Food prices are likely to become more volatile in coming years, increasing the risk that more poor people in import-dependent countries will go hungry, the United Nations said in an annual report on food insecurity.
UC Davis will honor Margaret A. Lawson, chief science officer at D.D. Williamson, with an “Award of Distinction” from the university’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.
Seventy kids participated in a study, using a computer program to rank how full they thought they would get from each of six snack items and how frequently they ate it.
The vast majority of adolescents underestimate the number of calories contained in the meals they purchase at fast food restaurants, researchers found.