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Food acquisition and consumption by NOVA food classification and lived poverty index among rural and urban households in South Africa and Ghana

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: This study aimed to determine differences in food consumption by the NOVA food categories in South Africa and Ghana and how they relate to poverty and food supply systems.
Nana Ama Frimpomaa Agyapong, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Florian Kroll, Charles Apprey, Linda Nana Esi Aduku, Robert Aidoo, Elizabeth Catherina Swart   +6 more
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Contribution of NOVA food groups to energy and nutrient supply in Mexican households

Salud Pública de México, 2019
Objective. To analyze the contribution of natural, processed and ultra-processed foods to energy and nutrient supply in Mexican households. Materials and methods.
Mariana Romo-Aviles, Luis Ortiz-Hernández   +1 more
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Native American foods: History, culture, and influence on modern diets

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2016
Approximately 12,000–15,000 years ago people from northeast Asia crossed the Bering Land Bridge to enter and inhabit North America beginning in Alaska but rapidly spreading throughout North and South American and the Caribbean islands.
Sunmin Park, Nobuko Hongu, James W. Daily, III   +2 more
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Towards sustainable diets: addressing saturated fats and environmental impacts of processed foods

Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Sustainable food production encompasses environmental, economic, and social dimensions. Rapid urbanization and industrialization have significantly altered dietary patterns, leading to increased consumption of convenience foods that are often highly ...
Akshita Sharma, Khalid Mehmood Wani
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Monitoring the impact of trade agreements on national food environments: trade imports and population nutrition risks in Fiji

Globalization and Health, 2017
Background Trade agreements are increasingly recognised as playing an influential role in shaping national food environments and the availability and nutritional quality of the food supply.
Amerita Ravuvu, Sharon Friel, Anne-Marie Thow, Wendy Snowdon, Jillian Wate   +4 more
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The impact of climate and societal change on food and nutrition security: A case study of Malawi

Food and Energy Security, 2021
Society is currently facing an unprecedented challenge in terms of achieving food and nutrition security for a rapidly expanding global population while also minimising and reversing damage to the natural environment.
Charlotte Hall, Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Pete Smith, Terrence P. Dawson   +3 more
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Determination of a representative food mass-to-surface area ratio (mF/A) for estimating migration values of food contact substances in single use food contact articles marketed in the United States

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology
When reviewing the safety of food packaging, safety assessors must determine the migration levels of a food contact substance (FCS) from the packaging into the contained food products.
Lauren M. Zhovmer, Andres M. GonzalezBonet, Madhur Garg, Allan B. Bailey, Kirk B. Arvidson   +4 more
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Jenis kelamin anak, pendidikan ibu, dan motivasi dari guru serta hubungannya dengan preferensi makanan anak sekolah pada anak prasekolah di TK Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia, 2008
Background: Preference to foods among children is a predictor of food consumption pattern. Therefore good under- standing on food preference of children, factors related to foods most likes and disliked needs to be studied for  nutrition education and ...
Atikah Proverawati, Endy Paryanto Prawirohartono, Tjahjono Kuntjoro   +2 more
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Improving quality standards of purchase policy and sustainable staple food safety

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionFood quality is closely related to food safety. Improving food quality, especially staple foods quality, is crucial to ensuring sustainable food safety.
Chen Cao, Kaichao Shao
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Eating Behavior of Students in Relation to the Offer Available in the Vicinity of the University Campus [PDF]

Amfiteatru Economic
Eating behavior of students is a major concern given the prevalence of chronic diseases associated with unhealthy food preferences, such as ultra-processed foods, which are characterized by wide availability, extensive marketing and advertising efforts
Teodora Dominteanu, Liviu Marian Matac, Nicholas Victor Julius Alexander, Codruța Daniela Pavel, Adrian Iacobini , Andreea Voinea   +5 more
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