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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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Nutrition and Food Systems

WEBNutrition and Food Systems. Improving the health of everyone in this country, across all life stages will require a better understanding of the complex causes and corresponding …

Category: Nutrition, Food Go Health

Sustainable Solutions to Problems Affecting Bee Health

WEBGoals / Objectives To evaluate the role, causative mechanisms, and interaction effects of biotic stressors (i.e. parasitic mites, pests, and pathogens) and …

Category: Health Go Health

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 …

Category: Nutrition Go Health

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 …

Category: Nutrition, Food Go Health

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 …

Category: Food Go Health

Understanding and Addressing the Stress Faced by the Nation’s …

WEBFor the nation’s farming communities, stress-related mental health stands as a significant and growing concern. The demands of farming and ranching are often …

Category: Health Go Health

Wood Addition as a Management Tool to Reduce Nutrient and

WEBNutrient runoff and sedimentation are ongoing concerns in New York watersheds, and timber harvests often increase water quality degradation. Reducing sediment and …

Category: Health Go Health

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 …

Category: Health Go Health

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 …

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USDA Nutrition Incentives Improve Access to Healthy Food

WEBThis release was first published at usda.gov.. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced an investment of more than $52 …

Category: Health Go Health

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 …

Category: Food Go Health

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 …

Category: Health Go Health

Community Nutrition Programs Improve Healthful Outcomes

WEBTennessee’s Community Nutrition Education Programs saved over $13 million in health care costs for the people in the state. Of the participants in Connecticut, …

Category: Nutrition Go Health

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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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 …

Category: Nutrition Go Health

Agricultural Safety

WEBImportance of Agricultural Safety. The well-being of our nation’s farmers and agricultural workers is vital to strong communities and the U.S. economy. Safety training gives farm …

Category: Health Go Health

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, …

Category: Food Go Health

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) NIFA

WEBThe long-term goal of the FRSAN projects is to establish a Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network that provides stress assistance programs to individuals who are …

Category: Health Go Health

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Scientists Develop Tool to …

WEBWith a $1 million Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Iowa State University scientists and …

Category: Food Go Health