School closures during COVID-19 have decreased access to school meals, which is likely to increase the risk for food insecurity among children in Maryland, according to a new report issued by researchers at the University ...
Jan 30, 2021
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When child care programs across the country closed due to COVID, millions of children lost access to the healthy food they had been receiving through the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, exposing the weakness in ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Scientists have developed a tool for studying the biting behavior of common pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, according to new research published this week in eLife.
Sep 23, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The flexible free school meals program that provided food to children during the summer will be extended at least through the fall, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Monday.
Sep 2, 2020
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Invitations to dinner more often entail the consumption of meat than does an evening meal alone at home. A new study by LMU researchers shows that the willingness to forego meat is highly context dependent.
Aug 18, 2020
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Is it safe to stay in hotels as reopenings get underway?
Jun 18, 2020
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Engaging in family meals may be a matter of improving communication and support at home. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, connects less family discouragement and better family communication ...
Jun 8, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the social, educational and health care disparities already plaguing the nearly 40 million Americans the U.S. Census Bureau estimates are living in poverty. Perhaps the hardest hit members ...
May 27, 2020
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With more people eating at home due to COVID-19, new Curtin research has found more than half of Australian supermarket own-brand, chilled, ready-made meals are unhealthy and 94 percent are 'ultra-processed' – yet more ...
May 20, 2020
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Trapped in the house with a cupboard full of food: Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic can spawn an unintended side effect—stress eating.
Apr 2, 2020
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