Az ökológiai és klímaválság és a növekvő társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek kontextusában egyre sürgetőbb a környezetileg és társadalmilag is fenntartható élelmezésről, az élelem-önrendelkezés lehetséges struktúráiról való gondolkodás. A jelenleg domináns gazdasági...

Inaccurate perceptions about body image can be identified not only among physically inactive people, but also among those doing sports on a regular basis. Corporate marketing communication further increases these uncertainties and doubts, thus the former readily become actual consumers of...

Élelmiszer-önrendelkezés alatt azokat a mindennapi gyakorlatokat és politikai stratégiákat értjük, amelyek lehetővé teszik, hogy társadalmi és ökológiai szempontokat érvényesítve, demokratikus és a külső sokkoknak ellenálló módon szervezzük meg az élelmiszergazdaságot...

Chapter 1. Food Systems, Food Environments, and Consumer Behavior -- Chapter 2. Food Policy -- Chapter 3. Nutritious Foods, Healthy Diets, and Contributions to Health -- Chapter 4. The Multiple Burdens of Malnutrition -- Chapter 5. Transformations Across Diets and Food Systems -- Chapter 6....

Ensuring optimal diets and nutrition for the global population is a grand challenge fraught with many contentious issues. To achieve food security for all and protect health, we need functional, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Food systems are highly complex networks of individuals and...

This report explores the structure and function of the U.S. nutrition research system, with an emphasis on trends in Federal support. It describes how nutrition research is used, especially for nutrition education and communication, but also for regulation and food assistance. The report uses...

A gyorsan változó piaci igények, illetve az ellátásilánc-menedzsment kritikus szerepe az igényeknek való megfelelésben, valamint az integrált ellátási láncok nyújtotta potenciális előnyök mind olyan tényezők, amelyeket a vállalatok ma már nem hagyhatnak figyelmen kívül....

Background Research over the last several decades indicates the failure of existing nutritional labels to substantially improve the healthiness of consumers' food and beverage choices. The obstacle for policy-makers is to encapsulate a wide body of scientific knowledge into a labeling scheme...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

Historically, grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) leaf characterisation has been a driving force in the identification of cultivars. In this study, ampelometric (foliometric) analysis was done on leaf samples collected from hand-pruned, mechanically pruned and minimally pruned ‘Sauvignon blanc’...

Banana discs of 1 cm thickness were immersed into different antioxidant solutions to slow down potentially disturbing discoloration during drying. Samples were randomly split into 8 groups according to the 2^p experimental design. Two antioxidant solutions with 1.66% and 4.59% ascorbic acid, two...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

Color information is widely used in non-destructive quality assessment of perishable horticultural produces. The presented work investigated color changes of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) samples received from retail system. The effect of storage temperature (10±2°C and 24±4°C) on surface...

Raster graphic ampelometric software was not exclusively developed for the estimation of leaf area, but also for the characterization of grapevine (Viti vinifera L.) leaves. The software was written in C-Hprogramming language, using the C-1-1- Builder 2007 for Windows 95-XP and Linux operation...

Food is a customary part of our daily lives, because living means feeding, but it shouldn’t be approached merely as a trivial factor for meeting physiological needs of macro and micro-nutrients, but from a holistic perspective in terms of the social and identity functions and the effects on...

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Trends and transformations in European agricultural economy, rural communities and food sustainability in context of new common agricultural policy / Jean Vasile Andrei, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Alexandra Alecu, Petroleum-Gas University of...

"This book features timely and relevant information on food system sustainability around the globe, highlighting best practices, theoretical concepts, and emergent research in the field"--Provided by publisher.

This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview -- Part I: Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 2. Recent Development Patterns and Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture -- Chapter 3. The Role of Agriculture in China’s Development: Performance, Determinants of Successes and Future Challenges -- Chapter...

We have studied by means of High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance the metabolic profile of the famous Sicilian cherry tomato of Pachino. Thanks to its organoleptic and healthy properties, this particular foodstuff was the first tomato accredited by the European PGI...

Firms’ collaboration with academic institutions expands their range of expertise and can support the development of business innovations in several industries. For technological as well as structural reasons, university–industry collaborations are especially important in the case of the food...