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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"food-at-home"”.
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Food at home
Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Decomposition of Food Price Changes: Food-at-Home and Food-Away-From-Home Prices
Significant increases and fluctuations in the food price inflation of food-away- from-home (FAFH) and food-at-home (FAH) have been observed in the last couple of years. Many demand- and supply- driven factors may be responsible for such phenomena. On top of that, the total food price is a weighted …
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A Modulated Aeroponics System: A prototype of an automated solution for home growing
Mass producing food faces many issues associated with transportation and storage. A lower quality of produce and the usage of dangerous chemicals amongst other things. Growing food at home also faces it’s own issues. It is laborsome, requires a substantial amount of knowledge to do. It can be …
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“We have a roof over our head, but we have to eat too": Tracing the impact of shifting foodsapes on health and wellbeing from homelessness to supportive housing
Background: People facing extended periods of homelessness, whose daily routines are often highly structured around securing basic necessities, exhibit a remarkable degree of agency and resilience procuring food. Within this geography if food acquisition, what happens in and along the way also …
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Three essays on food economics
This dissertation is comprised of three analyses of households' food acquisition behavior. In Chapter 2, we estimate the substitution between different food categories and time allocated to food purchase and preparation using a demand system which includes both the demand for time and that for …
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Three Essays Examining Household Energy Demand and Behavior
This dissertation consists of three essays examining household energy decisions and behavior. The first essay examines the adoption of energy efficient Energy Star home appliances by U.S. households. Program effectiveness requires that consumers be aware of the labeling scheme and also change their …
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Demand for selected classes of convenience food in the United States
… the economic and demographic factors that determine household expenditure for convenience food in the United States. A major objective was to measure, for various classes of convenience food, the response of expenditures to changes in demand determinants so that food expenditure profiles …
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Sensor-based artificial intelligence to support people with cognitive and physical disorders
A substantial portion of the world's population deals with disability. Many disabled people do not have equal access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities, do not receive specific disability-related services, and experience exclusion from everyday life activities. One way to face …
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Examining food acquisition behaviors and diet quality in adults
Food acquisition is the process of obtaining food. Food acquisition can be conceptualized across an ecological framework and includes the community food environment and the home food environment. Food is often initially obtained within a community environment, including from food-at-home retailers …
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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of mothers of young children related to healthy eating: comparing rural and urban perspectives in Nepal.
… children in Nepal and these beliefs and attitudes can result in the inappropriate feeding of young children. There is growing research on this topic in Nepal but very little from a public health perspective. This thesis has been designed to cover gaps in this understanding, especially …