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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Children's diet"”.
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Two Studies on Childhood Obesity: Effect of Obesity on Academic Achievement and Effect of Food Store Access on Diet Quality
… feature, specifically food retailer access on diet quality of young children. Binary and index diet quality measures are developed and proximity and density of food store access measures are computed at the census block level. In general, both proximity and density measures do not have any …
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Characterization of a Value-Added Salmon Product: Infant/toddler Food
… fatty acids. These are important in the human diet and especially for young children in the first two years of life. Wild Alaskan salmon was utilized in a novel way by development and investigation of basic baby food product formulations from sockeye and pink salmon. Thus, physical and sensory …
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Consumer Economic Behavior and the Role of Information: Three Case Studies
… nutritional label usage and its effect of children's dietary outcomes (i.e. Health Eating Index and Body Mass Index). I show that parental usage of nutritional labels is associated with a better quality of their children's diet as well as an overall improvement in their health as measured …
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The influence of brand-equity mascots used by U.S. food, beverage, and restaurant companies on the diet of American children and parents
… companies' licensed media characters on children's diet and health. Conversely, limited empirical research exists on how food, beverage and restaurant companies use brand mascots to influence the dietary preferences and choices of children and their parents. This M.S. thesis is comprised …
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Feeding children : mother's feeding decisions and the diets of their children from birth to two years : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Food Technology, Massey University
… mother's decision making about their young children's diets, as well as examining the diets of the children. Qualitative methods are used to study the women's decision making at a time when their children's diets are characterised by change. Semi-structured interviews were used to gain the …