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the United States, producing an immense health and economic burden. An estimated 92.1 million US adults are diagnosed with at least one type of CVD, and a projected 43.9% of US adults will have some form of CVD by 2030.1 One of the primary reasons for the
Keith C, Ferdinand, Indrajeet, Mahata
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2019 Research evaluating the impact of new food stores in “food deserts” have reported limited impact on eating and health outcomes of residents who live nearby.
Mengni Yao +3 more
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Facilitating Undergraduate Learning through Community-Engaged Problem-Based Learning
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018 We used problem-based or experiential learning in our undergraduate Health Policy course to examine food deserts via a health impact assessment (HIA) assignment.
Ronica Rooks, Brooke Dorsey Holliman
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International Journal of Librarianship, 2020 Access to healthy, varied and affordable foods has a great impact on individual dietary patterns and diet-related health outcomes. Consequently, there is an increasing interest in identifying food deserts - areas with poor access to supermarkets or other food retailers that provide a wide range of healthy and affordable food.
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2020 This review focuses on the potential of halophytes for food, fodder and biofuels production, as well as their impacts on the environment and societies.
RAMON JAIME HOLGUIN PEÑA +3 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 The semi- and arid agro-climatic zones of India harbor numerous plants, many occurring as wild and neglected inhabitants of the desert landscape, that bear edible fruits.
Tripti Joshi +3 more
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The effect of food deserts on gynecologic cancer survival
Gynecologic Oncology ReportsObjective: Living in a food desert is a known negative health risk, with recent literature finding an associated higher mortality in patients with cancers. Gynecologic cancers have not specifically been studied.
Nicole Lugo Santiago +8 more
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