The phrase "a decrease in food" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in the quantity or availability of food, often in contexts related to nutrition, economics, or environmental issues.
Example: "The recent drought has led to a significant decrease in food production across the region."
Alternatives: "a reduction in food" or "a decline in food availability."
Consequently, the energy embedded in wasted food represents a substantial target for decreasing energy consumption in the U.S. A decrease in food waste must be accompanied with a retooling of the food supply chain to ensure that the energy consumed during food production does in fact decrease with a decrease in food waste.
"If there is a decrease in food supply or lots of people are pushed into poverty … it creates the environment where you are susceptible to conflict," he said.
Degraded ecosystems can affect water quality and availability, and cause a decrease in food production, climatic instability, poor protection against natural hazards (e.g., floods and storms), and loss of natural landscapes for aesthetic enjoyment.
Adding on the faster sea level rise, and trend towards greater extremes in weather (due to jet stream displacement) means increased risk of catastrophic floods in less developed countries and a decrease in food production at a time when world population is rapidly increasing.
In this study, we tested one of the main predictions of the model: the inflexion point of the body mass trajectory should be delayed in response to a decrease in food availability, increasing body mass as soon as possible when food is scarce.
Direct cause-effect evidence was obtained in rats, where oral leptin supplementation during the suckling period resulted in a decrease in food intake, affected food preferences in favour of carbohydrates versus fat, and protected against overweight in adulthood, with an improvement of related parameters such as leptin and insulin sensitivity.
Intracerebro-ventricular (ICV) administration of EX-527 for 24 (Figure S1D, left and middle panels) or 48 hours (Figure 1A left and middle panels) in fasted rats resulted in a decreased in food intake accompanied by a reduced body weight gain.
Meanwhile, G4 showed a decreased in food intake compared to the positive control group (G2).
In fact, a hike in food prices, a decrease in non-food prices, or increasing income disparity together with the comparatively faster growth in income among the upper class (in contrast to the lower class), will affect Engel's coefficient.
This emphasis in turn will boost competition in the market, lower marketing and processing costs and lead to a decrease in real food price (Jayne et al. 2005).
Figueiredo and his partner Stefanie Sacks, a culinary nutritionist, are currently campaigning for a decrease in ugly food waste on Change.org.org
