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Supporting Healthy Habits Among Young Adults NIFA

WEBSupporting healthy behaviors in young adults can have long-lasting effects on physical and mental wellness. Reducing the risk of chronic diseases like obesity, …

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How Food Systems Affect Health NIFA

WEBResearchers and extension specialists involved in the NIFA-funded Multistate Research Fund project are engaging communities and facilitating institutional, …

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Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Health, Wellness, and

WEBThe primary goal of this COE is to increase the capacities of 1890 institutions to address health disparity through nutrition research, teaching, and extension. The …

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Nutrition Programs NIFA

WEBNIFA partners with the Cooperative Extension System to deliver community-based nutrition education programs that help individuals, families, and communities make informed …

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Health Beliefs and Lifestyle Practices in Asian and Pacific

WEBTo improve the health of this nation, science must be translated into effective food and health education interventions. Complex behavioral and social precursors exert a …

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SOIL MOISTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

WEBProject Methods It is the goal of this work to identify future changes of soil moisture, through data analysis, remote sensing, and modeling, and to identify the potential impacts in …

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NIFA Invests $12M in Diet, Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention

WEBThe AFRI Diet, Nutrition, Prevention of Chronic Diseases (A1344) program area priority, part of the Food Safety, Nutrition and Health program area within AFRI's …

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New York State (Cornell) Integrated Pest Management Program

WEBGoals / Objectives The New York State Integrated Pest Management (NYS IPM) Program develops sustainable ways to manage pests and helps people to use …

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USDA Nutrition Incentives Improve Access to Healthy Food

WEBWASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced an investment of more than $52 million to improve dietary health and access to fresh fruits …

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY EVALUATION OF TREE FRUIT CULTIVARS

WEBNew tree fruit cultivars are continuously being developed around the world. However, most land grant universities no longer have a critical mass of researchers addressing the …

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NIFA Invests $23 Million to Improve Human Health Through Food …

WEBThe Food and Human Health (A1343) program area priority within NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports projects that investigate the …

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Integrating the morphological and molecular taxonomy of

WEBProject Methods A 658 nucleotide fragment of mitochondrial COI DNA (the "barcode" fragment) will provide one piece of evidence that a group of organisms is a distinct, …

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Nutrition Education

WEBNutrition education has been described as any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by environmental supports, designed to motivate, and facilitate voluntary …

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GENETIC TASTE SENSITIVITY TO 6-N-PROPYLTHIOURACIL (PROP), …

WEBProgress 12/01/00 to 09/30/04 Outputs The objective of this project is to link genetic variation in bitter taste perception to food preferences, dietary habits and body weight. …

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INCREASING BENEFITS OF PIPING PLOVER NEST EXCLOSURES

WEBUse of predator exclosures (wire cages) has been key to past growth of the Atlantic Coast piping plover population. The benefits of exclosures, however, have been questioned as …

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National Animal Health Laboratory Network: Protecting the …

WEBNAHLN is a network of federal, state and university-associated veterinary diagnostic laboratories that provides ongoing disease surveillance; responds quickly to disease …

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Phylogeny of Galerucine Leaf Beetles, Including Flea Beetles

WEBProgress 10/31/01 to 10/31/05 Outputs During this project, my collaborators and graduate students presented eight papers on the phylogeny of leaf beetles. We found that …

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4-H Health and Well-Being NIFA

WEBThe 4-H program has addressed healthy food and nutrition since its inception in 1902. In an effort to stem the national health crisis of the 21st century, we must ensure that our …

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Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health and …

WEB2 Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health and Wellness ECOP Health Task Force “Lifestyle choices we are making in this new century threaten to undo all the …

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Promoting Health & Wellness Through Head Start Partnerships

WEBOn November 15, 2023, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Office of Head Start hosted a 90-minute webinar to connect local Head Start programs, …

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