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A Mobile App to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Acceptance Among Finnish and Polish Preschoolers: Randomized Trial

open access: yesJMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2022
BackgroundEarly childhood education and care (ECEC) centers are ideal venues for food education. As smartphones and tablets are becoming increasingly popular in ECEC centers, technology can be used to deliver such pedagogical ...
Henna Vepsäläinen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glycemic index and glycemic load of common fruit juices in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2022
Background The glycemic index (GI) reflects body responses to different carbohydrate-rich foods. Generally, it cannot be simply predicted from the composition of the food but needs in vivo testing.
Chonnikant Visuthranukul   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using implementation mapping to refine strategies to improve implementation of an evidence-based mobile market intervention: a study protocol

open access: yesFrontiers in Health Services
ObjectivesThe Veggie Van model is a mobile market model that is efficacious in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption for lower-income participants. The model is currently being evaluated for its effectiveness in a multi-state trial.
Christina M. Kasprzak   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbiological and Nutritional Analysis of Lettuce Crops Grown on the International Space Station

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2020
The ability to grow safe, fresh food to supplement packaged foods of astronauts in space has been an important goal for NASA. Food crops grown in space experience different environmental conditions than plants grown on Earth (e.g., reduced gravity ...
Christina L. M. Khodadad   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Is Eating Their Veggies? [PDF]

open access: yes2019 Annual Meeting of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand, 2019
All food based dietary guidelines recommend a diet with plenty of vegetables and fruits. [...]
Elaine Rush   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

De novo synthesis of short‐chain aldehydes and hydrocarbons secreted by the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, mainly secretes 4‐oxo‐(E)‐2‐hexenal, (E)‐2‐decenal, dodecane and tridecane, a mixture representative of that released by many heteropterans. We demonstrated that H. halys can synthesise these secretory components de novo using dietary glucose.
Haruna Fujimori, Koji Noge
wiley   +1 more source

A four-year observational study to examine the dietary impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program, 2017–2020

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background The North Carolina (NC) Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (HFSRP) was passed into law with a $250,000 appropriation (2016–2018) providing up to $25,000 in funding to small food stores for equipment to stock healthier foods and beverages ...
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vegetable Production System (Veggie) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) was developed by Orbital Technologies Corp. to be a simple, easily stowed, and high growth volume yet low resource facility capable of producing fresh vegetables on the International Space Station (ISS).
Smith, Trent M., Levine, Howard G.
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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