In The News: Division of Research

Supermarket Perimeter

A new study from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas found that the quality of fruits and vegetables at dollar stores was just as good as regular supermarket produce, news that could benefit budget-conscious shoppers and those that live in USDA-labeled food deserts.

Hermann Herald

Martin Schiller is the founder of Heligenics and executive director of UNLV‘s Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine.

Las Vegas Sun

Polar bears are invading Russian villages because melting arctic ice pushes them toward civilization. That’s just the latest story in a string of disasters, ominous warnings and strange happenings brought on by global climate change.

SupermarketNews

“Channel blurring” can widen access to healthy food, UNLV researchers say.

Blue Book Services

As deep discount stores, so-called “dollar stores,” add more fresh food to their lineup, a new study by the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ, found produce quality was virtually the same as traditional grocers in the area.

YourLifeChoices

A new Australian study into blood pressure conducted by Michael Wheeler of Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has found that combining 30 minutes of morning exercise with short walking breaks throughout the day could help you control your blood pressure.

GroceryDive

A new study from the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ compared the color, cleanliness, freshness and firmness of fruits and vegetables among 14 dollar-discount stores and 40 traditional grocery stores and found the quality of fruits and vegetables at the dollar stores is just as good as regular grocery store produce.

Study Finds

You get what you pay for when grocery shopping — or so we’re led to believe. So buying your favorite fruits and vegetables at a discount store means you must be getting lower quality goods, right? Wrong. New research reveals that produce sold at dollar stores are actually quite comparable to that sold at traditional grocery chains, only markedly cheaper.

Nevada Current

A study by UNLV researchers argues that non-traditional food markets like dollar discount stores may help bridge disparities in food access for low-income residents.

New York Post

A new study found that the quality of produce at dollar-discount stores is just as good as grocery found at traditional supermarkets.

California Water News Daily

The Fenner Valley Water Authority (FVWA) has released a new analysis by water chemistry expert Dr. David K. Kreamer, a professor of Hydrology & Geosciences at the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ critiquing two opposition-funded papers to the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project. FVWA is the public agency charged with operating and pre-project monitoring of the Cadiz Water Project in coordination with San Bernardino County.

Zócalo Public Square

At first, there was no road at all, just a series of springs where the water table breached the earth’s crust.