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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Health And Nutrition"”.
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Health and Nutrition of the Elderly in Botswana
… dietary patterns, evaluate dietary quality and adequacy of nutrient intakes for the elderly in Botswana. Many developing countries lack information on the health and nutrition status of the elderly, and Botswana is no exception. Secondary analysis and cross-sectional survey methods were used …
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Mcdonald’s Users’ Perceptions Of Health And Nutrition, Quality, And Value On Visit Frequency
… has become an integral part of Americans’ diet and lifestyle. This study examines how McDonald’s customers’ perceptions of health and nutrition, quality, and value vary demographically (gender, age, ethnicity, educational level, and body mass index [BMI]) by McDonald’s visit frequency. An online …
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Asset Holdings and Undernutrition of Young Children: Evidence from China Health and Nutrition Survey
<p>Undernutrition is an underlying determinant of 45% of all childhood deaths annually, resulting in 3.1 million deaths to children less than five years globally (Black et al., 2013). The adverse effects of undernutrition, especially chronic undernutrition, could cause impaired physical growth, …
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Beverage Consumption and Hypertension: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
… was comprised of 18,953 subjects aged 18 years and older who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Preference for diet soda over regular soda was higher in females as compared to males and in Caucasians as compared to other races. Mean alcohol consumption …
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Consumer attitudes and willingness to pay for plant-based meat products: A health and nutrition perspective
… linked with significant negative environmental, health and animal welfare impacts. These negative impacts are leading consumers to seek products that are produced with fewer negative externalities than conventional products or seek alternatives to meat entirely. Plant based/vegan alternatives to …
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DIFFERENTIAL RETURNS TO EDUCATION ACROSS COGNITIVE ABILITY LEVELS: EVIDENCE FROM CEBU LONGITUDINAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION SURVEY DATA
… Filipino youth using the Cebu Longituditional Health and Nutrition Survey Data. After reviewing wide range of literature on returns to education and cognitive ability, we find that limited studies have been done concerning the returns to education in conjunction with childhood cognitive ability …
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Effects of anti-poverty programs on electoral behavior : evidence from the Mexican Education, Health, and Nutrition Program
… Latin American economies collapsed in the 1980s and early 1990s, traditional redistributive programs began to coexist with new anti-poverty programs that usually took the form of conditional cash transfers (CCT). I examine the effects of the Mexican Education, Health, and Nutrition program …
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Health management of adult hypertension in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
… how individuals with hypertension do their health behaviors and how their behaviors change over time based on their diagnostic status and the duration of hypertension. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a widely used dietary recommendation for individuals with …
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Assessing the Perceptions of Black American Women Within Virginia's Faith Community Regarding Their Health and Nutrition Practices and Concerns
… the largest minority groups in the United States and were estimated to be 35 million (13%) by the 2000 U.S. Census. In that same year, the American Cancer Society reported that Black Americans are at higher risk of dying from the nations leading causes of death, such as cardiovascular diseases, …
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A Spoonful of Salt Helps the Vegetables Go Down: Exploring the Processing of Health and Nutrition-related Claims in Advertising
… appeals which promote a food product's health or nutritional benefits in advertisements, this exploratory study investigates the ways in which individuals read and understand health and nutrition-related claims in advertising and make subsequent judgments about the product, brand, and …
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Comparison of nutrient intakes for vegetarians, non-vegetarians, and dieters: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004
… intakes of vegetarians, non-vegetarians, and dieters to show that a vegetarian diet does not compromise nutrient intake. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) data were analyzed for persons 19 years of age and older. Vegetarians were those who did not report eating …
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Factors Related to Diabetes Mellitus among Asian-American Adults in the United States Using the 2011 to 2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
… mellitus screening compared to other racial and ethnic groups, potentially due to improper screening guidelines by clinicians, and Asian Americans being unaware of their increased risk for diabetes mellitus. There are differences in the etiology of T2DM in Asian Americans compared to White …
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Human canalization and female growth buffering with Drosophila as a model organism
Child health is a central concern in populations experiencing economic, environmental, and nutritional stress. Adversity, however, does not affect individuals uniformly as preferential child investment and underlying biological processes may lead to instances of differential growth outcomes among …
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Nutrition, Health, and Food Security Practices, Concerns, and Perceived Barriers of Latino Farm/Industry Workers in Virginia
Farm and industry workers are a growing population in the United States (U.S.) and are critical to the success of the agriculture industry. In 1993, the Migrant Legal Services estimated that there were 42,000 migrant and seasonal farm workers in the state of Virginia (Wilson, 1998). These workers …
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Understanding the development and strength of motivational influences on lactation continuation (MILC)
Background:The current understanding of influences on breastfeeding adherence is limited by a lack of studies that quantify and compare the strength of factors that contribute to developing breastfeeding motivation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the development and the strength of …
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The Relationship Between Obesity and Falls in Older Adults
… to investigate the relationship between obesity and falls in adults over 60 years old from the aspect of BMI and waist circumference using representative data of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 2007~2013 data of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were …
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The Waist to Height Ratio is a Better Anthropometric Index of Abdominal Obesity and its Association with the Prevalence of Diabetes Among Asian Americans
… Asians with non-Asians in the United States and compare WC and WHtR as predictors of diabetes. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-14 was analyzed using SAS 9.2. There were 8,615 adult non-pregnant non-Asians and 1,224 Asians included in this study. …
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An evaluation of the nutritional status of refugee children in Namibia
The worsening humanitarian situation in Angola and the great lakes due to protracted wars, led to an influx of refugees in Namibia since 1992. The peak of the influx was between 1999-2002 when the camp population reached 25,000 people. Among the many challenges faced by these refugees was their …
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Modulating acidity and bioactivities of sauerkraut with Proprionibacterium freudenreichii : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Food Innovation at Lincoln University
Health and nutrition are inextricably connected, and as consumer demand for health promoting products grows, the food industry is responding with the development of functional foods. Synthetic vitamins are commonly supplemented to maintain good health, particularly Vitamin B12, as it is an …
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