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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"healthier food"”.
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Exploring the food landscape in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI: Neighborhood racial characteristics and food availability
<p>The neighborhood retail food environment is an indicator of short- and long-term health conditions. Disparities in Covid-19 health outcomes have been identified as specifically impacting minority populations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI. This study explores these cities' neighborhood retail …
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Exploration of Differences in Food Environment Perceptions and Shopping Behaviors among Residents of Low Food Access Versus High Food Access Areas
… unhealthful dietary behaviors. Limited access to food outlets, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, is a major problem for many low income populations.</p> <p>Purpose: We explored potential differences in healthy food availability perceptions and food shopping behaviors between residents …
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Flavor Perception, Food Choice, and Health in Early Childhood
… complex, multisensory process. Our experience of food, commonly referred to as “taste” or “flavor” derives from the active combination of many sensory modalities, the most obvious of which are gustation (i.e., the qualities of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) and olfaction (e.g., “fruity”, “smoky”, …
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Health impact of brief interventions by a registered dietitian during exercise sessions in a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation setting
… rated the degree at which they were making healthier food choices and how much they liked having an RD assessable during CR. After four months, the exercise physiologists (EPs) rated the value of having an RD in CR. Outcomes were collected on every patient who completed CR during this …
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Design of a functional mayonnaise enriched with Omega-3 from Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Huayllabambana) Oil and Chia (Salvia Hispanica L.) mucilage N.I. ONE †
… L.), in response to the growing demand for healthier alternatives to traditional mayonnaise. The research question posed is how the incorporation of chia mucilage can replace egg yolk in the formulation of mayonnaise while maintaining similar sensory and nutritional characteristics. The main …
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Combining foods, combining tools: Understanding in vivo aroma release and sensory perception of composite foods
Combining foods, combining tools. To date, most of the published works that have attempted to relate aroma release and sensory perception are far from mimicking the real consumption context, as assessments often do not consider food oral processing during mastication and are performed on single or …
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Food access in local food retail stores: a mixed method approach
This mixed methods study focuses on food access in local food retail environments within three neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Food deserts are areas in which residents have limited access to healthy foods. African Americans and populations residing in low-income urban neighborhoods …
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Beliefs about the Healthfulness of Common Foods
… beliefs about the healthfulness of common foods. There is widespread agreement that a whole foods, plants-based diet, such as that depicted by Canada’s Food Guide, promotes optimal health. However, many processed foods are marketed with nutrition messages that are purportedly designed to …
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Between the Lines : A Farm to Table Community
… which primarily offer packaged and unhealthy food options, affect the health of the residents? Food deserts are typically defined as urban areas where it is challenging to access affordable and high-quality fresh food. According to the USDA, a food desert is an area where 100 households are …
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Compensation Theory: Can Club Soccer Players Appropriately Balance Energy Intake and Output in and out of Season?
… been done on how physical exercise may increase food consumption. The purpose of this study was to examine whether college club soccer players can appropriately balance energy intake and output in and out of season. A convenience sample of twenty-four college students (14 males and 10 females), …
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Development of consumer accepted low salt and low fat traditional Irish processed meats
… surveyed with respect to their attitudes towards healthier food consumption, particularly in relation to salt and fat reduction. It appears educational campaigns have generally been adopted by respondents, as only a minority were not concerned about their diet; irrespective of age, gender or …
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Exposure to food environments, diet and weight status in children
… growing interest in understanding how the built food environment influences health behaviours. Whilst policy interest in the influence of food environments on diet and body weight is growing, the evidence base is limited, particularly for environments beyond the home neighbourhood. Research in …
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Accelerating sustainability-oriented innovations in agribusiness : a set of proposed best practices for corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs
… grows, urbanizes, and demands more protein, healthier food, and more transparent supply chains. Yet simultaneously climate change, decreasing quality and availability of natural resources, and tougher standards on the use and environmental impact of agrochemicals are constraining supply. …
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Healthy Eating Information and Food Choices
… trends, being reliant on the taste attributes of food for their food decisions, and have a lack of exposure to healthier food options at their campuses. The current study investigated whether providing education on healthy eating information in college students can promote healthy eating, such as …
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Food labeling systems and Consumers’ Decision making
… an effective means of informing consumers about healthier food options, no single labeling system has proven successful in this regard. The absence of a definitive labeling system ideal for all purposes makes it challenging to determine the most effective one. This uncertainty has led to a gap in …
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Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl
… with many aspects of human life, but urban food systems, especially food production, have somehow slipped the agenda. Food insecurity and food-related challenges have for a long time been viewed as rural issues related to environmental factors affecting food production. Now that, in 2013, …
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Hangry Minds, Unhealthy Choices: EEG Microstate Dynamics as Predictors of Goal-Dependent Dietary Self-Control
… and frustration can bias choices toward tempting foods, whereas activating health goals can counter these influences by promoting healthier choices and greater dietary regulation. Yet it remains unclear why individuals differ in their ability to make healthy choices and align their behaviors with …
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EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL FACTORS ON CONSUMER’S PERCEPTION OF FOOD
Consumer’s sensory perception of food is a complicated process, with many factors from diverse sensory modalities involved. These factors play a role in determining how we perceive food overall, and thereby, our behaviors and food consumption. This dissertation discussed the effects of external …
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