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They may be wiggly, but kids eat more fruit and vegetables when they sit longer at lunch time. Most kids do not choose fruits and vegetables first, but research from the University of Illinois finds that they are more likely to pick those foods the longer they sit - after they eat their favorites, of course.

Melissa Pflugh-Prescott (U of I assistant professor in Food Science and Human Nutrition) discusses the implications in a news article on Science Daily. See the 5-minute read on here.

Co-authors include Xanna Burg, Jessica Metcalfe, and Brenna Ellison. 

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Madhu Khanna was selected to serve on a National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee that will conduct the study Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States.

The committee will assess current methods for estimating lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels (liquid and non-liquid) for potential use in a national low-carbon fuels program

For more information about this study, please visit Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States | National Academies.

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Food & Agriculture

No one wants to live near a toxic plant. Toxin-releasing facilities such as paper, pulp, and other manufacturing plants negatively affect human health, environmental quality, and property values. And communities with low income, low education, and minority populations are more likely to house such facilities.   

Since mandatory reporting about toxic facilities became publicly available in 1990, affected communities have increasingly expressed concern through the media, and engaged in targeted collective action and “toxic torts” lawsuits for health and environmental damages.

New research from University of Illinois explores the effects of community pressure on the relocation of toxin-releasing facilities.