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A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems [PDF]

, 2020
Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance food and nutrition security.
Akinola, R., de Bruin, F-M., Mabhaudhi, T., Pereira, L., Rusch, L.   +4 more
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Challenges of sanitary compliance related to trade in products of animal origin in Southern Africa

Italian Journal of Food Safety, 2015
Irrespective of the existence of potentially pathogenic organisms carried by animals, foods of animal origin remain the prime nutrition of humans world-wide.
Kudakwashe Magwedere, Tembile Songabe, Francis Dziva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forecasting Food Innovations with a Delphi Study

Foods, 2022
Food innovations can create novel nutritious food, improve agricultural sustainability, and increase the agri-food industry’s market profits. Our study proposes a consensus definition of food innovations and forecasts food innovations that will be ...
Alexis Zickafoose, Peng Lu, Mathew Baker
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of a healthy food supply intervention in a military setting: positive changes in cereal, fat and sugar containing foods

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2012
BackgroundIn Finland, all men are liable to military service and a clear majority completes service. The increasing prevalence of obesity also among soldiers concerns conscripts’ food choices.
Clarissa M. L. Bingham, M. Lahti-Koski, P. Puukka, Marja Kinnunen, P. Jallinoja, P. Absetz   +5 more
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Levelling foods for priority micronutrient value can provide more meaningful environmental footprint comparisons

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
A growing literature in Life Cycle Assessment seeks to better inform consumers, food policymakers, food supply chain actors, and other relevant stakeholders about how individual foods contribute to sustainable diets.
Ryan Katz-Rosene, Flaminia Ortenzi, Graham A. McAuliffe, Ty Beal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sodium Content and Labelling of Packaged Foods and Beverages in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

, 2023
Increased consumption of unhealthy processed foods, particularly those high in sodium, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The nutrition information on packaged foods can help guide consumers toward products with less sodium and support ...
Alfa, VO, Chopra, A, Hirschhorn, LR, Howes, K, Huffman, MD , Ilias, M, Jones, A , Neal, B , Ojji, DB, Ojo, AE, Okoli, R, Okoro, CE, Orji, IA, Osagie, S, Shedul, GL, Taylor, F, Trieu, K , Tutse-Tonwe, V, Van Horn, LV, Williams, MJ   +19 more
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Determining key research areas for healthier diets and sustainable food systems in Viet Nam [PDF]

, 2020
Vietnamese food systems are undergoing rapid transformation, with important implications for human and environmental health and economic development. Poverty has decreased, and diet quality and undernutrition have improved significantly since the end of ...
Do, H., Kennedy, G., Nguyen, P.H., Nguyen, T., Raneri, Jessica E., Wertheim-Heck, S.   +5 more
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Food Insecurity and the Unsustainable Hunting of Wildlife in a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019
Madagascar faces dual challenges in biodiversity conservation and public health. In order to identify strategies to reduce the unsustainable hunting of threatened species while maintaining or improving child nutrition, we quantified interactions among ...
Cortni Borgerson, Cortni Borgerson, Cortni Borgerson, BeNoel Razafindrapaoly, Delox Rajaona, Be Jean Rodolph Rasolofoniaina, Christopher D. Golden, Christopher D. Golden   +7 more
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Food insecurity and the role of food assistance programs in supporting diet quality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundEconomic and supply chain shocks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 led to substantial increases in the numbers of individuals experiencing food-related hardship in the US, with programs aimed at addressing food insecurity like the ...
Matthew M. Lee, Mary Kathryn Poole, Rachel M. Zack, Lauren Fiechtner, Lauren Fiechtner, Lauren Fiechtner, Lauren Fiechtner, Eric B. Rimm, Eric B. Rimm, Erica L. Kenney, Erica L. Kenney   +10 more
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Added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners in the food supply: Are they a threat for consumers?

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2022
Excess sugar intake can cause chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Thus, limiting the intake of sugar in the diet is an important preventive measure. Food manufacturers have considered non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) as an alternative to sugars.
Hatice Merve Bayram, Arda Ozturkcan
openaire   +3 more sources