Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Diet - Vegetarian"”.
-
Association Between Obesity, Depression, and Inflammation Among Seventh-day Adventists in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study
… meeting family expenses, exercise frequency, diet (vegetarian or nonvegetarian), and inflammatory conditions.</p> <p>Results showed that CRP was positively associated with age, female gender, BMI, WC, and non-vegetarian diet. IL-6 was positively associated with age, BMI, WC, and Black …
-
Secular Trends in Life Expectancy by Diet Status Among Never Smoking Seventh-day Adventists
… The life expectancy of omnivores was compared to vegetarians separately in never-smoking males and females for all-cause mortality, and where the cause of death was cardiovascular disease or all site-cancer. Life expectancies were calculated for subjects who had survived to ages 30, 50, 70, and 80 …
-
Prediction of 1976 Diabetes Incidence from 1960 Animal Product Consumption among California Seventh-Day Adventists
… several of primary prevention. High fat diet and type 2 diabetes has been attributed to the wellareas known mechanisms of hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance (Ferrannini, 1999; Reaven, 1988).</p> <p>We examined the association between all animal product consumption, …
-
Assessing the Prevalence of Inadequate Nutrient Intake Among Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians Using the Estimated Average Requirement : Results From the Adventist Health Study-2 Calibration Study
… Studies have shown that vegetarians have lower risk of chronic diseases and longer lifespan. Yet when mean intake of vegetarians was compared with the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), it was reported that vegetarians were inadequate in certain nutrients. With the …
-
Vegetarian Dietary Patterns: Mortality, Colorectal Cancer, and Food Consumption
<p>Objective Vegetarian dietary patterns represent longstanding, real-world diets consumed by a minority of persons. Studies of important health outcomes of such diets, particularly for all-cause mortality and colorectal cancer risk, have yielded inconsistent results. We sought to examine these …
-
Biomarkers of Bone Turnover in Vegetarians and Omnivores
… Caucasian women eating vegan, lactoovovegetarian(LOV) and omnivorous diets.</p> <p>The women, ages 20-42, had participated in a study of bone mineral density(BMD). The three groups were comparable in mean age, BMI, calorie intake, calories spent in exercise, kcal/kg body weight, …
-
Developing a Valid Screening Tool for Assessing Nutritional Adequacy and Osteoporosis Risk Among Vegans in the United States
<p>The vegetarian lifestyle in the United States has increased significantly over recent decades. With this growth trend, it has become necessary to assess the pros and cons of vegetarian diet patterns, particularly with respect to nutrition adequacy and chronic disease concerns.</p> <p>The vegan …
-
Effects of Consuming Beans Before or With a Meal on Satiety and Gastrointestinal Hormones Concentration in Obese Men and Women
… of fullness were recorded at each blood draw. Dietary recalls were completed using Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R). The area under the curve (AUC) was compared using t-tests.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The AUC30-120 for postprandial hormone GLP-1 was higher for the control bean …