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 9 of 9 for “"Diet diversity"”.
-
Buying to Thrive: Exploring the Potential for Market-Based Approaches to Contribute to Increases in Diet Diversity in Mozambique
… status — supplementation, fortification, and diet diversity. As the share of food purchases made by low-income households has been increasing, there is increasing interest in the role the private sector can play in these interventions. Currently, there is little known about the potential for a …
-
Mule Deer Responses to a Pinyon-Juniper Removal
… to assess changes in resource selection and diet diversity of mule deer following the treatment. The pinyon-juniper removal treatment was conducted in autumn of 2018. We captured 36 adult female mule deer in winter of 2018 and 2019, deploying GPS collars and collecting fecal samples. My …
-
Relationships between phenotype, diet, and individual specialization of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Lake Mývatn, Iceland
… size across years, and variation can be seen in diet. Stickleback are known for their diverse prey consumption and their tendency towards both phenotypic and genetic adaptations in response to different habitats and prey. Using stickleback in Lake Mývatn, it is possible to study diet diversity, …
-
Spatial, Seasonal, and Size-Dependent Variation in the Diet of Sacramento Pikeminnow in the Main Stem of Chorro Creek, Central Coast California
This study examined the diet composition of ninety-nine Sacramento pikeminnow (150-410 mm [5.9-16 in] fork length [FL]) collected from the upper and lower main stem of Chorro Creek, Morro Bay Watershed, California in 2006. The goal of this study was to characterize the spatial and seasonal …
-
Delivering Locally Sourced Nutritious Food to Indian Households
… dairy products, and many food grains, Indian diets are traditionally low in protein intake, especially among the poor. Within our scope of the problem, we target the poorest households in India, which currently hold the Antyodaya Anna Yojana ration cards from the Government of India. We …
-
Dietary and Serum Biomarkers, and Glycaemic status: Relationships with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Dementia
… learning methods (2) to examine how daily dietary intake, serum biomarkers, and glycaemic status predict dementia progression over 14 years and (3) to assess whether diabetes status moderates or mediates the relationship between biomarkers, dietary quality, dietary diversity, and dementia …
-
Implications of Dietary Fiber and Fermentable Carbohydrates on Gut Health and Intestinal Microbial Ecology of the Dog
… of this research was to assess the effects of dietary fiber and individual fermentable carbohydrates on gut health and gut microbial composition of dogs. Three experiments were conducted to (1) evaluate how supplemental mannanoligosaccharides (MOS) affect the dog gut and specific gut …
-
Improving Nutrition in Nepal: An analysis of food environments, behavioral determinants of consumption, and costs of a multisectoral nutrition program
… in sugar, salt, and fat in conjunction with low dietary diversity and micronutrient deficiency lead to poor overall diets and nutritional outcomes. Understanding external and personal drivers of infant and young child feeding practices are a key step to design behavior change strategies that …
-
Smallholder agriculture and household food and nutrition security: a study from East Hararghe, Ethiopia
… consumed within the producer household. From a dietary perspective households produced a limited number of food groups. Farming was also the main source of cash income with additional cash income obtained from a range of off-farm and non-farm activities, particularly wage labour, which were …