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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"dietary choices"”.
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Three empirical analyses of behavioral and nutrition policy influences on dietary choices
… Thus indicating that consumers making healthier choices in one nutrient are not making healthier choices on other nutrients. The third essay investigates effect of nutrition label informational campaign that was undertaken as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. I find that …
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Understanding How Participating in a Food-Assistance Program In Rural Guatemala Alters Household Dietary Choices
… and not participating in the program. A 24-hour dietary recall and a food frequency questionnaire with the use of food cards were included in the interviews as quantitative measures of assessing dietary choices. Qualitative analysis was done using thematic coding based on a priori and emergent …
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Evaluating the Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitors on Dietary Choices, Physical Activity, and Hormonal Regulation in Non-Diabetic Older Adults
… CGM with individualized nutrition education. Dietary patterns showed no significant changes in meal frequency or eating window (p > 0.05). Biomarker analyses showed limited change, including a significant decrease in high molecular weight adiponectin (p = 0.02), while inflammatory markers …
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Reflecting on Racial Microaggressions: The Impact on Food Consumption in Minority Women
… diseases (Phelan & Link, 2015). Unhealthy dietary choices, as well, are linked to suppression of emotion following stressful events (Leow et al., 2018; Gibson, 2006; Evers et al., 2010). What is not known is whether covert forms of racism and discrimination, particularly experiencing or …
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Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention program: Analysis of Its Influence on health of Rural South Dakota 5th and 6th Grade Children
… by anthropometric, biochemical, blood pressure, dietary choices. The KQ program was shown to provide reinforcement for nutrition and physical education in the school setting. It was also able to help students practice healthy options and improved some of the health parameters that prevent …
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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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Associations of Built Food Environment with Dietary Intake and Adiposity Among Youth with Diabetes
… has been increasingly recognized to influence dietary intake and risk of obesity. To date, environments supporting healthy dietary choices (e.g., supermarkets) and unhealthy choices (e.g., fast food outlets) have been mostly examined separately. The objective of our study was to evaluate the …
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Nutrient intake of hospital patients on self-selected diets
… Judged by the standard of the 1974 Recommended Dietary Allowances, the mean intake of 27 lactating subjects was adequate in energy and all nutrients; the intake of 37 non-lactating subjects met the allowance for all nutrients with the exception of iron. Mean intake of these subjects was higher …
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Assessment of Dietary Behaviors of College Students Participating in the Health Promotion Program BUCS: Live Well
… population who typically practice poor dietary choices, contributing to weight gain. College-age students experience a transitional phase called ‘emerging adulthood’ where they learn autonomy in many areas that influence long-term health status. The purpose of the online health promotion …
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Influence of metabolic syndrome information on macronutrient consumption decisions
… line of treatment for the components of MetS is dietary behavior change. Although, many dietary recommendations guidelines are published to aid in better dietary choices, little is known about how effectively they alter dietary choices. Thus, the overall objective of this study was to examine the …
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Of meat, morals, and masculinity : factors underlying the consumption of non-human animals, and inferences about another’s character
… on a short profile that indicated the student’s dietary choices as either omnivorous or vegetarian. Our findings in Study 1 suggest that the decision to eat or not eat animals is chiefly a function of disgust at the thought of eating them and how often one has seen them for sale in a store, but …
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Why a Healthy Diet is Important for Women's Health
… structural support to help women make informed dietary choices. Addressing nutritional gaps through community programs and healthcare services may help improve reproductive outcomes and reduce health disparities.</p>
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Abstention to Consumption: The Development of American Vegetarianism, 1817-1917
… tells a very different story. The notion that dietary choices could be connected with larger social and political goals was formulated during, and changed dramatically in the nineteenth century. This dissertation charts the rise and evolution of vegetarianism in the United States from 1817 …
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Nutrition Knowledge of Honduran Caretakers and Dietary Change of Their Children
… Vegetables". A significant change in household dietary habits was seen when comparing dietary pretest and posttest score in the caretakers. A correlation of 0.33 was observed between dietary posttest scores between caretakers and children. A significant correlation (r2 0.50) was observed between …
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WATER ECONOMY: SUSTAINABILITY IN BOTTLED WATER SUPPLY CHAIN. THE ROLE OF CONSUMER AND ENTERPRISE TO ENHANCE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FOOD SYSTEM.
… in promoting transparency and informed choices. Building on this sector-specific analysis, the research extends to the sustainability of food consumption, focusing on the Water Footprint (WF) of dietary choices in Italy. Using real consumption data from 2005 to 2021, the study reveals a …
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Dietary intake of the African-PREDICT study population
… and socioeconomic status (SES) contribute to the dietary intake of individuals, which, in turn, plays an important role in the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). South Africa (SA) is currently in the middle of a health transition characterised by a quadruple burden of NCDs, …
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The Impact of Food Environment in Childhood Obesity in the UK: A Systematic Review
… exposure to unhealthful eating situations. Poor dietary choices are mostly caused by factors like the abundance of fast-food restaurants, the aggressive marketing of high calorie, low-nutrient meals, and the difficulty in finding reasonably priced, healthful options. The study comes to the …
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The Impact of Individual’s Beliefs on Overcoming Temptations
… 4 explored how these beliefs may impact healthy dietary choices in the face of food temptations. Finally, Study 5 employed a different task paradigm to examine how various beliefs about temptations may mitigate the negative experiences of failures in self-control. Overall, the findings indicated …
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The influence of wellness in weight loss
… increase in daily physical activities, healthier dietary choices, feelings of optimism and greater self acceptance. Thus wellness shows promise as a weight loss intervention.
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Ecology and conservation of the southern woolly lemur (Avahi meridionalis) in the Tsitongambarika Protected Area
… travelled, sleeping site selection, and dietary choices, suggesting a seasonal fluctuation of resources. The competition with L. fleuretae may explain the dietary breadth reduction during the lean season and the opportunistic cathemeral activity that I found in A. meridionalis. Teachers …
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