BACKGROUND The obesogenic home environment is usually examined via self-report, and objective measures are required. OBJECTIVE This study explored whether the wearable camera SenseCam can be used to examine the early obesogenic home environment and whether it is useful for validation of self-report measures. METHODS A total of 15 primary caregivers of young children (mean age of child 4 yea...

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic has made vegetable farmers suffer losses due to hampered distribution fresh vegetables. Fresh vegetables that have been harvested but not immediately processed will easily wilt which reduce the selling value. This phenomenon occurs in many plantation areas, one is Dusun Precet. Vegetable farming products are a source livelihood for people Precet who mostly work a...

The distribution of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs) on the leaves of various vegetables was studied. All kinds of vegetable leaves tested gave pink-pigmented colonies on agar plates containing methanol as sole carbon source. The numbers of PPFMs on the leaves, colony-forming units (CFU)/g of fresh leaves, differed among the plants, although they were planted and grown at the sa...

Soybeans harvested at various stages of maturity and sprouted were evaluated for ascorbic acid and j3-carotene \n the fresh, cooked, canned, frozen, and stored packs. Both vitamins decreased markedly as the beans matured and in creased upon sprouting. Ascorbic acid (mg/lOOg); fresh—30, dry—2, sprouted—11. j8-carotene (mg/ lOOg); fresh—0.35, dry—0.12, sprouted—0.20. Severe ascorbic acid losses (...

The present study was conducted to assess the physiological and biochemical responses of winter vegetable radish (Raphanus sativus L.) to salinity stress. Salt stress markedly reduced biomass production of both radish varieties. Shoot fresh and dry weights were significantly reduced under salt stress, higher reduction was found at 120 mM NaCl as compared. Salt stress significantly reduced chlor...

Fresh Fruits and Vegetable (FFV) are one of the most important component of a retail chain (supermarket) and act as a strategic product in attracting the customers. The demand for fresh fruits and vegetables is growing year-by-year, with greater potential for the future. Agri-food produces from the farmer's field reach the end consumer through a long chain of intermediaries such as farmers/grow...

Objective. Assess associations between perceived fresh fruit and vegetable access obtaining vegetables from various food sources with meeting national recommendations for intakes BMI, whether differ by insecurity. Methods. Secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey evaluating health equity initiative among 1,474 respondents in 6 rural Georgia counties. Logistic regressions assessed mee...