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Agricultural Research and Policy for Better Health and Nutrition In Developing Countries: A Food Systems Approach [PDF]

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This paper is about the two-way causal relationships between the global food system and health and nutrition. It argues that the global food system begins and ends with health and that the prioritization and implementation of agricultural research and ...
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
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Food Choice and Nutrition in Fiji [PDF]

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Obesity related health problems are a potentially significant cost to Fiji. The factors driving the trend towards increased obesity are analysed. The potential for reducing the rate of increase in obesity by influincing individual food choice decisions ...
Hone, Phillip
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Nutritional Profile Estimation in Cooking Recipes [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
The availability of an accurate nutrition profile of recipes is an important feature for food databases with several applications including nutritional assistance, recommendation systems, and dietary analytics. Often in online databases, recipes are obtained from diverse sources in an attempt to maximize the number of recipes and variety of the dataset.
arxiv  

Role of government policy in nutrition—barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2018
Dariush Mozaffarian and colleagues review strategies governments can use to improve nutrition and ...
D. Mozaffarian   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Snacks, beverages, and physical activity during volunteer-led out-of-school-time programs: a cross-sectional analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Tens of millions of children regularly participate in out-of-school-time (OST) programs, providing an opportunity for child health promotion.
Christina D. Economos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiply Robust Difference-in-Differences Estimation of Causal Effect Curves for Continuous Exposures [PDF]

open access: yes
Researchers commonly use difference-in-differences (DiD) designs to evaluate public policy interventions. While methods exist for estimating effects in the context of binary interventions, policies often result in varied exposures across regions implementing the policy.
arxiv   +1 more source

Nutritional Regulation Influencing Colony Dynamics and Task Allocations in Social Insect Colonies [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
In this paper, we use an adaptive modeling framework to model and study how nutritional status (measured by the protein to carbohydrate ratio) may regulate population dynamics and foraging task allocation of social insect colonies. Mathematical analysis of our model shows that both investment to brood rearing and brood nutrition are important for ...
arxiv  

Commercialization of agriculture under population pressure: effects on production, and nutrition in Rwanda [PDF]

open access: yes
Agricultural policy Rwanda., Produce trade Government policy Rwanda., Exports Rwanda., Nutrition policy Rwanda., Food supply Rwanda., Rwanda Population.,
Blanken, Juergen   +2 more
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History of modern nutrition science—implications for current research, dietary guidelines, and food policy

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2018
Dariush Mozaffarian and colleagues describe how the history of modern nutrition science has shaped current ...
D. Mozaffarian, I. Rosenberg, R. Uauy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate and social studies services: Experiences from country engagements and lessons learned [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A framework, created by a team of researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute, supports the integrated analysis of climate change, gender, youth and ...
Aberman, Noora-Lisa   +2 more
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