High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade close to marginal cost, a new study demonstrates.
Mar 30, 2022
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When bidding in a competitive market, brains use a special type of heuristic to adjust the price depending on the success of previous attempts to buy goods. Moreover, this learning mechanism involves not only the cerebral ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Eating more fruits and vegetables and less sugar ranked highly as potential changes to eating behaviors related to New Year's resolutions, according to the January Consumer Food Insights Report. This month's report also summarizes ...
Feb 8, 2023
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The United States and Mexico said Monday they are preparing a U.N. resolution that would authorize an international mission to help improve security in Haiti, whose government issued a "distress call" for the people of the ...
Oct 19, 2022
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The recent discontinuation of pandemic-related food assistance benefits, known as the Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments, led to a substantial increase in food insufficiency in the United States, ...
Aug 11, 2023
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About 450 million children will be physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years unless the world takes action to tackle malnutrition, a new report from Save the Children warned Wednesday.
Feb 15, 2012
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Catherine Reitzel's multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely ...
May 31, 2023
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The number of people suffering from diabetes is surging, even as tens of millions cannot get the insulin they need, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Nov 12, 2021
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Israel took a step towards normalcy on Sunday, re-opening a raft of businesses and services from pandemic lockdowns, but with some only available to fully vaccinated "green pass" holders.
Feb 21, 2021
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New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus.
Dec 16, 2020
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