Urban food insecurity has become a growing humanitarian problem in most developing countries due to population increase, rural-urban migration, widespread poverty and increasing cost of food. In Kenya, an estimated 12 million people live in urban areas of which 5.7 million (about 48%) reside in slums or informal settlements. The slums are particularly at high risk of vulnerability to food insec...

The rates of obesity among adults have exponentially increased over the last three decades. This is of major concern as obesity increases the likelihood of developing chronic (e.g. hypertension, diabetes) or even potentially fatal diseases (e.g. cancer, stroke, heart attack). Previous research has suggested that advertising of foods high in calories and low in nutrition may be contributing to t...

Objective: The orange-red spectrum of  the skin of  electric yellow (Labidochromis caeruleus) is  one  of  the  idealistic and  necessary  schemas sought  by  aquarists  and commercial producers. In this study, the effect of live foods meal on the skin coloration of juvenile electric yellow was examined. Methods: 270 fish with an average living body weight was 0.42 ± 0.11 g, and averag...

Background: Increasing population aging is a global challenge and has occurred very rapidly in all parts of the world. The elderly population is more at risk of diseases, and their improper condition may impair their ability to live and cook at home. Food insecurity endangers public health as well as nutritional status, especially in the elderly. The present study aims to investigate the food s...

Identifying the amount of prey available is an important part of an animal's foraging behaviour. The risk-sensitive foraging theory predicts that an organism's foraging decisions with regard to food rewards depending upon its satiation level. However, the precise interaction between optimal risk-tolerance and satiation level remains unclear. In this study, we examined, firstly, whether cuttlefi...

The volatility of meat prices affects the accessibility and even food security some consumers in Turkey. This study analyses selected livestock a major feed component, wheat, as well exchange rate domestic currency Turkey because imports augmented live calf sheep supply. analysis applies 470 price observations from January 2005 to October 2019 for each following series: calf, sheep, Turkish lir...

background food and nutrient are known as main environmental risk factor of esophageal cancer. we investigated food items consumption pattern of people who live in high risk area in golestan province. materials and methods we investigated food consumption pattern of more than 30 years old gonbad and kalale's people who recruited in golestan cohort study. assessment carried out with validated 11...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to determine the prevalence and early outcome of neural tube defects (NTDs) in Malaysia. This prospective study included all neonates with NTDs (spina bifida, anencephaly, encephalocoele) born in 2009 in 32 Malaysian hospitals in the Malaysian National Neonatal Network. The prevalence of NTDs was 0.42 per 1000 live births, being highest among the indigenous people of...