OBJECTIVE Studying eating habits can aid in the design of specific measures that reduce the negative effects of an unhealthy diet on health. In this context, the aim of the present study was to examine the eating habits and food preferences of students and their level of satisfaction with the catering services of the university. DESIGN Survey conducted during 2011 using a questionnaire that a...

Food service operations at a growing number of colleges, universities, hospitals and other institutions are developing “locally grown,” “sustainable” and organic food procurement programs. We conducted research regarding the opportunities for small farms to market produce to collegiate food service operations and the obstacles that need to be overcome. in 2007, we interviewed 99 food service ma...

A key challenge of ecosystem management is determining how to manage multiple ecosystem services across landscapes. Enhancing important provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and timber, often leads to tradeoffs between regulating and cultural ecosystem services, such as nutrient cycling, flood protection, and tourism. We developed a framework for analyzing the provision of multiple ecos...

Background: Villagization scheme was chosen as a policy option and implemented to ensure sustainable food security in Assosa zone, Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia, although it is blamed for intensifying food insecurity instead. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the food security status of households gathered in planned villages in the framework of villagization. Methods: This cro...

In 1983, the Michigan legislature adopted changes in the Frozen Desserts Act, Act 298, Public Acts of 1968, as amended, which eliminated the need for the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) to license, sample and inspect those facilities which manufactured frozen desserts in a food service setting. Since all food service establishments are licensed and inspected by the local health departm...

Quality of Service (QoS) refers to a set of rules or techniques that help the network administrators use the available network resources optimally to manage the effects of congestion and to treat the applications according to their needs. The differentiated services architecture (DiffServ) allows providing quality of service to users. The major DiffServ premise is that individual flows with sim...