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Adoption

Adoption  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0016
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What does adoption look like in the United States today? In the middle of the twentieth century, adoption became a widespread practice in the United States when thousands of ... More
Alcohol and HealthCheers!?

Alcohol and Health: Cheers!?  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0019
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How is alcohol handled in the body? Alcohol is among the only drugs consumed regularly in the diet other than caffeine. It is water-soluble and distributed into all tissues and ... More
Birthing, Breast-Feeding, and Reproductive Politics

Birthing, Breast-Feeding, and Reproductive Politics  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0019
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In what settings are babies born in the United States today? In 1900 more than 95 percent of American women gave birth at home. Fourteen years later, anesthesia, or “twilight ... More
A Brief History of NutritionScientific Discoveries and Applications

A Brief History of Nutrition: Scientific Discoveries and Applications  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0009
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How do we know what we know about food and health? We eat every day, and we know how food makes us feel. Perhaps because of this, many overlook that nutrition is a discipline ... More
Contemporary Abortion III—Activism, Law, and Policy

Contemporary Abortion III—Activism, Law, and Policy  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0013
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How are state legislatures responding to abortion and satellite issues? In recent years many state legislatures have defined abortion and efforts to limit the procedure as their ... More
Contemporary Abortion Politics I—Opinions and Science

Contemporary Abortion Politics I—Opinions and Science  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0011
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What are the most common objections to abortion today, and how have objections changed over time? Objections to abortion have changed over time. In the nineteenth century, before ... More
Contemporary Abortion Politics Ii—experience and Practice

Contemporary Abortion Politics Ii—experience and Practice  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0012
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What is the abortion rate in the United States and how has it changed in recent years? After 1990, the number and rate of abortions declined every year for about a decade and a ... More
Contemporary Food Production, Buzzwords, and Pop NutritionFact or Fiction?

Contemporary Food Production, Buzzwords, and Pop Nutrition: Fact or Fiction?  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0006
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What are “processed” foods, and how do they fit into a healthy diet? Food processing transforms raw agricultural crops into food products. For many, “processed foods” carries a ... More
Contraception

Contraception  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0010
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What are the most commonly used forms of contraception in the United States? Almost all heterosexual, sexually active women have used at least one form of contraception; nearly 90 ... More
Creating a Colorful PlateVegetables and Fruits

Creating a Colorful Plate: Vegetables and Fruits  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0013
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How do vegetables differ nutritionally? Botanically, vegetables are the edible parts of plants and, thus, technically include fruits (the seed-containing, mature ovary). ... More
Diets and Food Environments TodayWhy We Eat the Way We Do

Diets and Food Environments Today: Why We Eat the Way We Do  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0007
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What are the influencers and major drivers of eating behavior and food choices in today’s world? For millions of years during the course of evolution, the human diet was driven ... More
Disability and Reproductive Politics

Disability and Reproductive Politics  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
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12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0018
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What basic reproductive restrictions have been placed on women with disabilities in the past and today? Historically, the medical community and general society considered disabled ... More
The Environment and Reproductive Politics

The Environment and Reproductive Politics  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0017
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How are environmental contaminants affecting reproductive health in the United States? No one knows for sure the relationship between contaminants and reproduction, but there are ... More
Family Building, Reproductive Technologies, and Stem Cell Research

Family Building, Reproductive Technologies, and Stem Cell Research  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0015
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What qualifies as a family today? Traditionally, state governments and religious institutions made laws and rules about marriage and family that were obeyed by almost all ... More
Feminism and Reproductive Politics

Feminism and Reproductive Politics  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0003
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Why is feminism so important to reproductive politics, and vice versa, in the United States? Over the course of American history, questions about female fertility have typically ... More
Fetuses

Fetuses  

Rickie Solinger

in Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
14 March 2013
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.003.0014
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Has the fetus always been the focus of anti-abortion concerns? Anti-abortion campaigns in the illegal era focused on a number of issues, from protecting women against ... More
The Foundation of NutritionCarbohydrate, Fat, and Protein

The Foundation of Nutrition: Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0011
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What are the different kinds of carbohydrates we eat? Carbohydrates are so named because of their chemical composition, which includes carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Globally, the ... More
Framing Today’s Food and Nutrition Issues

Framing Today’s Food and Nutrition Issues  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0002
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What’s this book about? The Oxford Living Dictionary defines “food” as “a nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life ... More
The Future of Food and Nutrition

The Future of Food and Nutrition  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0023
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How will we sustainably feed 10 billion people in 2050—and beyond? Current estimates suggest that about 50% more food, feed, and biofuel is required to nourish about one-third more ... More
Global Food and Nutrition ChallengesPeople and Planet

Global Food and Nutrition Challenges: People and Planet  

P.K. Newby

in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Published in Print: 
08 November 2018
Published Online: 
12 November 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.003.0003
Format: 
chapter
Who is affected by hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition? Global hunger has been decreasing steadily in recent years, from about 900 million in 2000 to 777 million in 2015, or ... More

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