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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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BMC GeriatricsBackground Migration can occur at any age and has long-term repercussions on health and well-being later in life. This study aims to assess cognitive functioning ability in later life and its association with age at migration among older adults in India.
Vasim Ahamad, Manoj Dakua, Raza Mohammad
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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectivesAir pollution poses a substantial public health risk, especially in urban environments characterized by elevated levels of pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Mohammed M. Alyami +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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Towards urban un-sustainability in Europe? An indicator-based analysis [PDF]
In this article we analyse the relationship between urban land use development and population density in fifteen European urban areas. In the last 20 years the extent of built-up areas in Europe has increased by 20%, exceeding clearly the 6% rate of ...
Jose I. Barredo +3 more
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Demographic change and transport needs in the Waikato region [PDF]
, 2005 This report has been commissioned by Environment Waikato (EW) as part of its review of the Land Transport Strategy for the Waikato region. The report identifies key population characteristics that impact on transport needs of the EW region and the ...
Baxendine, Sandra +2 more
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Water-Price Differential and the Efficient Population Size and Urban-Rural Composition of a Distant, Large, Arid Island [PDF]
A low population density and a large distance from civilization centres present a high degree of isolation to the island's residents. Immigration can reduce the mental and material costs of isolation for the veteran residents, but at the expense of ...
Zamani, Reza, Levy, Amnon
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International Journal of Health Services Research and PolicyThe primary objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with self-medication in rural and urban populations. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the urban and rural field practice areas of ACS Medical College ...
Vinodhini Balamurugan +2 more
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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New Zealand Regions, 1986-2001: Education and qualifications [PDF]
, 2005 This paper investigates changes in patterns of education and the highest qualifications people gained over the period 1986 to 2001 for the regions of New Zealand. Education is an essential element in the accumulation of human capital. Factors analysed in
Lindop, J. +3 more
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