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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"diet quality"”.
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Fat Intake, Diet Quality, Depressive Symptoms, and Cancer
… studies have examined the relationships between diet quality and cancer outcomes (13,22,23,24), cancer and depression (1,4,25,27,28), diets and depression (15,16,17,35) and fat intake and depression (5,6,7,10,11,12). This study examined the relationships between total intake of fat, specifically …
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Examining food acquisition behaviors and diet quality in adults
… within the food acquisition pathway and dietary intake in adults. Three unique papers guided the dissertation work. ☐ The first paper, a systematic review, examined the relationship between frequency of food shopping, a food skill, and fruit and vegetable consumption in adults. A total of …
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Breakfast Consumption and Diet Quality of Teens in Southwestern Ontario
… has previously been associated with worse diet quality among adolescents, although research from Canada is relatively sparse. Additionally, many studies do not consider diet quality as a function of calories, which is problematic as skippers tend to consume less energy than consumers. …
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Relationship between diet quality and molecular mediators of muscle health
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Diet Quality and Micronutrient Intake in Long-Term Weight Loss Maintainers
… This study’s purpose was to examine dietary quality, macronutrient intake, and micronutrient adequacy among long term weight loss maintainers (WLM) in a commercial weight management program.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: Participants were 1,207 WLM in WW (formerly Weight Watchers) …
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Associations between the Neighbourhood Food Environment, Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in Canadian Adults
High quality diet is integral for maintaining health and preventing chronic diseases. Diet quality has many determinants that interact across the intra-individual, inter-individual, physical environment, and policy levels of influence. This thesis presents a novel method to create Canada’s Food …
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Gender, diet quality and obesity: economic and social determinants, and their interactions, in older adults
… A systematic review of economic determinants of diet in the elderly indicated that longitudinal evidence remains limited and focused on employment-related changes affecting diet. Thus, novel economic variables concerning financial hardship (FH) were examined in over-50s from the population-based …
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Food Security, Diet Quality and Health of Food Pantry Participants in the North End of Hartford
… examines the relationship between food security, diet quality, body mass index (BMI) and health in a sample of Hartford residents who utilize food pantries.</p> <p> Data for this thesis are from baseline data of a larger evaluation of a new program called Freshplace. This study involves the …
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Nutritional Ecology of White-Tailed Deer: Assessment of an Index to Diet Quality and a Repellent
… has been used widely as an indicator of forage quality for free-ranging ruminants. Differences in digestive function between species of dimorphic ungulates render interspecific comparisons of fecal nitrogen unreliable; however, it is unknown whether sexual differences in digestive function also …
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Identifying changes in dietary intake, diet quality, body weight and body composition during first year university
The purpose of this study was to identify if dietary intake and eating habits change in students during first-year university and how these changes influence anthropometrics and body composition. 301 students (n=71 males, n=230 females) completed food frequency and dietary habits questionnaires. …
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Exploration of diet quality and physical activity level among British Bangladeshi population living in the United Kingdom.
The diet quality and unhealthy lifestyle depends on the availability, affordability and accessibility of foods and lifestyle choices based on social, cultural and working norms. British Bangladeshi have an increased intake of fat, protein, refined carbohydrates and highly processed food and …
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Combined associations of diet quality, physical activity, and their changes over time with cardiometabolic risk and mortality
Physical activity (PA) and diet quality have each been shown to be inversely associated with cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), their risk factors, and mortality. However, their combined impact on health outcomes has been less explored, particularly when considering their changes over time. To draw …
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Exploration of Adulthood Diet Quality in Relation to Walking Speed Indicating Physical and Cognitive Function in Later Life
… role in daily activities and determine life quality of older people. Maintaining walking ability is crucial for independent living and walking speed is predictive of overall health, survival and better physical and cognitive functioning. Rates of functional decline vary interindividual and …
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The Growth and Bioenergetics of <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> Larvae and the Effects of Diet Quality on Larval Physiology
<p>Food quality, especially ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), can affect the physiology and metabolic efficiency of larvae of the blue crab, <em>Callinectes sapidus</em>. These affects may correlate with success in development and juvenile recruitment.</p> <p>Larvae were exposed to two diets …
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The Associations Among Seasonality, Food Insecurity, And Diet Quality On Type II Diabetes Mellitus Among American Indian Young Adults
… associations among seasonality, food insecurity, diet quality, and diabetes self-management via glycemic control among AI young adults (ages 18-45) with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), living in rural North Dakota, who are members of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Methods: A descriptive, …
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A priori diet quality indices and cancer-related outcomes in newly diagnosed head and neck squamous cell carcinoma survivor
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Two Studies on Childhood Obesity: Effect of Obesity on Academic Achievement and Effect of Food Store Access on Diet Quality
… feature, specifically food retailer access on diet quality of young children. Binary and index diet quality measures are developed and proximity and density of food store access measures are computed at the census block level. In general, both proximity and density measures do not have any …
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