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Food desert residence and prenatal diet quality

open access: yesPregnancy
Introduction Suboptimal prenatal nutrition is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, yet the contribution of the lived food environment on prenatal diet quality remains incompletely understood. This study evaluated differences in prenatal macro‐ and
Noor Al‐Shibli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of neighborhood restaurant density on adults’ dietary quality: evidence from an IV-LASSO approach in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The development of the restaurant industry has disrupted food consumption patterns, while evidence on how restaurants impact dietary quality remains limited and inconsistent.
Yalin Tang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

UiO‐66 metal–organic frameworks in biomedicine: From structural tunability to bioimaging, photodiagnostics, and photodynamic cancer therapy

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
UiO‐66(Zr) metal–organic frameworks are chemically stable, biocompatible, and highly tunable nanomaterials. Their modular structure enables controlled drug delivery, multimodal bioimaging, and light‐activated photodynamic therapy, supporting integrated diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostic) applications in cancer and biomedical research.
Veronika Huntošová   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Food Desert" American Samoa: Assessing Food Desert at School Locations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The purpose of this study is to assess if food desert exist at school locations in American Samoa. A food desert is an area that lacks nutritional food.
Asifoa-Lagai, Molly
core  

Desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) are selective herbivores that track the flowering phenology of their preferred food plants. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Previous studies of desert tortoise foraging ecology in the western Mojave Desert suggest that these animals are selective herbivores, which alter their diet according to the temporal availability of preferred food plants. These studies, however, did not
W Bryan Jennings, Kristin H Berry
doaj   +1 more source

WHERE ARE FOOD DESERTS GOING? A systematic literature review of food deserts [PDF]

open access: yesRithink, 2022
Food deserts are areas with little to no access to healthy, fresh food, and as such present major social and economic problems. As a research topic, food deserts have been explored for over three decades and are still an interesting topic. The main goal of this research was to systematically review the most recent research in food deserts and establish
openaire  

How phagocytic cells kill bacteria: Lessons from a professional killer

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
How phagocytic cells ingest and kill bacteria has been studied for more than a century, but many questions remain unanswered. The study of the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum brings new answers, and new questions. Professional phagocytic cells such as neutrophils and macrophages, as well as free‐living soil amoebae like Dictyostelium discoideum, employ
Otmane Lamrabet, Pierre Cosson
wiley   +1 more source

Desert Rangelands of Uzbekistan and Sustainable Use of Food Resources. Recommendation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Working paper on Desert Rangelands of Uzbekistan and Sustainable Use of Food Resources ...
Bobokulov, Nasillo
core  

Rights based approaches to addressing food poverty and food insecurity in Ireland and UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Food poverty is an important contributing factor to health inequalities in industrialized countries; it refers to the inability to acquire or eat an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways (or the uncertainty of ...
O'Connor, Deirdre   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Examining food purchasing patterns from sales data at a full-service grocery store intervention in a former food desert

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Background: The Good Food Junction Grocery Store was opened in a former food desert in the inner city of Saskatoon, Canada. Objective: The purpose of this research was to examine, using grocery store sales data, healthy and less healthful food purchasing
Daniel Fuller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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