The people of Tarragona gather every two years for theConcours de CastellsFestival in October where participants build tall human towers. Competition in Tarragona - by David Ortega Baglietto The competition includes four teams of athletes from the city and in total more than 40 teams from all over...
So, you know, I see us as trying to address food deserts just indirectly because what we’re really trying to address is helping the entities [in the supply chain] that are doing that to be more financially—like trying to figure out how to keep afloat and keep doing what they’re ...
In communities that have inconsistent access to nutritious foods, such as food deserts, the sensory perceptions of and preferences for fruit, vegetables, and nuts have yet to be explored. This research study was conducted on a food desert university campus [11], in an area that is ranked as...
Building the Future of Food Safety Technology - Chapter 11: Food deserts and food insecurity: in tribal lands and from coast to coast Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries - Chapter 1: Technical considerations for the implementation of food safety and quality systems in developing...
9. Driest Place: While South America's rain forests also are some of the wettest places on the earth, the Atacama desert in Chile is considered the driest place on earth.Read more about the world's deserts here. 10.There are twolandlocked countriesin South America:ParaguayandBoliviaare loca...
Photo courtesy Paul Roessler Microalgae, organisms from which a diesel-like fuel can be derived: Cultured in the American southwestern deserts, NREL-developed microalgae may one day produce large amounts of lipids for conversion to biodiesel fuel. Of course, nothing is without penalty, and biodies...
In the USA, food environments characterized by a high density of vendors selling unhealthy foods, called "food swamps," are stronger predictors of obesity than "food deserts" where access to healthy foods is limited (Cooksey-Stowers et al., 2017). Furthermore, shocks and stressors can alter ...
For instance, agar gastric bezoars were reported in women with ages above 64 years old with a clinical history of obesity and diabetes, after consuming deserts based on agar or drinking agar solutions [243,244]. However, these isolated cases were not considered relevant for the evaluation of ...
Low-income families, especially those who reside in food deserts, face significant systemic barriers regarding their ability to access affordable and nutritious food. The food behaviors exhibited by low-income families are a reflection of the shortcomings of the built environment and conventional food ...
The geographical characteristics of the country are divergent; the country has high mountains (mountainous systems in the north, center, north-west, and south-west), plateaus in the center, and plains, deserts, and a lengthy coastline in the south west. Each geographic location is characterized ...