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Progress on balanced food goals 'poor' in Africa: FAO
Africa is making only faltering progress towards food and nutrition security, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.
Nov 17, 2017
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Food defense begins with food intelligence
Consumers have largely lost an understanding of the traditional sources of food (such as farms, fields, ranches and orchards) and now tend to think of food's origin as the grocery store or the fast-food restaurant. America ...
Apr 4, 2014
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Depression a key link between intimate partner violence and food insecurity
Women who experience physical, mental or sexual abuse at the hands of their partners have an increased likelihood of being food insecure. That's according to a new study out of the University of Houston Texas Obesity Research ...
Oct 25, 2013
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Parents with heavy TV viewing more likely to feed children junk food
If your preschooler thinks a cheeseburger is healthy, you may want to reconsider how you watch TV. A recent study by researchers at the University of Michigan found commercial TV viewing, as opposed to commercial-free digitally ...
Jun 6, 2013
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Global gains in nutrition will require improved nutrition-sensitivity of agriculture, child development
Increasing the coverage of nutrition-specific interventions will not be enough to accelerate reductions in the burden of malnutrition, and the underlying causes of malnutrition—including poverty, food insecurity, poor education ...
Jun 5, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Food insecurity linked to HIV-treated drug users' deaths
Food insecurity increases the risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS even when they are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a new study involving Simon Fraser University.
May 31, 2013
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Rat meat sold as lamb in latest China food scandal
(AP)—Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal.
May 3, 2013
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Study suggests vitamin deficiency screening needed for refugees
New research from the University of Adelaide has discovered a high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among refugees, prompting calls for refugees to be routinely screened for the problem soon after they arrive in the country.
Mar 4, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Attacking HIV/AIDS with economic change
Poverty and disease are a deadly combination.
Feb 21, 2013
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Burger King drops supplier linked to horsemeat (Update)
(AP)—British and Irish burger fans could face a Whopper shortage. Burger King has stopped buying beef from an Irish meat processor whose patties were found to contain traces of horsemeat.
Jan 24, 2013
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