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Perspectives from the front line
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 The novel coronavirus pandemic has had an immediate effect on food and nutrition security, leading to the most widespread increase in need for food assistance in modern history. At its onset, the pandemic led to emergency food providers experiencing the “
Amanda Hege +5 more
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Food Security, Nutritional Supply, and Nutrient Sources in Rural Burkina Faso
Nutrients, 2023 Rural communities are more likely to encounter constraints in achieving food security and adequate nutritional supply. This study explores food security, nutritional supply, nutrient adequacy, macronutrient balance, recipes, and nutrient sources based on bi-monthly household surveys in rural villages in Northern and Southern Burkina Faso from 2019 to ...
Sakiko Shiratori +2 more
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Measuring nutritional diversity of national food supplies
Global Food Security, 2014 Improvements in agricultural production have drastically increased grain yields in the past half-century. Despite this growth in productivity and calories available per capita, malnutrition – both undernutrition and, increasingly, overweight – remains pervasive.
Ruth DeFries +5 more
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Non-nutritive sweeteners in the food supply: changes after the first phase of the Chilean Food Law [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2020 Abstract Background In June 2016, Chile implemented the Food Labeling and Advertising Law, which includes mandatory front-of-package warning labels in products with high content of sugars and other key nutrients.
Ricardo, CZ +4 more
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Value chains to improve diets: Diagnostics to support intervention design in Malawi [PDF]
, 2019 Governments and development partners looking to accelerate progress in addressing malnutrition have been examining how to use interventions in value-chains to improve diets.
Ahmed +31 more
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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 +19 more
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A brief review of the science behind the design of healthy and sustainable plant-based foods
npj Science of Food, 2021 People are being encouraged to consume more plant-based foods to reduce the negative impacts of the modern food supply on human and global health. The food industry is therefore creating a new generation of plant-based products to meet this demand ...
D. Mcclements, L. Grossmann
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How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security
Foods, 2023 The war in Ukraine has caused severe disruption to national and worldwide food supplies. Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat, maize, and oilseeds, staples that are now suffering a war-triggered supply risk.
W. Leal Filho +6 more
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Food and Nutrition Security as a Measure of Resilience in the Barents Region
Urban Science, 2018 Food and nutrition security builds resilience in a society when people have access to safe and nutritious foods. The Barents region, covering the Northern parts of Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and the North-western part of Russia, seeks common goals that
Dele Raheem
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Food insecurity among households with children during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023 Understanding impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among households with children is necessary to design appropriate public health responses that protect food and nutrition security.
Bailey Houghtaling +11 more
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