A descriptive study of smoking, socioeconomic position, and health-related behaviors in urban Colombia by Valentina Guatibonza-García, Sofía Gnecco-González, Agustín Pérez-Londoño, Carolina Betancourt-Villamizar, Carlos O. Mendivil

“…Perceptions about healthy foods and lifestyle habits incorporated in the last year were largely similar between smokers and non-smokers. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors in children and adolescents: evidence from an Australian cohort by Nirmal Gautam, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam

“…Additionally, addressing unhealthy dietary behaviors, such as the higher consumption of sweet and savory foods among children from higher SES backgrounds, is equally critical. …”
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GARRI PRODUCTION IN IDOMALAND, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS by Samuel Alegwu Omanchi, Godwin Adadu Ogaba

“… Cassava, an edible root crop and a reliable and relatively inexpensive source of carbohydrate, iswidely grown and processed into different foods such as cassava flour and garri. The main thrust of the paper is to irradiate garri production in Idomaland, North Central Nigeria,with a focus on the challenges and prospects of garri production in the area.To achieve this, anthropological and historical methodologies were used to generate data, while the qualitative method was used for the analysis. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease by Søren Ventegodt, Efrat Merrick, Joav Merrick

“…Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California has created an intensive holistic treatment for coronary heart patients with improved diet (low fat, whole foods, plant based), exercise, stress management, and social support that has proven to be efficient. …”
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Impact of Tomato Varieties and Maturity State on Susceptibility of Tomatoes to Salmonella by Massimiliano Marvasi, George Hochmuth, Max Teplitski

“… Non-typhoidal Salmonella has emerged as one of the problematic human pathogens associated with fresh produce, nuts, and complex foods containing them. Recent research shows that some varieties of plants are more “resistant” to colonization by the pathogens than others. …”
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Impact of Tomato Varieties and Maturity State on Susceptibility of Tomatoes to Salmonella by Massimiliano Marvasi, George Hochmuth, Max Teplitski

“… Non-typhoidal Salmonella has emerged as one of the problematic human pathogens associated with fresh produce, nuts, and complex foods containing them. Recent research shows that some varieties of plants are more “resistant” to colonization by the pathogens than others. …”
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Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options by Sujoy Khan, Anirban Maitra, Pravin Hissaria, Sitesh Roy, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Nalin Nag, Harpal Singh

“…Inappropriate advice such as avoidance of foods (milk, egg, prawn, and brinjal) is common place in certain sections of India mostly by nonspecialists that should not be routinely recommended. …”
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Ulcerative Lichen Planus in Childhood by Chiyadu Padmini, K. Yellamma Bai, Vinil Chaitanya, M. Shilpa Reddy

“…Patient complained of painful oral lesion on the tongue which was burning in nature and obstructing talking and eating spicy foods. On intraoral examination, a white ulcerative lesion on the dorsum of tongue was observed. …”
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Effect of Parental Migration Background on Childhood Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index by Mohsen Besharat Pour, Anna Bergström, Matteo Bottai, Inger Kull, Magnus Wickman, Niclas Håkansson, Alicja Wolk, Tahereh Moradi

“…They had higher intake of dietary fibre, vitamins C, B6, and E, folic acid, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 and omega-6) reflecting higher consumption of foods of plant origin, but lower intake of vitamins A and D, calcium, and iron reflecting lower consumption of dairy products. …”
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Association of dietary inflammatory index with ocular diseases: a population-based cross-sectional study by Xue Wang, Can Zhang, Haitao Jiang

“…However, eating only anti-inflammatory foods is not the best choice.…”
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High fructose rewires gut glucose sensing via glucagon-like peptide 2 to impair metabolic regulation in mice by Eya Sellami, Paulo Henrique Evangelista-Silva, Caio Jordão Teixeira, Khoudia Diop, Patricia Mitchell, Fernando Forato Anhê

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Labial reconstruction with a Modern approach. Case report by Angel Rafael Sarduy Borges, Ernesto José González Choy, Dayana Rojas Balmaceda

“…The important thing about the technique used is that it meets the basic conditions of cheiloplasty: to cover the dental arches, to ensure occlusion of the buccal orifice, to reconstruct a lip as normal as possible, to allow opening and closing movements, to maintain foods during the mastication and to retain saliva. …”
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Kounis Syndrome Secondary to Laxative Administration by Mateo Zuluaga-Gómez, Daniel González-Arroyave, Carlos M. Ardila

“…It usually occurs secondary to allergic injuries from foods, medications, and insect bites. However, there are no known reports of KS secondary to the intake of laxatives. …”
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Comparative Viral Metagenomics of Environmental Samples from Korea by Min-Soo Kim, Tae Woong Whon, Jin-Woo Bae

“…., rice paddy soil, fermented foods, human gut, seawater, and the near-surface atmosphere. …”
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Role of probiotics to control gut-related diseases in animals by U. Laila, T. Varkey, M. Akram, M. Iftikhar, R. Zainab, T. Khalil, S. Adonis, G. Sołowski, F. Ahmet Ozdemir, M. Altable, C. Zeitler, Z. Merhavy

“…The role of probiotics is significant for both human and animal health and is also involved in several functional applications and the creation of animal foods. The various types of research showed that the potential of probiotics is significant in several fields. …”
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Proper Hand Washing for School Children by Amy Simonne

“…Germs that cause illnesses such as colds, flu, diarrhea, and vomiting can get on your hands from touching things around you. People, pets, raw foods, toys, soil, and objects used in our daily lives can all have germs on them. …”
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Broad spectrum micronutrients: a potential key player to address emotional dysregulation by Amelia Villagomez, Michelle Cross, Noshene Ranjbar

“…Adequate nutritional intake is necessary for optimal mental health and is thus an essential component of any psychiatric treatment plan; this is especially true as many patients have a diet high in ultra-processed foods. However, due to a variety of factors such as individual biological and behavioral contributors, modern farming practices, and climate change, implementing a healthy diet alone may not be sufficient to satisfy nutritional requirements. …”
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Del barrio a la fábrica : El proceso de repolitización fabril en la Argentina reciente by Paula Varela

“…A periodization of conflicts featuring shop stewards at workplace, and an analysis of the characteristics of this grassroots unionism , through Kraft Foods factory struggle in 2009. These are: the tension between strengthening unions « above » (as a state policy of kirchnerism) and strengthening « from below » (at the workplace); the existence of a new generation of workers, the «  2001 generation »; the combination of re-politicization process and the presence of the radical left in Argentina, particularly political parties in the Trotskyist tradition.…”
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When "new" crops are not really new: California Indigenous communities and research and commercialization of elderberry by Sonja Brodt, Sabine Talaugon, Gwenael Engelskirchen

“…For non-Indigenous farmers and researchers working with elderberry, it is important to be aware of our state’s history of land dispossession and non-Native land management practices, which have often diminished California Native peoples’ access to and sovereignty over traditional foods, medicines and cultural materials.…”
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Fleming's penicillin producing strain is not Penicillium chrysogenum but P. rubens by J. Houbraken, J.C. Frisvad, R.A. Samson

“…Penicillium chrysogenum is a commonly occurring mould in indoor environments and foods, and has gained much attention for its use in the production of the antibiotic penicillin. …”
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