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The persistence of poor diet and diet inequalities
Diet is determined by socioeconomic factors (e.g. education, occupation, and income) and personal characteristics (e.g. ethnicity, gender, and age). Diet inequalities, whereby diet quality differs systematically across population subgroups, are well-documented. Reducing inequalities has long been …
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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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Decolonize Your Diet
… become the cornerstone of the standard American diet. This spike in obesity rates has been more impactful for some populations than for others. In low-income communities of color, fast and processed foods are often the most accessible and affordable source of sustenance. Critical indicators of …
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The Civil War Diet
The soldier's diet in the Civil War has been known as poor, and a number of illnesses and disorders have been associated with it. However, a nutritional analysis placed within the context of mid-nineteenth century American nutrition has been lacking. Such an approach makes clear the connection …
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Diet, lifestyle and musculoskeletal health
… decline, including modifiable factors such as dietary intake, physical activity and other lifestyle related factors. More specifically, observational evidence suggests that increased fruit and vegetable consumption may be associated with improved musculoskeletal health. However, there is a lack …
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Vegetarian Diet and Health Outcomes
<p>Introduction: Vegetarian diet is one of the most consistent diets which has shown long-term health benefits. According to a nationwide survey of adults 18+, 4% of Americans were vegetarians. The dissertation was divided into 3 separate studies and assessed the effect of vegetarian diet in the …
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Cost Comparison of Foods Purchased for an All-Organic Diet and a Conventional, Non-Organic Diet
The objectives of this study were: To determine if there are mean cost differences between all-organic foods and conventional (non-organic) foods; to determine if there are differences in the mean cost of all-organic foods among higher, moderate, and lower price grocery venues; and to determine if …
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Diet, Adiposity, and Advanced Glycation Endproducts
… (sRAGE) and to determine whether macronutrient diet composition impacts inflammation and levels of serum n-epsilon-carboxymethyl-lysine (CML), a measure of advanced glycation endproducts. In study I, we tested the hypothesis that sRAGE is correlated to adiposity in a young, ethnically-diverse …
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Summer wolf diet in northwestern Montana
Wolf (Canis lupus) diet can be estimated from undigested remains of prey in scats or through stable isotope analysis (SIA) of wolf hair when distinct δ13C and δ15N values of potential diet sources are known. Our objectives were to compare diet analysis methods, to estimate intra-population diet …
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Summer wolf diet in northwestern Montana
Wolf (Canis lupus) diet can be estimated from undigested remains of prey in scats or through stable isotope analysis (SIA) of wolf hair when distinct δ13C and δ15N values of potential diet sources are known. Our objectives were to compare diet analysis methods, to estimate intra-population diet …
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The Association of Diet with Affect
… of foods typical of Mediterranean and Western diets and fatty acids with positive and negative affect.</p> <p>Adventist church attendees residing in North America completed a validated food frequency questionnaire in 2002-6 as part of the Adventist Health Study-2. A subset of these participants …
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Effect of diet on methotrexate toxicity
… were conducted to examine effects of different diets and regimens on gastrointestinal toxicity induced by methotrexate (MTX) in rats. Toxicity was determined by severity of anorexia and incidence of diarrhea on d 3 and 4 following an intraperitoneal injection of 20 mg MTX per kg body weight. …
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Diet in transition : the effect of leaving home on the diet and nutritional status of young adults
Dietary habits change over the life-course and might be profoundly affected by changes in lifestyle. The transition from living as a dependent in the family home to independent living is a crucial stage in most young people's lives, and the initial diet and lifestyle choices adopted following …
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Diet and dialysis in acute renal shutdown
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Diet and Nutrition of the Pronghorn Antelope
… a major food source of pronghorn. Differences in diet composition, plant groups, plant groups and time of use and plant group, area, month interaction were significant. Average in vitro digestion of 31 food plants was 51 percent. Mean digestion of grasses was 57 percent, forbs 42 percent, and …
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The Effect of Diet on Neutrophilic Phagocytosis
… conducted in order to determine the effects of diet on neutrophilic phagocytosis. The first series was designed to determine the effects of varying amounts of oral glucose on phagocytosis. Blood samples from 6 to 8 subjects were drawn at fasting, and at various time periods following ingestion …
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