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Another influencing feature of maintaining traditional food consumption is the quality of the food itself, which for many immigrant families does not respect their typical diet in terms of nutrition facts or quality of the ingredients. For example, according to a research among West African moved to New York city, for African migrant's families ...
The concept of "local" is also seen in terms of ecology, where food production is considered from the perspective of a basic ecological unit defined by its climate, soil, watershed, species and local agrisystems, a unit also called an ecoregion or a foodshed. Similar to watersheds, foodsheds follow the process of where food comes from and where ...
Local adaptation is a mechanism in evolutionary biology whereby a population of organisms evolves to be more well-suited to its local environment than other members of the same species that live elsewhere. Local adaptation requires that different populations of the same species experience different natural selection. For example, if a species ...
Nutritional anthropology [1] is the study of the interplay between human biology, economic systems, nutritional status and food security.If economic and environmental changes in a community affect access to food, food security, and dietary health, then this interplay between culture and biology is in turn connected to broader historical and economic trends associated with globalization.
An ideal sustainable diet takes into account local culture and culinary practices, including emphasis on locally sourced food products and regional food knowledge. [6] The diet must also be accessible and affordable to all without disproportionately burdening one gender over another. [6] This is a crucial part of claiming a sustainable diet.
New research links omega-6 fatty acids, commonly found in seed oils, and colon cancer growth. But there’s more to the story—and study if you read it carefully.
Many aspects of an animal or plant can be correctly called adaptations, though there are always some features whose function remains in doubt. By using the term adaptation for the evolutionary process , and adaptive trait for the bodily part or function (the product), one may distinguish the two different senses of the word.
The #DietCokeBreak trend on TikTok for instance helped in-office orders of Diet Coke increase by 17 percent in 2023. Additionally, coffee became cooler this year (literally).