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Why Is the Study of Food Environments Still Relevant?

Urban Planning
Food environments are the point of intersection where people engage with the food system. As such, they are a key consideration for food policy and governance in countries across the world.
Claire Thompson, Dianna Smith
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Personal Food Computer: A new device for controlled-environment agriculture [PDF]

, 2017
Due to their interdisciplinary nature, devices for controlled-environment agriculture have the possibility to turn into ideal tools not only to conduct research on plant phenology but also to create curricula in a wide range of disciplines.
Brander, Gordon, Chambers, Douglas, England, Hildreth, Ferrer, Eduardo Castelló, Harper, Caleb, Rye, Jake, Savas, Tim   +6 more
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Food environments in the Pacific region and efforts to improve them: a scoping review

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To understand the characteristics of food environments in the Pacific region, and the broader economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings that influence food choices and interventions to improve food environments for Pacific communities.
Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Clara Gómez-Donoso, Kathryn Backholer, Jennifer Browne, Megan Ferguson, Adrian J Cameron   +5 more
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Spatial pattern analysis of the impact of community food environments on foetal macrosomia, preterm births and low birth weight

Geospatial Health
Community food environments (CFEs) have a strong impact on child health and nutrition and this impact is currently negative in many areas. In the Republic of Argentina, there is a lack of research evaluating CFEs regionally and comprehensively by tools ...
Micaela Natalia Campero, Carlos Matías Scavuzzo, Carlos Marcelo Scavuzzo, María Dolores Román   +3 more
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Drivers of Food Decision Making and Aspirations for the Future of the School Food Environment among Junior High School Students in Cape Coast, Ghana: a Photovoice Study

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: Food decision making is a complex and dynamic process that influences diet and ultimately health. Adolescents consider many different food environment-level factors when making decisions about food.
Elise C Reynolds, Christiana Nsiah-Asamoah, Harriet Okronipa, Nicholas F Russell, Madina Habib, Christine P Stewart   +5 more
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Characteristics of the School Food Environment Affect the Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Among Adolescents

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Sugar-sweetened beverages are widely available and accessible in school environment, and their presence and characteristics of this environment can influence their consumption.
Luana Lara Rocha, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Lúcia Helena Almeida Gratão, Ariene Silva do Carmo, Nayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Larissa Loures Mendes   +7 more
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Impact of ocean warming on sustainable fisheries management informs the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries [PDF]

, 2017
Acknowledgements Serpetti N., Heymans J.J., and Burrows M.T. were funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under the Marine Ecosystems Research Programme (MERP) (grant No.
Baudron, Alan R, Burrows, Michael, Fernandes, Paul G, Helaouet, Pierre, Heymans, J J, Payne, Benjamin Luke, Serpetti, Natalia   +6 more
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The Association Between an Individual’s Local Food Environment and Diet Quality among Postpartum Women Living in Rural Bangladesh

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: The food environment is a driver of the double burden of malnutrition, influencing dietary intake by increasing or restricting access to foods.
Alexandra L Bellows, Andrew Thorne-Lyman, Saijuddin Shaikh, Md Tanvir Islam, Shahnaj Parvin, Rezwanul Haque, Monica M Pasqualino, Frank Curriero, Hasmot Ali, Alain B Labrique, Md Iqbal Hossain, Amanda C Palmer   +11 more
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Empirical test of an agricultural landscape model: the importance of farmer preference for risk aversion and crop complexity [PDF]

, 2013
Developing models to predict the effects of social and economic change on agricultural landscapes is an important challenge. Model development often involves making decisions about which aspects of the system require detailed description and which are ...
Agro Business Consultants, Arfini F., de Frahan B. H., Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs &, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs &, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs &, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs &, Edwards-Jones G., Gelman A., Geweke J., McGregor M., Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food &, Nix J., Perez I., Perkin P., Plummer M., Press W. H., von Winterfeldt D.   +17 more
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The healthiness of New Zealand school food environments: a national survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the healthiness of New Zealand school food environments. Methods: In 2016, primary and secondary schools were invited to complete a cross‐sectional questionnaire.
Erica D'Souza, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Boyd Swinburn   +2 more
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