© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org H life is ultimately dependent on ecosystem services supplied by the biosphere, including agricultural production, flood control, and recreational opportunities. Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and more extensively than at any other time in human history, primarily to meet the growing need for pro...

Climate change and degradation of ecosystem services functioning may threaten the ability of current agricultural systems to keep up with demand for adequate and inexpensive food and for clean water, waste disposal and other broader ecosystem services. Human health is likely to be affected by changes occurring across multiple geographic and time scales. Impacts range from increasing transmissib...

9s. 6d.) London: Mills & Boom, 19,64. THIS well produced book has an informal and friendly approach and is designed especially for girls who will soon leave school. It starts with the family in the home and considers personal hygiene, the house, heating and ventilation, water supplies and sanitary services. It has three well-informed and balanced chapters on food, on food poisoning and on the h...

9s. 6d.) London: Mills & Boom, 19,64. THIS well produced book has an informal and friendly approach and is designed especially for girls who will soon leave school. It starts with the family in the home and considers personal hygiene, the house, heating and ventilation, water supplies and sanitary services. It has three well-informed and balanced chapters on food, on food poisoning and on the h...

Monitoring data from the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project and new data collected for this purpose were analyzed to assess the effects of targeted project services, including supplementation of food, on malnourished pregnant women (women with a body mass index [BMI] of < or = 18.5 in early pregnancy). Monitoring data on 456 women--195 receiving food supplement and 261 not receiving supple...

Regional food hubs provide logistics services for small and mid-sized food producers, giving them the ability to reach larger markets and customers than they can reach on their own. However, once food hub managers have helped to establish connections between producers and new customers, they often find themselves cut out of the regional food supply chain when the farmers decide to sell their pr...

OBJECTIVE Studying eating habits can aid in the design of specific measures that reduce the negative effects of an unhealthy diet on health. In this context, the aim of the present study was to examine the eating habits and food preferences of students and their level of satisfaction with the catering services of the university. DESIGN Survey conducted during 2011 using a questionnaire that a...

Cash transfer (CTs) is an increasingly popular social protection mechanism used by many developing countries to improve the food security and nutritional status of lower socio-economic groups. This paper is a review of the literature regarding the impact of CT programs on the food security of recipient households in the developing countries, including Iran. We looked for all original studies...

1University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Greenbelt Swine Veterinary Services, Chilliwack, BC, Canada; 3Prairie Swine Health Services, Red Deer, AB, Canada; 4Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE, Canada; 5Le Centre de développement du porc du Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada; 6Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Owen SOund, ON, Canada; 7Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimenta...

The services sector includes industries and administrative programs among these sub sectors: Information; Finance and Insurance; Real Estate; Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; Management of Enterprises and Corporations; Administrative Support and Waste Technologies; Education; Arts, Entertainment and Recreation; Accommodation and Food Service; Other Services; and Public Administr...