…processed foods…. Additionally, in response to growing consumer concern over shared processing equipment and facilities, the food industry voluntarily includes allergen advisory statements on packaged foods…. Current U.S. legislation, however,…
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…that they have limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” The authors used 10 factors to measure resilience: formal emergency planning, staff training, staff attendance, food supply backup, food suppliers,…
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…food prices and social unrest. This echoes the findings of a 2011 World Food Programme paper, “Food Insecurity and Violent Conflict: Causes, Consequences, and Addressing the Challenges,” which notes that…
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…of the participants in the food stamps program live in “food deserts”: urban or rural communities where retail stores have extremely limited options in terms of healthy food. Some 25%…
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…issue of poverty plays out in economic barriers in accessing food in low-income areas. Hendrickson et al. (2006) found that food prices are higher and food quality is poorer, often…
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…stem from a neighborhood’s food options? That’s what the authors of this forthcoming paper explore. They hypothesize that eating habits — which, inevitably, are linked to the food choices available…
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…and type of food stores in an urban, Mexican American US community. Data were from a commercial food store data source and the US Census. Multivariate count models were used…
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…food purchase transactions from the Nielsen Homescan database and information obtained from Gladson and FoodEssentials in order to match nutritional information, food purchase behavior and socioeconomic status. On the basis…
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…at the nutritional profile of packaged food purchases (PFPs) from food retail chains. Little is known about the nutritional profile of PFPs from such retailers, which include Walmart, the nation’s…
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…families and school officials may have different interpretations of what a peanut-free food is. Also, parents might not read product labels carefully before sending food with their kids. It might…
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