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Genetic and environmental influences on eating behavior - a study of twin pairs reared apart or reared together [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study examined the relative influence of genetic versus environmental factors on specific aspects of eating behavior. Adult monozygotic twins (22 pairs and 3 singleton reared apart, 38 pairs and 9 singleton reared together, age 18-76 years, BMI 17 ...
Bouchard, Thomas J.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

The Hausmann-Gorky Effect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
For over a century, legal scholars have debated the question of what to do about the debts incurred by despotic governments; asking whether successor non-despotic governments should have to pay them. That debate has gone nowhere.
Gulati, Mitu, Panizza, Ugo
core   +2 more sources

Application of Biological Learning Theories to Mobile Robot Avoidance and Approach Behaviors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
We present a neural network that learns to control approach and avoidance behaviors in a mobile robot using the mechanisms of classical and operant conditioning.
Chang, Caroilna, Gaudiano, Paolo
core   +3 more sources

Children Rights to ‘Zero Hunger’ and the Execution Challenges during the COVID-19 Crisis

open access: yesHasanuddin Law Review, 2022
‘Zero hunger is the world’s pledge under the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition. Nevertheless, the mission had been seized as the world faced economic turndown due to the outbreak of ...
Nurul Hidayat binti Ab Rahman   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food security as a global public good [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Food security brings a number of benefits to humanity from which nobody can be excluded and which can be simultaneously enjoyed by all. An economic understanding of the concept sees food security qualify as a global public good.
Timmermann, Cristian
core   +2 more sources

Addressing food and nutrition security in South Africa: A review of policy responses since 2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Since 2002, a range of South African policies have attempted to address the disproportionate burden of food and nutrition insecurity on the population. Yet malnutrition among the poor has worsened.
Boatemaa, S., Drimie, S., Pereira, L.
core   +1 more source

Identification of factors associated with acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and forecasting future prevalence: assessing the potential of statistical and machine learning methods

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Introduction Eliminating acute malnutrition in children under 5 years of age stands as a critical health priority outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, ‘Zero Hunger’. This requires targeted provision of treatment and preventative
Christopher Coffey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three decades of fighting against hunger in Africa: Progress, challenges and opportunities

open access: yesWorld Nutrition, 2020
Tackling hunger is a challenge for many African governments because of its endemic nature on the continent. Many African countries have found it difficult to achieve significant reductions in hunger and malnutrition since 1990.
Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Residential waste segregation: The interconnection with SDG 2 zero hunger

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2023
In the scientific literature, academics and practitioners have advocated the interconnection between Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) and composting.
Luis Velazquez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shocks, socio-economic status, and food security across Kenya: policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2022
This study assessed the association between shocks, socio-economic factors, and household food security across Kenya, and provided policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal at national and local levels in Kenya.
Emily Mutea   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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