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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Diet-Related Diseases"”.
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How diets affect human health and environmental sustainability
Dietary patterns are shifting to include more calories, processed foods, and animal products as populations become more affluent and urbanized. These dietary transitions have driven increases in diet-related diseases and environmental impacts. My thesis explores these links between diets, human …
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Delivering β-glucan via selected bakery systems : cake
In the western world intake of dietary fibre is low and fat consumption is high. This leads to many diet related diseases, such as, type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease. Fibre enrichment and fat replacement are effective ways in developing a health-promoting diet. β-glucan, …
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Decolonizing Diet
Diet related diseases currently threaten the survival of Indigenous people and culture. Many innovative individuals from diverse Indigenous nations combat the threat that obesity and diabetes pose by a return to food ways practiced by Indigenous people prior to the arrival of Europeans and the …
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Bread-making cultures and foodway changes of rural communities in the northern Cederberg, South Africa
… and wealthy actors. The adoption of Western diets has modified traditional foodways and this is linked to a decline in food diversity and knowledge. Meanwhile, the epidemic of diet-related diseases among communities in South Africa has increased dramatically. Besides health risks, the erosion …
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Diet Modifies the Neuroimmune System by Influencing Macrophage Activation
… This literature review focuses on information related to the ability of diet-related diseases, obesity and type 2 diabetes, to effect the activation of macrophages and the subsequent neuroimmune system response Chapters 2 through 5 establish that (1) leptin is key in behavioral recovery from …
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Everyday food practices among three low-income groups: Rural, homeless, and refugee
<p>Lower-income groups are more susceptible to diet-related diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (CDC, 2010). They are also more likely to need food and nutritional assistance (USDA, 2011). Yet very little is known about the day-to-day food practices of these individuals and families. …
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Got Breadfruit? Marshallese Foodways and Culture in Springdale, Arkansas
… because Marshallese people are at high risk for diet related diseases, such as type II diabetes. Breadfruit, long a standard starchy staple of Marshallese cuisine, was discovered to be the most important and socially shared traditional Marshallese food. Although breadfruit is gaining popularity …
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Virginia EFNEP: Calculating Indirect Benefits and Sensitivity Analysis
… critical assumptions pertaining to retention of dietary behaviors and to incidence rate of diseases in the low-income population. Finally, the discount rate is analyzed via sensitivity calculations. There were two major conclusions drawn from this study. First, the indirect benefits accounted for …
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Foodscapes, Foodways, and Nutrition Transitions in Urban Mexico
… equally debilitating conditions of obesity and diet-related diseases.</p> <p>Using a social-ecological approach, I argue that there are a number of broad, global forces driving rising rates of obesity worldwide. However, national and community-level environmental, economic, social, and cultural …
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Low-income Older Adults' Needs and Preferences for Nutrition Education
… older adults are at high risk for developing diet-related chronic diseases. Nutrition education programs can improve dietary and lifestyle practices, thereby decreasing the incidence of diet-related diseases. Focus groups were conducted to gain insight into the needs and preferences of …
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Plants And Foodways Of The Standing Rock Nation: Diversity, Knowledge, And Sovereignty
… in the northern Great Plains are suffering from diet-related diseases. Community members identify specific traditional foods that they know can treat and prevent these diseases. Traditional foods often rely on plants that are found within the Standing Rock landscape, and many elders know how to …
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Understanding the role of human microbiota on sensory perception
… priority in view of the growing prevalence of diet-related diseases. Eating behaviours are complex phenomena driven by a spectrum of biological and environmental factors, wherein (chemo)sensory perception is reckoned amongst the most influential. Analogously, chemosensation is affected by a …
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Improving usability of nutrition information through graphical visualization
… is an important method of preventing or managing diet-related diseases. However, it is difficult to effectively communicate information to those in need when decision making occurs. Methods of simplifying nutrition information exist to help users interpret nutrient content of foods; those which …
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Dietary patterns for population and planetary health: opportunities and challenges for older adults
… biodiversity loss, and the rising burden of diet-related diseases, recognising food as a cornerstone for fostering human and planetary health is crucial. The concept of sustainable diets has emerged as one potential solution, characterised by their ability to be simultaneously healthy, less …