New research suggests individual bees are born with one of two learning styles – either curious or focused. Their genetic tendency has implications for how the hive works together.
To reduce the prevalence of diabetes in Malawi, efforts to promote healthy eating should target the entire population and not only people who have diabetes.
Our “food reward” system can seriously undermine our ability to resist temptation.
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Our “food reward” system is powerful – and is largely behind why we crave unhealthy foods.
Government should be held accountable for its role in addressing obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, in South Africa.
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Andrea Biswas Tortajada, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) et Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore
The pandemic has disrupted local, regional and national supply chains, making the problem of hunger in India much worse.
Do you know where your coffee comes from? The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019.
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The COVID-19 crisis highlights the importance of supply chains. But even with the increased recent attention, most supply chains remain murky. Consumers can play a key role in lifting that cloud.
The finicky fruit took some time to adapt to California’s climate.
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A new UN report shows that hunger and food insecurity are rising worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic is adding to this trend, but is not the major driver.
The tiny floating duckweed plant is uniquely suited to meet the nutritional needs of astronauts.
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Duckweed is the perfect space food: small, fast-growing and nutritious. By studying how light levels changed the production of radiation-fighting antioxidants, researchers made it even better.
Residents of Denver’s Five Points neighborhood protest in 2017 outside a coffee shop that posted a sign celebrating gentrification.
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Alexandra Jones, George Institute for Global Health; Bruce Neal, George Institute for Global Health et Maria Shahid, George Institute for Global Health
We found less than half of all eligible foods carried health star ratings, and those that did were skewed towards foods with higher ratings. It’s time to make ratings mandatory.
Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., in May 2020.
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