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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,013 Views
10 Pages

Persistent Barriers of the Gluten-Free Basic Food Basket: Availability, Cost, and Nutritional Composition Assessment

  • Virginia Estévez,
  • Juan Manuel Rodríguez,
  • Pía Schlack,
  • Pedro Navarrete,
  • Karla A. Bascuñán,
  • Victoria Núñez,
  • Camila Oyarce,
  • Catalina Flores,
  • Jimena Ayala and
  • Magdalena Araya

19 March 2024

Gluten-related disorders are treated with a gluten-free diet. The “basic food basket” (BFB) consists of a list of basic foods consumed by low-income groups in society, including those lowest-cost versions within each food category. To eva...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,007 Views
16 Pages

8 June 2025

Background/Objectives: Addressing the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change requires a shift toward healthy and sustainable diets. This study examines the feasibility and cost implications of implementing a Healthy and Sustai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,713 Views
15 Pages

Using the Food Stress Index for Emergency Food Assistance: An Australian Case Series Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Natural Disasters

  • Christina Mary Pollard,
  • Timothy John Landrigan,
  • Jennie Margaret Gray,
  • Lockie McDonald,
  • Helen Creed and
  • Sue Booth

Food insecurity increases with human and natural disasters. Two tools were developed to assist effective food relief in Western Australia: the Food Stress Index (similar to rental stress, predicts the likelihood of household food insecurity by geogra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,192 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of radiation exposure from diet is necessary under the assumption of a virtual accident as a part of emergency preparedness. Here, we developed a model with complete consideration of the regional food trade using deposition data simulated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,038 Views
18 Pages

The global malnutrition crisis—marked by the simultaneous presence of hunger, undernutrition, and obesity—affects billions of people worldwide. This complex and widespread issue is deeply intertwined with today’s escalating environm...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,337 Views
17 Pages

Compost and Vermicompost as Substrates Enriched with Trichoderma asperellum for the Production of Basic Potato Seed in the Venezuelan Andes

  • Haydee Peña,
  • Fernando Diánez,
  • Beatriz Ramírez,
  • José Sulbarán,
  • Karen Arias,
  • Victoria Huertas and
  • Mila Santos

The agricultural sector faces significant pressure to meet the growing global demand for food while managing the planet’s limited natural resources. Addressing this challenge requires the strategic use of abundant materials and accessible biote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,981 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Shear Stress Waves on Meat Tenderness: Ultrasonoporation

  • Raúl Alberto Reyes-Villagrana,
  • Jesús Madrigal-Melchor,
  • América Chávez-Martínez,
  • Juliana Juárez-Moya and
  • Ana Luis Rentería-Monterrubio

16 June 2023

Meat is an important part of the food pyramid in Mexico, to such an extent that it is included in the basic food basket. In recent years, there has been great interest in the application of so-called emerging technologies, such as high-intensity ultr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,485 Views
13 Pages

Discrepancy between Food Classification Systems: Evaluation of Nutri-Score, NOVA Classification and Chilean Front-of-Package Food Warning Labels

  • Aranza Valenzuela,
  • Leandro Zambrano,
  • Rocío Velásquez,
  • Catalina Groff,
  • Tania Apablaza,
  • Cecilia Riffo,
  • Sandra Moldenhauer,
  • Pamela Brisso and
  • Marcell Leonario-Rodriguez

Background: Currently, there are different food classification systems in order to inform the population of the best alternatives for consumption, considering all the diseases associated with the consumption of products of low nutritional quality. Re...