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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Mealtimes"”.
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Snack Talk: A Class Wide Intervention to Increase Peer Interactions of Preschool Students at Mealtimes
… wide social skill intervention during preschool mealtimes. Previous research indicates that naturalistic, class wide, routine based interventions are more likely to be implemented by teachers and classroom staff than individualized interventions. Additional research supports the use of visual …
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How do organisational and social contexts influence mealtimes on wards caring for the older person aged 65 years and above?
… facilitators to a positive eating experience at mealtimes in hospital and to inform the development of evidence- based strategies that enhance older people’s mealtime experience. Background: Malnutrition among older hospitalised people remains a global concern including in the National Health …
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Meal Consumption Impact on Isotonic Lingual Endurance
… become a chore as the demands increase during mealtimes. Currently, the effects of aging on isotonic endurance of the swallow musculature is not well understood. The current study aimed to determine the effect of a meal on lingual isotonic endurance in two age groups. An additional aim was to …
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Exploring the association between Hispanic mothers’ acculturation and children’s health outcome in the United States and Mexico: Considering family mealtime routines
… their behaviors and routines around family mealtimes. This study compared families’ experiences in two countries (Mexico and the United States). Through this comparison, an explanation of barriers and facilitators to maintain healthy family mealtimes and dietary patterns were presented. …
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The impact of acquired neurological oropharyngeal dysphagia on the health-related quality of life of care home residents
… referring to their enjoyment of eating and mealtimes; barriers to mealtime enjoyment; choice at mealtimes and eating desire, findings which were similar to those obtained from the control participants. The observational data mainly corroborated with participants' accounts. Based on these …
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Enhancing Weight Gain in Long-Term Care Residents at Risk for Weight Loss through Protein and Calorie Fortification.
… fortified with increased calories and protein at mealtimes. Control group received nutrition supplements between meals. Fifteen subjects began the study. Analysis of weight change revealed that those in the experimental group had no weight change over the four months. Subjects in the control group …
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Early care and education teachers' nutrition and healthful feeding practices: Implications for professional development
… perceptions of their goals and roles during mealtimes, and what challenges create difficulties in these areas, and 2) To explore the self-identified gaps in child care and Head Start teachers’ knowledge base regarding nutrition and healthful feeding practices, and to explore how current …
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Predictive Control of Diabetic Glycemia
… to determine insulin and glucose intakes around mealtimes. These algorithms used optimization methods together with predictions of the blood glucose concentration and mathematical models describing the patient dynamics to determine the insulin and glucose doses. For evaluation, the control …
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A study of the nutritional experiences of older people in hospital
… of the meals and the nursing care given at mealtimes. The results of this study will inform nursing practice by describing the participants' experiences from their own viewpoint, and may assist nurses to identify patients at potential risk of nutritional deficiency using the 'eating process …
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The unmet needs of infants, children and young people with dysphagia
… and analysis of communication during typical mealtimes; collaborative therapy programmes specifying strategies and sessions for use of Alternative and Augmentative communication (AAC); evaluation of a therapy programme to reduce aversion to tube feeding; ii) data on use of a straw to evaluate …
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An exploration of the factors that affect the extensive meal experience for the older person living in residential care.
Mealtimes in care homes can impact on resident wellbeing. There is evidence from the literature that food and drink intake in care homes can be influenced by individual concepts including person-centred approach, food-service, sensory factors, environmental factors, social interaction, and staff …
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Head Start and child care providers' feeding practices: a potential avenue for obesity prevention in young children
… style meal service (FSMS) during child care mealtimes. Cross-sectional data was collected in 2011 and 2012 where 118 child care providers from 24 center-based programs (6 Head Start [HS], 11 Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, 7 non-CACFP) completed self-administered surveys …
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Understanding shared family meals on the autism spectrum
… study shared many of the universal features of mealtimes such as using the time to share and problem solve, but they also had features salient to their identities as autistic families. For example, having to anticipate throughout the meal their children’s capacities and limitations. The creation …
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Family chaos, attachment security, and responsiveness: Associations with appetite self-regulation in early childhood
… from emotional responsiveness observed during mealtimes. These findings highlight the importance of specificity in context and measurement. Study 2. The second study aimed to examine associations between maternal attachment, family factors (household chaos, distractions, family mealtime …
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Nature and nurture on picky eating behavior in early childhood
… of causing problematic interference during mealtimes. Previous literature on picky eating has largely focused on school-aged children. In addition, no study had investigated the joint influence of nature and nurture on children’s picky eating behavior using a transdisciplinary …
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Patient experience, nutritional uptake and satisfaction with hospital food services
… involved collecting observational data during mealtimes. Focus groups were conducted with ward staff, and patients together with their visitors while open ended interviews were conducted with the catering manager, facilities manager, chief dietitian, orthopaedic ward dietitian and chief …
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An Exploration of the 24-Hour Movement Patterns of Older Adults Living in Naturally-Occurring Retirement Communities
… in activity were observed during conventional mealtimes. CONCLUSIONS: Activity patterns revealed by this work demonstrates that there is still work to be done to improve regular achievement of a healthy 24-hour movement composition in community-dwelling older adults. Qualitative research …
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A mealtime observation study; obesity, ethnicity and observed maternal feeding styles
… The differences found between the mealtimes of obese and healthy weight mothers were limited compared to the differences observed between S. Asian and non-Asian mothers. Obese mothers were observed to use a greater amount of positive eating comments. They were most likely to report …
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Patients as stakeholders: a mixed-methods evaluation to understand patient experiences of care at a public-private partnership hospital network in Lesotho
… shouted at by nurses. Mothers mentioned missing mealtimes or not being told to bring their own tableware. Qualitative findings also suggest respondents experienced long wait times, with 32% of survey respondents reporting having waited two or more hours to see a doctor. RECOMMENDATIONS: To …
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'Food, Body Weight, and Everyday Life in England, c. 1954–1990'
… responsible for the social organisation of mealtimes in the mid-to-late twentieth century, despite increasing signs of male involvement in the kitchen in heterosexual settings. Consequently, women were centrally involved in orchestrating the rituals of ‘family’ life throughout this period. …
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