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Food insecurity, or the lack of access to an adequate supply of nutritious food, is associated with poor health outcomes including diabetes, heart disease, and depression. Food insecurity research ...

Food insecurity is a significant health disparity with associated socioeconomic, physical, and psychologic implications for millions of Americans. The inability to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food to sustain a healthy, active life both directly and indirectly leads to depressive symptoms and diagnoses. Primary care providers should screen all patients for depression and food insecurity and are poised within the community to make a significant impact on health disparities such as food insecurity, depression, and chronic disease that decrease the quality of life for millions of Americans.

Food is intricate, and food quality and safety are indispensable elements. With the rising public demands for safe and nutritious food products, a range of innovative, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional concepts have emerged in the last few decades. Nanozymes, apart from their therapeutic efficacies, are gaining increasing interest in safety and quality monitoring in the agri-food sector. These enzyme-mimetic nanomaterials are proven to detect and monitor food safety in real-time with high selectivity, stability, reliability, and recyclability. Nanozymes sourced from various nanomaterials like carbon, metal, and their oxides, metal–organic frameworks, and others offer several advantages over natural enzymes in food-based applications. Apart from real-time monitoring, these are also known for their robustness to harsh food processing environments, ease of production, and smooth and facile surface modifications. Nanozymes undergo single and multiple enzyme pathways during food analysis applications, facilitating the on-demand tailorable activity. In this context, this review briefly summarizes the working strategies and factors affecting the catalytic activity of nanozymes; the emphasis is placed on the detection of targeted analytes in the food matrix using nanozymes. Interdisciplinary tools, combined with nanozymes that aid in developing rapid on-spot identification, including spectroscopies, smartphones, electrochemiluminescence, and ELISA, are elucidated systematically. Evidenced by the rising number of nanozyme-based publications, many of the practical gaps in food analysis are narrowed. Simultaneously, some challenges like variations in recognition-to-signal patterns, optimization of nanozymes, and reproducibility of methodology need to be addressed in the future.

Asia has a rich variety of nutritious ‘neglected crops’, domesticated since ancient times but mostly forgotten or underutilized today. These crops, including cereals, roots, nuts, pulses, fruits and vegetables, are adapted to their land, resilient to environmental challenges and rich in micronutrients. Changing current agricultural practices from a near monoculture to a diverse cropping portfolio that uses these forgotten crops is a viable and promising approach to closing the current gaps in production and nutrition in Asia. Such an approach was proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Zero Hunger initiative in Asia, which aims to end hunger by 2030. The Zero Hunger initiative is a promising approach to help increase access to nutritious food; however, it faces substantial challenges, such as the lack of farmer willingness to switch crops and adequate governmental support for implementation. Countries such as Nepal have started using these neglected crops, implementing various approaches to overcome challenges and start a new agricultural pathway. Asia has a rich variety of nutritious ‘neglected crops’, including cereals, roots and pulses. Adopting a diverse cropping portfolio using these forgotten crops is a promising approach to closing the current production and nutrition gaps.

O soro do leite é um subproduto dos laticínios produzido em grande volume, cujas proteínas possuem diversas propriedades funcionais e biológicas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar os principais benefícios das proteínas do soro do leite à saúde humana e suas utilidades na indústria de alimentos. Esta pesquisa foi um estudo de revisão bibliográfica e análise crítica de trabalhos publicados no período de 2007 a 2017. O leite é um alimento nutritivo, tendo sua parte proteica constituída por proteínas insolúveis (caseínas) e solúveis (proteínas do soro do leite, conhecidas como whey protein). O whey protein concentrate é um concentrado das proteínas do soro do leite e tem sido muito utilizado em várias pesquisas, demonstrando efeitos anti-osteoporóticos, aumento da tolerância alimentar, melhora da função intestinal e resultados na supressão do volume de tumores mamários e na modulação das propriedades imunológicas. As proteínas do soro do leite possuem ainda atividade insulinotrópica e são utilizadas como suplementos alimentares em estratégias nutricionais que otimizam o treinamento e o desempenho físico. A busca das pessoas por qualidade de vida, saúde e bem-estar levou ao crescimento do mercado de alimentos funcionais, como o whey protein, que é rapidamente absorvido e favorece a redução de gordura corporal, o ganho de força, a recuperação e a síntese muscular. O alto valor nutricional do soro do leite evidencia a viabilidade de seu reaproveitamento, por se tratar de um subproduto cujas proteínas chamam atenção pelas propriedades funcionais na indústria de alimentos, pelos benefícios à saúde humana e à prática esportiva.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected thousands of people in Indonesia. A strong immune system can ward off COVID-19 transmission. This study aims to determine the prevention of COVID-19 by strengthening the body’s immune system through self- healing. This study uses qualitative methods with analytical descriptive methods. The research subjects were three People in Monitoring (ODP) COVID-19. Based on extensive interviews and observations at the research site as the main tool for data collection, this study produced several findings. First, there are two causes of the decline in the body’s immune system: medical and psychological factors. Medically, the causes of the body’s immune system are weak: lack of exercise, consuming less nutritious food, dehydration, and lack of sleep. Psychological factors, the cause of the body’s immune system is weak due to stress, anger, fear, tension, and emotional. Second, preventing COVID-19 by strengthening the body’s immune system through self-healing, namely self-healing mentally and self-healing physically. Mental self-healing includes relaxation, contemplation, strengthening worship, and happiness. While the physical self-healing includes eating with nutritious and balanced food, maintaining physical fitness, maintaining hygiene, and health. A strong immune system through self-healing can prevent individual from COVID-19. Suggestions for further researchers is that they can broaden the scope of research by examining more deeply, such as variations in research subjects and variable, data analysis.

De acuerdo con la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño 1, los niños deben disfrutar del más alto nivel posible de salud y tener acceso a servicios para la prevención y el tratamiento de las enfermedades y la rehabilitación. La CDN enfatiza en particular que los países adopten las medidas apropiadas para reducir la mortalidad infantil, y en la niñez asegurar a todos los niños la prestación de la asistencia médica y la atención sanitaria que sean necesarias. Asimismo, se asume el compromiso de combatir las enfermedades y la malnutrición en el marco de la atención primaria de la salud mediante, entre otras cosas, la aplicación de la tecnología disponible, el suministro de alimentos nutritivos adecuados y agua potable salubre, teniendo en cuenta los peligros y riesgos de contaminación del ambiente. Abstract According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1, children must enjoy the highest possible level of health and have access to services for the prevention and treatment of diseases and rehabilitation. The CRC particularly emphasizes that countries take appropriate measures to reduce infant mortality, and in childhood ensure that all children are provided with the necessary medical care and health care. Likewise, it is committed to fighting diseases and malnutrition within the framework of primary health care through, among other things, the application of available technology, the provision of adequate nutritious food and safe drinking water, taking into account the dangers and risks of environmental contamination

Background Amaranth leaves can provide important nutrients to small-scale farming families growing amaranth for seed. Amaranth is known to be tolerant to defoliation, but there is little guidance on when defoliation should be performed for optimal nutritional benefits. This series of experiments assessed tolerance to defoliation at different points throughout the vegetative stage of development, in addition to the nutritional benefits and flavor of amaranth leaves at each stage. Results Overall, timing of defoliation had no impact on seed yield or quality. Fifty percent defoliation at any point did not significantly reduce seed yield, whereas 100% defoliation throughout development reduced seed yield. The nutritional value of amaranth leaves differed substantially throughout development, with the highest concentrations of iron mid-way through vegetative development, and the highest levels of vitamin A, magnesium, and copper at the end of the vegetative development stage. Palatability was highest in young leaves, and decreased as plants aged. We also found that neither timing nor intensity of defoliation had an influence on branching, which can negatively influence ease of harvest. Conclusions These results indicate that amaranth leaves are a nutritious food source that provides vital nutrients at different concentrations throughout development. Farmers who wish to harvest both leaves and seeds can harvest up to 50% of the leaves at any point during vegetative development or bud formation while maintaining seed yield. Leaf harvest timing can thus be tailored to nutritional needs, although palatability decreases with plant age. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.

Community service program with the topic "Counseling Pregnant Women with Fe Tablets, Nutrition for Pregnant Women and Dangerous Signs of Pregnant Women in Jenggot, Pekalongan City" is aimed at Trimester II and III pregnant women to provide about pregnant women's knowledge about the benefits of Fe tablets , nutritional needs during pregnancy and pregnancy danger signs in the area of Jenggot, Pekalongan city. It is important to educate pregnant women about the benefits of Fe tablets during pregnancy because hemoglobin is needed for the body of pregnant women. During pregnancy, a pregnant woman needs to have high nutritious food and is sufficient for herself and her fetus. If a pregnant woman lacks nutrition and iron during pregnancy, it will cause problems, both for the mother and the fetus. Family and environmental factors will greatly affect pregnant women. Hopefully, pregnant women will have no abstinence to eat. This activity can be sustainable and encourage pregnant women to care during pregnancy whether to take Fe tablets, eat nutritious foods and understand the danger signs during pregnancy. In addition, a Pre Test and Post Test were conducted to determine the level of knowledge before and after counseling. The results obtained are that there is a significant increase in pregnant women in Jenggot, Pekalongan after counseling about Fe tablets, nutrition of pregnant women and pregnancy danger signs.

There are several methods for detecting congenital abnormalities, the most popular method at present is 3-dimensional ultrasound, MRI. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with congenital abnormalities in children at Gatot Soebroto Central Jakarta Hospital in 2013. The design of this study was quantitative with a cross sectional approach. Population in the study were all children who had been treated in the Gatot Soebroto Children's Hospital recorded in the medical record for the period of January- December 2013 there were 707 children with 264 children with congenital abnormalities and 443 children without congenital abnormalities, the number of samples taken was 100 children using systematic random sampling. Data were analyzed by univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. The results were obtained as many as 57 (57%) who did not experience congenital abnormalities and 43 (43%) had congenital abnormalities. There is a relationship between education and congenital disorders. After multivariate analysis, the dominant variable is the labor variable associated with congenital abnormalities in children with p =0.039 and OR = 3.705 (95% CI: 1.067-12.870), while the variables of education, maternal age, gestational age, occupation, parity, income, LBW is a confounding variable. More complete information about the importance of knowing congenital abnormalities in children can be detected early and can be avoided if the mother consumes nutritious food, does not smoke, does not take medicine without the knowledge of the doctor, vaccination. Keywords: Congenital Disorders, Children

Stunting or short is a problem that grows in children under five who are malnourished more than the first 1,000 days of life. Unbalanced nutrient intake is one factor that is recognized directly for stunting. By meeting the nutritional needs of children and habituating healthy lifestyles, is expected to prevent stunting for children. Tunas Mulya and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle for parents. From the program that we have implemented in Paud Tunas Mulya, we can get the results from the awareness of teachers and parents that they will need nutritious food assistance and a healthy lifestyle for children. Keywords: Stunting, Provision of Supplementary Food, PHBS, and Paud Tunas Mulya Customs Village

Stunting in children has started since before birthing due to poor nutritional conditions of the mother during pregnancy. The nutrients that pregnant women need to maintain the health of their fetuses are protein, folic acid, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, and iron. The practice of consuming nutritious food is strongly influenced by the level of knowledge and behavior towards food. Lack of knowledge about nutrition can cause pregnant women to be unable to design and arrange nutritious meals that must be consumed. This research design is a quasi-experimental approach with a nonrandomized pretest-posttest control group design approach. The illustrations used are 50 pregnant women and will be divided into one control group and one treatment group. As the independent variable is the practice of compiling a nutritious meal menu, the dependent variable is the pattern of consuming nutrients, and the confounding variable is the age of the pregnant woman, the level of learning of the pregnant woman, the level of family income, and the gestational age. The information analysis used an independent t-test and a dependent t-test. The results of the research show that there is an increase in the average consumption of protein, Fe, folic acid, and zinc after being given treatment in the form of the practice of compiling a nutritious menu for pregnant women. After that, there is a significant comparison between the average nutritional consumption before and after being given leaflets and the practice of compiling menus. Next, there is a significant comparison between the average consumption of protein and zinc between the two groups and there is no significant comparison between the average consumption of Fe and Folic acid in both groups. The advice given is to increase knowledge, behavior, and expertise about nutritious food for pregnant women. So that demonstration procedures or practices need to collaborate with other counselling methods and to increase family income for pregnant women, it is necessary to raise family businesses carried out by pregnant women through the efforts to increase prosperous family income Program. Abstrak: Stunting pada anak telah diawali semenjak saat sebelum kelahiran yang diakibatkan sebab kondisi gizi ibu yang kurang baik sepanjang kehamilan. Zat gizi yang sangat diperlukan ibu hamil buat melindungi kesehatan janinnya merupakan protein, asam folat, kalsium, vit A, vit D, serta zat besi. Konsumsi santapan bergizi sangat dipengaruhi oleh tingkatan pengetahuan serta perilakunya terhadap santapan. Pengetahuan yang kurang tentang gizi dapat menimbulkan ibu hamil tidak sanggup merancang serta menyusun santapan bergizi yang wajib dikonsumsinya. Rancangan riset ini merupakan quasi experiment dengan pendekatan nonrandomized pretest posttest control group design. Ilustrasi yang digunakan berjumlah 50 orang ibu hamil serta hendak dipecah jadi 1 kelompok kontrol serta 1 kelompok perlakuan. Variable independen merupakan praktek menyusun menu santapan bergizi, variable dependen merupakan pola mengkonsumsi zat gizi, serta variable pengganggu merupakan usia ibu hamil, tingkatan pembelajaran ibu hamil, tingkatan pemasukan keluarga, serta umur kehamilan. Analisa informasi memakai uji independen t test serta dependent t test. Hasil riset menampilkan terdapat kenaikan rata- rata mengkonsumsi protein, Fe, asam folat, serta zinc sehabis diberikan perlakuan berbentuk praktek menyusun menu bergizi ibu hamil. Setelah itu terdapat perbandingan yang bermakna antara rata- rata mengkonsumsi gizi saat sebelum dengan setelah diberikan leaflet serta praktek menyusun menu. Berikutnya terdapat perbandingan yang bermakna antara rata- rata mengkonsumsi protein serta zinc antara kedua kelompok serta tidak terdapat perbandingan bermakna antara rata- rata mengkonsumsi Fe serta Asam folat pada kedua kelompok Saran yang diberikan merupakan buat tingkatkan pengetahuan, perilaku, serta keahlian tentang santapan bergizi ibu hamil hingga tata cara demonstrasi ataupun praktek perlu dikolaborasikan dengan tata cara penyuluhan yang lain, serta buat tingkatkan pemasukan keluarga ibu hamil butuh dibesarkan usaha keluarga yang dilakukan oleh ibu hamil lewat program UPPKS (Usaha Kenaikan Pemasukan Keluarga Sejahtera)

The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme has generated data on the amount of energy required to cook meals using different fuels and cooking devices. Fuel stacking is commonplace, especially among households with access to modern fuels. Experience shows that people tend to use modern fuels for quick tasks, such as preparing a cup of tea, but prefer to use biomass fuels for foods that take longer to cook. Therefore, changes in the choice of foods in the household menu have the potential to affect the transition to modern fuels. This paper discusses the potential of innovative and emerging aspects of food systems in low-income countries to impact on households. It starts by looking at the processing of indigenous crops to create convenient and nutritious food products. This leads to an overview of the rapid growth of the food processing industry and future opportunities. Consuming food that has been prepared outside of the home is also a common and rapidly growing practice, which is likely to be driven (and disrupted) by technological innovation. Cooking energy considerations depend largely on fuel stacking behaviours, and the paper argues that modern food systems have the potential to reduce energy consumption in the kitchen, and to play a role in displacing traditional biomass fuels with modern fuels.

Health is one of the conditions for a realized generation that is ready with a variety of future competition. Health affects development. Intake of nutritious food from an early age is a solution to health and avoid various diseases. Parents as full responsibility for the sustainability of children's growth and development need to have good knowledge about this and can provide the best service for children. But not all of them can fulfill it. The education and practice of cooking healthy food for early childhood carried out in college service activities can help improve agricultural knowledge and skills. K eywords : Knowledge, Parents, Nutritional Intake, Healthy Generation Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}

A major change began 10,000–12,000 years ago when humans began to practice agriculture. A series of “green revolutions” enabled the human population to explode, but these advancements have dramatically changed the planet. The United Nations predicts that we will need to produce 50% more food by 2050 to feed another 2.5 billion people, but this will be challenging with tighter land and water resources and a changing climate. Responsible marine aquaculture can complement responsible land‐based agriculture and aquaculture and well‐managed fisheries to increase the global supply of nutritious food., Key Points Agricultural innovations have facilitated an explosion in human population growth and dramatically changed the planetThe capacity for land‐based agriculture to mitigate ecosystem impacts at scale is limitedWe need to integrate agriculture with aquaculture, including ocean‐based farming, to meet the food needs of our growing population

With the purpose of valuing the species Chenopodium quinoa Willd (quinoa), as well as encouraging the consumption of its grains, this study aimed at providing a detailed evaluation of the nutritional value and chemical composition of several quinoa grains of different colour varieties (black, red and white) from different origins. The results demonstrated an excellent composition, namely in the presence of many compounds of interest, such as organic acids, tocopherols and unsaturated fatty acids, as well as a very favourable nutritional profile, with carbohydrates and proteins being the prominent macronutrients. Regarding the different varieties, statistical analysis showed that there were no significant differences in studied parameters, with the exception of proteins, carbohydrates, oxalic acid, γ-tocopherol and total tocopherols content. Thus, this pseudocereal takes a position of nutritional excellence, compared to others cereals more commonly consumed, thereby representing a promising ingredient for many uses in the food industry. The authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) and FEDER under Programme PT2020 for financial support to CIMO (UID/AGR/00690/2013), L. Barros and U. Gonzales-Barron contracts. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Arthrospira platensis(commonly known as spirulina) is a photosynthetic cyanobacterium1. It is a highly nutritious food that has been consumed for decades in the US, and even longer by indigenous cultures2. Its widespread use as a safe food source and proven scalability have driven frequent attempts to convert it into a biomanufacturing platform. But these were repeatedly frustrated by spirulina’s genetic intractability. We report here efficient and versatile genetic engineering methodology for spirulina that allows stable expression of bioactive protein therapeutics at high levels. We further describe large-scale, indoor cultivation and downstream processing methods appropriate for the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals in spirulina. The potential of the platform is illustrated by pre-clinical development and human testing of an orally delivered antibody therapeutic against campylobacter, a major cause of infant mortality in the developing world and a growing antibiotic resistance threat3,4. This integrated development and manufacturing platform blends the safety of food-based biotechnology with the ease of genetic manipulation, rapid growth rates and high productivity characteristic of microbial platforms. These features combine for exceptionally low-cost production of biopharmaceuticals to address medical needs that are unfeasible with current biotechnology platforms.

In this current scenario with changing food habits, escalating population and unrestricted use of natural resources, there are lacking of resources to provide nutritious food to all. Natural plant resources are fast depleting and need to explore new alternatives. Besides the staple rice and wheat; lots of underutilized crops are being consumed that are having great potential to replace the staple crops. Millets are one of the major underutilized crops with a Nutri-cereal potential. Millets are highly nutritive, non-acid-forming, gluten-free and having dietary properties. Despite the fact that millets are highly nutritious, their consumption is still limited to the conventional and poor population due to lack of awareness towards its nutritional values. There is lack of processing technologies, lack of food subsidies and inconvenience in food preparations which makes millets more obsolete. Millets are Nutri-cereals and rich in carbohydrates, dietary fibres, energy, essential fatty acids, proteins, vitamin-B and minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc, which helps to prevent from post-translational diseases like, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and celiac diseases, etc. Millets help in controlling blood pressure, blood sugar level and thyroid but inspite of these functional properties, millets consumption is still declining. Millets utilization in-combination with other staple food crops to develop food alternatives has become an emerging area for food industries. Besides, to strengthen our fight against malnutrition in children and adolescents, consumption of millets can help to foster immunity and health. Here, author’s have reviewed the potential of millets for their Nutri-cereal qualities.

Background: Mushrooms are a nutritious food source, being rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. They are also contains substances that enhance the immune system, fight infectious disease. Mushrooms can be cultivated on a variety of substrates, including agricultural and agro-industrial waste materials. The current study was amid to evaluate the phytochemical characteristics of Pleurotus species cultivated on different agricultural wastes.Methods: Mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus florida were cultivated on different agricultural wastes for the screening of phytochemical characteristics. Qualitative analyses of the phytochemicals were evaluated in methanolic, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of both Pleurotus spp. Total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of the extracts were determined by using Folin-Ciocalteu method and Spectrophotometric method with aluminum chloride.Result: Qualitative analyses revealed the phytochemicals alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids and tannins were present in methanolic, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of both Pleurotus spp. while anthraquinones and Phlobatannins were absent in aqueous extracts. The highest concentration of phenols and flavonoids were recorded in methanolic extracts of P. ostreatus and P. florida (48.17 mg GAE/g of extract and 56.57 mg of RUE/g of extract and 46.73 mg GAE/g of extract and 55.58 mg of RUE/g of extract respectively). The results supported the methanolic extracts of P. ostreatus and P. florida might indeed be potential sources of phytochemicals.

In today’s world, people are moving toward having a fit and healthy body. This has changed the way of living in almost every household. Now everyone expects for healthy and nutritious food to be placed on their plates. Hence, healthy eating and nutritious food have become an essential part of everyone’s lifestyle to achieve a balanced and healthy life in such busy and hectic environment. Hence, to make their fitness path a bit smoother and to enhance their experience, we have designed an mHealth app idea to provide a broader approach in providing a better living through nutritious dishes and diet plan to the users. Additionally, the app will provide an exercise for the stay pain-free based on the goal that is chosen at the time of install application.

This chapter examines international efforts to establish access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food as a universally recognized human right, beginning with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the early days of the United Nations and ending with the recent Right to Food resolution of the Human Rights Council. The major institutional mechanisms that have been established to promote and defend the right to food are also identified. The latter part of this chapter describes the purpose, structure, and major programs of the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Fund for Agricultural Development.

These days, people are getting more wellbeing cognizant and will, in general, keep a beware of the dietary addition from the stuffed sustenance things they use. The rising growth of Android in the field of Operating System's has brought many advancements and proficient things such as applications, games and many more but also it leads to many complexities such as Mobile Exploitation done through Kali Software. The rising growth of the Android in the field of Operating System's has brought many advancements and proficient things such as applications, games and many more but also it leads to many complexities such as Mobile Exploitation done through Kali Software. The growth of Applications is increasing day by day. In this paper, the android platform is looked at in much more detail and will understand the future scope of Android and will implement Text To Speech and Vice Versa. This paper proposes an innovative Fitness Tracking app using the Android platform. The app would help the users to maintain a healthier lifestyle and eat more nutritious food. The proposed app gives an insight into nutrition that a person should have by eating a properly balanced diet and will present an outline on further research and development of the application.

The world is in front of a risky epidemic due to novel coronavirus (2019-CoV or COVID-19). This virus is not only affected human health but it affected the economy and caused completely paralysis in many countries of the world. Various therapeutic, medicinal, scientific, and technological communities are demanding to find out specifically and to approve successful strategies for discovering the effective vaccine which can lead to stop the virus expansion, recognize medication, reduce humanity health hazards, serious infections, death rates. The importance of natural effective nutritious food and diet having peculiar immunity is highlighted which pointed out the unconfirmed dietary option risks which would lead to decline effective precautionary procedures. This report is aimed to focus on the most effective food and nutrients which trigger the body immunity system and prevent the coronavirus type infections.

For more than 20 years, both here and abroad, significant efforts have been undertaken to provide equal access to nutritional food for all citizens. Yet, the numbers of under-nourished continue to rise, as do those afflicted with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Clearly, current efforts are not working. Relying on the psychological phenomena of learned helplessness and fundamental attribution error, it is argued that certain individuals may not be willing, or able, to take actions that are currently prescribed regarding access to nutritious food. The water is muddied regarding potential solutions as the various actors involved (e.g., corporations, governments, individuals) cannot agree on a starting point and continue to point fingers regarding responsibility. It is posited that emphasis needs to shift from the current “one-size-fits-all” approach to one that is more tailored to the various actors, specifically the individuals. Within the group of individuals (consumers), based on Wenar’s Least Cost Theory, even further distinction must be made between those who see themselves as capable actors and those who do not. In this conceptual piece intended to refocus the discussion surrounding food access, we propose that future research should approach these issues from a unit of analysis perspective in an attempt to identify the solutions most likely to succeed at various participating levels.

Introduction: Food insecurity (FI) is defined as limited or uncertain access to enough nutritious food for all household members to lead an active and healthy life. In 2017, roughly 12% of US households reported FI. FI screening is not standard practice despite FI’s association with poor health outcomes. This study compared FI screening strategies in a community-based family medicine residency clinic to determine which strategies identified the largest number of FI patients. Methods: We conducted this study using a validated two-question screening tool with high sensitivity and specificity for identifying FI. Three implementation strategies of the screening tool were tested: two clinician-initiated and one staff-initiated. Data measured included opportunities to screen, patients actually screened, and the number of positive (disclosure) responses. Results: Clinician-initiated screening rates increased when clinicians followed a standard note template with embedded FI questionnaire vs no template (58.6% vs 7.1%). Despite this improvement, staff-initiated screening returned an even higher screening rate (95.2%). The disclosure of FI determined by staff-initiated screening was also higher (12.2%, similar to previously published data) than clinician-initiated screening (2.3%). Conclusions: Staff-initiated screening for FI was the best way of identifying FI patients and yielded results consistent with local and national estimates. Clinicians did not screen patients for FI often enough for this approach to be effective, but embedding FI screening into templated notes improved clinician screening rates. Disclosure of FI when staff conducted screening far exceeded disclosure when screening was initiated by clinicians.

Al Marai is a Saudi Arab based company that deals in food with its headquarters in Riyadh. This company was centralized with the sole aim of making its products high quality and of improved standard. The mission of Almarai is to provide quality and nutritious food that benefits the lives of consumers. It is the vision of Al Mari to become the first choice of consumers in the market of food and beverage products. The company gradually improved its finances and increased its market value. As a result, the shareholders increased to a high amount of 50 thousand shareholders for Almarai. Al Mari depends more on its inventories to meet the current obligations. Almarai is always at the risk of financial fluctuation because of its market competitors which can only be solved by increasing market shares of the company. The overall performance of Almarai is satisfactory but improvement is required to deal with the competitors.

Kampong chicken is one of the local poultry that is generally raised by farmers in rural areas; the Kampong chicken farm business has great prospects, both economically and socially, because its products in the form of meat and eggs are highly nutritious food and high enough demand. The provision of pineapple skin was expected to be able to improve the quality of livestock products through enhancing the profile of SSKC meat colour that was contained in it, so it was necessary to do research on the effect of giving pineapple skin as a marinated meat ingredient for SSKC. Pineapple skin in this study was given in powder form to improve the profile of meat colour. The stages of this study carried out the process of marinating used pineapple peel powder with the specified marinating time. The samples were tested for colour profiles by measuring the brightness, redness and yellowish level of the flesh. The results showed that the colour profile was increasing with increasing levels of pineapple skin powder and marinating time. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the optimum profile of SSKC meat colour was at the level of 20% during soaking 120 minutes.

This study aims to investigate the food production and poverty reduction of Bangladesh in brief. Although the country faces various problems for the economic progress since the independent in 1971, in the last forty eight years the increase of food production and poverty reduction of the country became remarkably. Bangladesh is a densely populated developing country in the southern Asia. The Government of Bangladesh is trying efficiently to reduce poverty of the country. In Bangladesh about 20% of the populations still live below the poverty line, heavily undernourished with inadequate access to safe and nutritious food for a healthy life. The data of the study were collected through the secondary sources of the country. In Bangladesh, during 2000 to 2005, income poverty reduced from 48.9% to 40.0%, 2010 to 2016 reduced from 31.50% to 20%, and in 2018 it is expected to reduce in 16%. An attempt has been taken here to show the ways to increase more food production and poverty reduction of the country.

Background: The paradigm of the first 1000 days of life is the period of conception and giving opportunities in saving the lives and future of children. Breast milk is recommended as one of the exclusive source of nutrition in the first 6 months. Nutrition deficiency is suspected due to a lack of understanding of parents on proper nutritious food or due to the influence of advertising. They want to break the cycle of malnutrition that causes stunting. Objective: This research aims to know the relationship of the level of knowledge of the feeding of infants and children (PMBA) with the nutritional status of infants under two years (BADUTA). Method: This research is using descriptive analytic method with cross-sectional approach. Research subjects were mothers who had Baduta in the village of Pandes Wedi Klaten Regency in Central Java. The way of determining the sample by the total sampling techniques. Instrument research using questionnaires conducted test validity and reabilitas. Analysis of data for the purpose of hypothesis testing using statistical tests Spearman Rho. Result: Mothers with good level of knowledge in feeding on baduta were as much as 100%. Whilst Baduta with good nutritional status were as much as 66.67%. Nutritional status of less baduta that is as much as 10 (33.33%). The results obtained bivariat relationship level of knowledge of mothers with nutritional Status Baduta the value of p = 0,272, since the p value > 0.05 (0,272 > 0.05) it can be stated there was no relationship between the level of knowledge of parents against the nutritional status of infants under two years of age. Conclusion: There is no relationship of the level of knowledge with nutritional status baduta with a value of p = 0.272.

Background Chicken eggs are considered to be nature's perfect food. The egg white is an excellent natural source of high quality protein, which is rich in essential amino acids. The yolk is a source of antioxidants, aromatic amino acids, carotenoids, vitamins, phospholipids and proteins, which not only provide nutritional value but also act pro-health and might prevent eg. from heart diseases. In turn eggshell supplies well absorbed by the human body minerals, of which the most important is calcium. Scope and approach In this review the new trends in chicken egg research are showed. The egg components which are the most important for human health are described. This study shows also the methods of isolating the most important health-promoting ingredients from chicken eggs. Key Findings and Conclusion : Eggs are not only a highly nutritious food , but also a rich source of diverse bioactive components also including nutraceuticals. Therefore, the current research trends focus on the new look at the egg as a material acting as health-promoting functions . Currently carried out research also concern the development of new technologies for the production of bioactive ingredients of chicken eggs.These new trends introduce a new era in egg science and technology and the future of eggs and egg ingredients remains bright.

Cold plasma is non-thermal processing, which has gained popularity recently due to its environment-friendly and economic nature. Cold plasma is extensively used in the food processing industry to produce safe and nutritious food with higher nutritional and sensory attributes. However, during cold plasma, there is a generation of reactive species that interact with food components and adversely affect food components, especially lipids. Dairy and meat products are high in lipids, and the reactive species generated during cold plasma processing stimulates the oxidation of these lipids, thereby deteriorating food quality. This lipid oxidation can affect the acceptability of food by consumers and reduce keeping quality of food. It is crucial to address the oxidative effect of cold plasma in foods like dairy and meat products. Optimization of process parameters, altering the composition of carrier gas and careful handling with storage of treated food in an airtight environment can prevent the negative effect of cold plasma treatment on lipids in dairy and meat products.

No contexto da crise alimentícia que o Brasil vem sofrendo no ano de 2021, agravada cada vez mais pelo prolongamento da atual situação pandêmica, cada vez mais famílias substituíram gêneros alimentícios na sua dieta. As carnes, que já vinham sofrendo alta de preços ao longo dos últimos anos, são substituídas por outros tipos de fontes proteicas, principalmente os ovos. Os ovos são alimentos largamente comercializados no Brasil e bastante consumidos pela população em geral. São um alimento altamente nutritivo e que pode ser consumido com grande versatilidade. Contudo, ovos quando não manipulados e acondicionados de forma adequada, podem trazer riscos à saúde do consumidor. Microrganismos como Salmonella sp., Staphylococcus aureus e coliformes são grandes responsáveis por surtos de infecções e intoxicações gastrointestinais. Este estudo traz um levantamento dos principais artigos publicados nos últimos 6 anos, sobre as condições higiênicossanitarias de ovos comercializados em diferentes regiões do Brasil. Os artigos foram obtidos em pesquisas através de sites como SciELO e Google Acadêmico. Como resultado da pesquisa selecionou-se 14 artigos, entre os anos de 2015 a 2020, que estudaram o tema em diferentes cidades do Brasil. É possível notar que a qualidade dos ovos comercializados é bem diversificada e os estudos variam bastante entre as diferentes cidades do Brasil. Muitos artigos não abordam estudos microbiológicos, o que seria de extrema importância para determinar a qualidade dos ovos analisados.

Background: Oral condition is one of substantial factors in general health. Good oral health will determine dental fitness or readiness in military troops. Oral diseases affecting soldiers may have negative impacts in readiness on deployment or fight and contributes to lowering morale among personnel. At the recruitment stage, the prevalence of periodontal disease is low and controlled before the commencement of the training. As a matter of fact, periodontal health was not considered to be maintained and found to be worsening through the course of time. In the end, many of soldiers were found to suffer from periodontal diseases. Method : This review article aims to discuss several factors in military way of life related to oral condition.Result : Lack of oral hygiene practices, stress, deficiency of nutritious food, and smoking among military personnel may contribute to the prevalence of periodontal disease. Several attempts should be incorporated in military life to reduce the negative impacts of these factors on oral health.Conclusion: Periodontal therapy should be provided early in the military careers and repeated at intervals specific to the needs of each personnel. Several risk factors contributing to the development and severity of periodontal disease should be assessed and overcome to arrest the progression of the disease.

Objetivou-se a produção de um alimento nutritivo, em curto espaço de tempo, de custo final baixo, utilizando a rã como matriz. Girinos obtidos a partir de fertilização natural foram criados durante 100 dias e transportados para plantas processadoras, onde foram elaborados dois produtos: o filé da cauda de rã (FTF) e a parte não comestí­­vel (NEP). Duas conservas enlatadas foram desenvolvidas a partir do FTF (filé da cauda de rã em óleo/FTFoil; filé da cauda de rã com molho de tomate/FTFtomato) e da NEP, uma farinha produzida (farinha de girino/TF). Os cinco produtos foram submetidos í­Â análise fí­­sico-quí­­mica. Aqueles elaborados a partir do FTF apresentaram valores de composição quí­­mica próximos aos da carne de rã, enquanto que NEP e TF apresentaram valores de proteí­­nas, lipí­­dios e cinzas compatí­­veis com coprodutos normalmente usados na indústria de alimentação animal. As duas conservas enlatadas foram submetidas a testes de aceitação e intenção de compra, destacando-se o FTFoil, que obteve uma taxa de aceitação de 77%. O método de produção de alimentos proposto mostrou-se satisfatório, alcançando plenamente os objetivos estabelecidos. Os produtos propostos podem ser utilizados em programas de combate í­Â fome, bem como pelas indústrias de alimentos, nas mais diversas formas.

Food insecurity is a common social issue and households look to assistance from food pantries, which often have difficulty supplying fresh or nutritious food. A substantial amount of produce is left in the fields, which can be collected through gleaning. In a focus group with volunteer gleaners at a faith-based nonprofit organization that attempts to fill the gaps of food insecurity, the motivations, challenges, and benefits of volunteering were examined. Volunteering in gleaning generated a sense of collective purpose and community; it addressed deeply held religious and spiritual impulses; and it puts volunteers directly in contact with nature.

When a baby reaches 4-6 months, milk alone is not sufficient to meet the increased nutritional needs of the baby. Weaning is the process by which a baby slowly gets used to eating family or adult foods along with breast milk. The aim of the study was to assess the weaning practices in the selected urban slums of Dhaka city, Bangladesh among male and female children in the age group of 6 months to 1 year by random sampling. It revealed that 54% infants were fed breast milk and 38.5% infants were fed honey as their first food. About 94.5% infants were given breast milk within (1-24) h, 5% within (24-48) h and 0.5% within (48-72) h. As a weaning food majority of the respondents (39%) used khichuri, 24.5% used mashed potato/banana, 19% used powdered rice, 17% used suzi and 0.5% used others. 33% respondents had no knowledge about nutritious food. About 54%, 38.5%, 6.5% and 1.0% mothers fed their baby breast milk, honey, sugar and other food items respectively just after birth. The studied population group is not only poverty stricken, but also has poor knowledge, attitude and practice on health, hygiene, nutrition and nutritious food.

This study compared the food security status for small grains and long grains smallholder farmers and analysed the factors that affect food security status for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe and the respondents were stratified into small grains cultivators and long grains cultivators. Data used in the analysis of food security was collected through a researcher administered structured questionnaire. The results established that the adoption of small grains is widespread within the province. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics had an effect on the dependence of either small grains or long grains farming. The results of the study revealed that both small grains and long grains smallholder farmers had at least attained primary education which reveals that all farmers are functionally literate. Results of the Household Dietary Diversity Score HDDS revealed that on average 76 percent of small grains smallholder farmers were measured to be food secure whilst only 41 percent of long grains farmers were food secure. The (HDDS) reflected the dietary diversity consumed by members of the household in the previous 24 hours Similar trends were observed from the descriptive statistics which showed that small grains smallholder farmers consumed relatively greater percentage of nutritious food groups than long grains smallholder farmers. Results of the Binary logit regression model indicated that the significant factors which explain food security status for smallholder sampled households are farming activity, education, number of livestock, remittances, income and access to credit.

As the lifestyle of people today is evolving, the desire for convenient but nutritious food to replace home-cooked meals is increasing. As the market for Home Meal Replacement (HMR) has already reached 17 hundred billion Won, many studies on HMR selection attributes have been conducted, using traditional Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). However, it was found that traditional IPA had some limitations. Therefore, the study used both traditional and the Revised IPA to examine the selection attributes of HMR sold at large discount store to compare outcomes. The results of the study show that by using the Revised IPA, many attributes differed from those found by the traditional IPA. Consequently, the study revealed aspects that have both linear and nonlinear relationships with customer satisfaction. Implications of this study could provide the foundation of business strategies for HMR manufacturers.

Food security is a complex and intertwined problem of reliability, quantity, and affordability of nutritious food, including the costs of production. It is a problem in developing and developed nat...

As schools work to address student well-being, addressing food insecurity, defined as the inability to obtain a sufficient amount of affordable and nutritious food,[1][1] and housing insecurity are not issues many pharmacy educators have considered in that equation. As more students attend college

Since ancient times, husbandry has been an unbreakable part of our lives. India, which is the principal country of agriculture, is also the major industry of Bihar, agriculture is an integral part of another. There are two types of people in the villages of Bihar, Khetihar, and Khetihar Majdur. Apart from farming, we can save time, goat husbandry business can be adopted. We get all the useful things from goats which are springy for our agriculture, wellness and industries. The biggest goat of the goat is that it can be placed in any place without adequate means. She also produces milk and meat by eating what is generally considered useless. For industry, goats can get leather and skin. In this way, the State Government can use its extra time to get additional income from less capital. This is the car. For rami areas, TM is also known as VU rib. Current food - Goat husbandry has an important role in making balanced and nutritious food available to the non-vegetarian population of the state by developing the business of goat farming in times of crisis. Therefore, goat plays an important role in the economy of the state.

Flaxseed composite flour enriched with 5% coconut, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25% chiaseeds was used for the formulation of coconut–flaxseed balls. The chiaseeds enrichment effect was evaluated for physicochemical and sensory properties of coconut–flaxseed balls. Bioactive phenolics content and antioxidant activity were also determined. Addition of chiaseeds increased the ash up to 4.1%, crude fiber up to 33%, and nitrogen‐free extract up to 12.9% in the product along with improving the mineral profile for iron, magnesium, manganese, and zinc content up to 50.8, 4,010.1, 34.1, and 60.2 ppm, respectively. Sensory evaluation of coconut–flaxseed balls showed that product was acceptable with a good score of color, taste, and overall acceptability. A product rich in fiber and low in fat content possesses nutraceutical properties. Therefore, it is concluded that the nutritional value of flaxseed balls can be improved with the enrichment of chiaseeds. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: The enrichment of chiaseeds and coconut powder in whole flaxseed flour can produce nutritionally rich and high‐energy product that can be very useful for the people suffering from malnourishment or facing some natural disaster. Industries can utilize these ingredients to produce super nutritious food items that can provide instant energy to the suffering people or malnourished people along with all other functional ingredients that can provide enormous health benefits including the reduced risk of different type of cancers, cardiovascular diseases, it can help to reduce weight due to the high amount of dietary fibers. This work provides data to a nutritionist to look upon the beneficial omega‐3 fats in flaxseed and chiaseeds and promote the usage of these ingredients.

Modifying food and the textures of food has been done for decades within the food science and technology field. More recently, modifying the texture of foods has been used to manage swallowing disabilities (dysphagia). Swallowing disabilities are often associated with dehydration and malnutrition, thus nutritional intervention has formed part of serving texture-modified diets. The question remains whether these modification techniques are viable for individuals with swallowing disabilities living in majority world countries. This study used two modification methods on a widely used specialized nutritious food (SNF) to determine whether it may be modified and used in dysphagia management. The techniques had to be ergonomic and economically appropriate for individuals with swallowing disabilities living in majority world countries. The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative's (IDDSI) standards were used to determine whether the texturally modified SNF is safe for swallowing. Rheological measurements were performed to determine apparent viscosity and structure recovery of each sample. The effects of two modification techniques, aeration and particle separation, on the rheological properties of the SNF were also measured and analyzed. It was determined that both milk and water could be used with this SNF to create a dysphagia diet, but only under certain conditions. The overall results indicated that heating the samples increased the apparent viscosity and exacerbated lumping. Room temperature samples had less lumps and could be classified to the desired levels of the IDDSI (Level 2 and Level 4). Using a whisk to aerate the samples reduced lumps significantly and using a sieve to separate particles of liquid samples eliminated lumps. This study provides new data on how texture modification techniques and the IDDSI framework could be adapted to individuals living in majority world countries. By using modification techniques that are ergonomic and economically viable and an SNF with longevity, this study could be useful in guiding future training of nursing staff and caregivers of individuals living in poverty or resource-constrained communities. This study also adds to the data on the rheological properties of dysphagia foods, although this study did not make use of commercial thickeners generally used in the modification of diets.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was created in 1989 and has provided us a framework for the structure of a Childrens’ rights delivered clinical service, standards for clinical care and indeed undergraduate curriculum for medical students. It is worthwhile reminding yourself of some of the Articles. Article 17 states, ‘Children have the right to get information that is important to their health and well-being’ and Article 24 focuses on health and health services, stating, ‘ Children have the right to good quality healthcare—the best healthcare possible—to safe drinking water, nutritious food, a clean and safe …

Food allergy has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as a chronic disease that could lead to fatality. The symptoms can mediate from mild to severe consequences. Some cases have reported that food allergy sufferers are bullied and are discriminated at workplace, thus increasing their stress level, apart from facing difficulty in consuming certain food due to allergy. This has an adverse effect on the quality of life amongst food allergy sufferers. Medical bills are increased when food allergy sufferers become unknowingly exposed to food allergen. Hence, this study investigated food allergens among food allergy sufferers in order to make their lives better. A total of 250 respondents participated in an online survey. Surprisingly, apart from chicken, soybean and other food allergens that have been listed under the Big Eight Allergens, the respondents mentioned some fruits that could trigger allergic reactions, such as rambutans and watermelons. Food allergy sufferers can be allergic to seafood and seafood products as well, such as shrimp paste or locally known as belacan, which refers to fermented shrimp paste cured under the sun. It is a common food ingredient used among Malaysians. The study findings offer practical insights, such as avoidance of food allergens amidst food allergy sufferers and help the government to carefully manage for menu planning. The knowledge contribution of this study reveals several specific food and fruits, as aforementioned, which appear to be common and nutritious food, yet harmful to food allergy sufferers.

Migrant children detained by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are not allowed to wash, change their clothes, eat nutritious food, or sleep properly, according to lawyers who visited a facility in Clint, Texas. The eyewitnesses also reported seeing babies and toddlers being looked after by other children. The accounts come a week after a US government attorney argued before a federal appeal court that the government has no duty to provide migrant detainee children with towels, soap, toothbrushes, or sleep. A 1997 legal agreement in which the government promised to provide “safe and sanitary” conditions for detained children had not specified these items, justice department attorney Sarah Fabian argued. The three appeal court judges appeared astonished by the government’s claims. “Are you really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isn’t a question of safe and sanitary conditions?” …

BACKGROUND: Food insecurity refers to the physical, social, and economic inability to access and secure sufficient, safe and nutritious food. Food insecurity has been found to be associated with poor health status, obesity, and chronic disease. To date, a relationship between food insecurity and functional limitations has not been described in of older adults. METHODS: We examined 9,309 adults ≥60 years old from the 2005–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). Food security was categorized as full, marginal, low, and very low. Functional limitations were assessed as having difficulty in physical, basic or instrumental activities of daily living. RESULTS: Of adults ≥60 years old (mean age: 70.5±0.08, 51% female), the prevalence of full, marginal, low, or very low food insecurity was 7,572 (81%), 717 (7%), 667 (8%), and 353 (4%), respectively. The prevalence of any functional limitations was 5,895 (66.3%). The adjusted odds (OR [95%CI]) of having any functional limitation in marginal, low, and very low food security levels compared to full food security are: 1.08 [1.02–1.13], 1.16 [1.10–1.22], 1.14 [1.07–1.21], respectively. The association between levels of food insecurity and functional limitation is modified by race/ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS: Functional limitation is significantly associated with increasing food insecurity in older adults.

Autism is a group of disorders that causes social communication, repetitive behaviors, sensory aspects, speech and language challenges commonly in children. There are different therapies such as occupational and speech therapies to treat these autistic children. Nutritious food is a medicine for all diseases. Nutritional therapy is an important therapy to be followed by the children along with other therapies. In this study, the proposed system will recommend food and therapy for the autistic children based on their symptoms. The system uses k-means algorithm for grouping the symptoms based on its types and association rule mining for the recommendation of food and therapies. The food and therapy recommendation system is achieved well and it is helpful for the parents whose children suffering from autism.

Damage to environment due to over-exploitation of resources is visible all around and it pertinent now to focus on SDGs and prepare strategies to revived industries which are contributing towards sustainable development Affordable nutritious food is one of the important issue for our future. However, it is disappointing that traditional food industry (cottage industry) in India is facing severe threats from organized players. This industry is contributing towards sustainable development. This paper presents a survey of this industry and suggests means to preserve and protect this industry.