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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"food patterns"”.
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Food patterns of southern West Virginia coal miners
… self-administered questionnaire. Population and food pattern characteristics were described. Food frequencies were used to obtain a food score which was a weighted average of the frequency of use each month for each food item as determined by the characteristics. Cluster analysis on the food …
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Developing an instrument for assessing food patterns of preschool children
A 60-item food sort patterned after a game used in anthropological studies was developed to measure food intake of 19 preschool children attending a day care center in Southwest Virginia. Response agreement was determined by administering the game twice to children one month apart, followed by …
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Indigenous food patterns of low income individuals from North Central United States
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1984 P73
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Indigenous food patterns of low income individuals from North Central United States
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1984 P73
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Teacher Perceptions of Food and Activity Patterns Among Children in an American Indian Community at High Risk for Diabetes: A Teacher Focus Group Approach
… /> The problem under study is: a) what food and activity patterns of children do teachers identify in an American Indian community? b) what interventions do teachers use or recommend to change these patterns to prevent diabetes? and, c) what barriers do teachers perceive to these …
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Nutrition as an aspect of the private practice of medicine
… care providers routinely asked patients about food patterns. Approximately 84% of all physicians said they had patients in need of nutrition education (n.e.) and 76% had patients in need of consultation with a dietitian (R.D.); however only 54% of physicians provided for n.e. In their practice …
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Can School Lunches Deliver Better Nutrition Without Sacrificing Palatability? An Evaluation of Nutritional Adequacy of School Lunches in Urban Washington State
… quality of school lunches, 3) Describe which foods and food patterns are most closely associated with measures of nutritional adequacy, and 4) Provide a set of recommendations that school districts can use in planning meals, to ensure maximum nutrient density and optimal student health …
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The impact of food consumption patterns on identity: the case of Zimbabwean inbetweeners living in the UK
… the concept of identity construction through food as exhibited by Zimbabwean inbetweener migrants in the UK. Literature was explored in relation to national identity, migration, consumer culture theory, consumer acculturation, diaspora theory, memory and nostalgia and food consumption and …
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From Education to Tumour Characteristics in Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis of the Pathways.
… familial cancer clusters). Results: Four food patterns (healthy foods, high-fat foods, sweet and processed foods, and oriental foods) and four nutrient patterns (total macronutrient, fat vs. carbohydrate, and micronutrients from supplements and from foods) were identified. Education was …
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Ideas for Diabetes Prevention in High Risk American Indian Children: A Parent Focus Group Approach
… and ratios were included. Family activities and food patterns and the relationship of these two concepts to each other, in American Indian life-styles, were identified to help the nursing researcher to understand American Indian culture and tradition. This has important implications for designing …
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A Book on Nutrition and Cookery for Brazil--YOUR FOOD AND YOU
… education in nutrition and cookery by their poor food habits. Nutrition education is important means of combating malnutrition. There is a pressing need for more nutrition education in Brazil.</p> <p>It has been the purpose of this study to present a small book, on the average Brazilian homemaker …
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Evaluation of Teen Cuisine: An Extension-Based Cooking Program to Increase Self-efficacy in Teens
… improve self-efficacy and perceptions related to food and eating behaviors is not currently known. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Teen Cuisine, an Extension-based cooking program on self-efficacy with cooking and perceptions of their eating behaviors in a …
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Study of the correlation of diet changes with life transitions and turning points
… habits and overall health, especially how food choices develop in changing social, historical, and temporal contexts. There are seven key components of the Life Course Perspective: trajectories, transitions, turning points, cultural and contextual influences, timing in lives, linked lives, …
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Contribution of the local and home-food environments on the food practices of white adults in the Eastern suburbs of Tshwane
The local urban and home-food environments of white adults living in the Eastern suburbs of the Tshwane Metropole is explored and described. The study focused on the contribution of these environments to the food practices of the study group. The South African population, similar to those of other …
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Food habits of adolescents (16-19 years) in the Manzini region, Swaziland
… study the goal was to explore and describe the food habits of adolescents (16-19 years old) residing in the Manzini region of Swaziland, and to determine the extent to which traditional, fast and snack foods are included in their eating patterns. Scant information is available on the food habits …
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A mixed method investigation into the relationship between physical activity, nutritional status, dietary intake, symptoms, and health-related quality of life in children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
… understanding of the relationship between PA, food patterns, activity management and physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and young people with JIA (11). Here we set out to develop a bespoke lifestyle intervention for children and young people with JIA. Aim …
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Barriers, facilitators and strategies to increasing milk, yoghurt and soft cheese intakes: A cross cultural perspective
… a long dairy farm tradition and a homogeneous food culture, but different products are most consumed, i.e., hard cheese in the UK and yoghurt and soft cheese in France, and this may impact consumption in terms of quantities, energy content and manners of consumption. Secondly, this research …