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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"food preference"”.
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The effects of distraction on amount of food consumed, food preference, and satiety
… aimed to assess the effects of distraction of food preference and perceptions of satiety. A randomized controlled crossover study was conducted with 120 healthy adults (age: 20.2 ± 1.4 years; 57% female; 48% white). Participants were randomly assigned to begin in either the distracted (DIS, …
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Effects of expectancy, food preference and time of day on salivation in cancer patients
… patients in taste acuity and in salivation to food and stimuli associated with food. Subjects were twenty male cancer patients and eighteen patients hospitalized for noncancer-related illnesses. All cancer patients were tested prior to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The study was conducted …
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The Effect of Aposematic Coloration on the Food Preference of Aphelocoma coerulescens, the Florida Scrub Jay
… scrub jays to determine whether they showed a preference for or avoidance of the red model seed. Results showed a significant tendency by the birds to prefer white over red, indicating that the color, independent of other warning signals, functions aposematically to discourage predation of …
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Understanding the role of emotion, reward and food preference on the perception of sweet-tasting food using a novel classification task
… behavioural biases toward calorie (kcal)-dense foods, particularly those that are sweet, although cognitive biases toward these foods are less well established. With major public health organisations highlighting the rising concerns surrounding excessive sugar intake, understanding these …
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Effect of Genetic Variation on Salt, Sweet, Fat and Bitter Taste
… Taste is one of the primary determinants of food intake and taste function can be influenced by a number of factors including genetics. However, little is known about the relationship between genetic variation, taste function, food preference and intake. Objective: To examine the effect of …
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Nutrition and health attitudes in a male Navy population and their relationships to selected physical readiness measures
… General nutrition orientation, high fat food preference, positive exercise attitude, willingness to seek help attitude, and eating locus of control. Results of the self report of habitual eating patterns suggest that the typical Navy man skips breakfast, has a relatively high saturated …
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The real deal: Willingness-to-pay and satiety expectations are greater for real foods versus their images
… consumers make decisions in the context of real foods that have actual caloric content and afford grasping and consumption. Surprisingly, few studies have compared whether real foods are valued more than 2D images of foods, and in the studies that have, differences in the stimuli and testing …
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Ethnic identity in Nigerian children of black-white mixed marriages. The relationship between child rearing practices and ethnic identification in interracial (Yoruba/Oyinbo) and Yoruba familes in Nigeria.
… me about yourself'. However, an additional 'food preference' measure was extracted from 'Tell me about yourself'. The results indicated that Yoruba children showed a stronger Yoruba identity than interracial children and that the majority of children in both groups showed correct owngroup …
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A nutritional survey of Sheffield school meals.
… to investigate the nutritional content of the food as offered to, as eaten by and as left on the plate by the children at school lunch. The childrens' food preferences were also examined, together with any interrelationships between these and the plate waste results. The survey was carried out …
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Ecology of Lake Ontario Brown Trout
… seasonal movements, behavior, and habitat preferences of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Lake Ontario. During fall 1980 and spring and fall 1981, the activities of 36 radiotagged brown trout were monitored near the southern shore of Lake Ontario between Port Bay and Point Breeze (Fig. 1). …
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Aparato trófico e variação nos hábitos alimentares de Philander opossum e Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)
… study, the hypothesis of a differentiation on food habits of Philander opossum and Didelphis aurita was tested. Were studied the diet in the field, food preference in laboratory, and their relationships with morfofisiological traits of trophic apparatus. Both marsupiais feed on invertebrates, …
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Is there a difference in fat preference among differing ethnic groups and will it be a predictor of BMI?
… to determine whether or not differences in preference for high fat foods exist among ethnic groups and if these preferences would be a predictor of body mass index. Sixty-eight healthy females, ages 18–40, participated in both sensory evaluation of muffins containing different levels of fat …
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Food Habits of the Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes Phasianellus Jamesi) and The Greater Prairie Chicken (Tymphanuchus Cupido Pinnauts) In Western South Dakota
Summer food preferences were determined for 48 adult sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes phasianellus jamesi) in a mixed grass habitat. Seasonal foods were determined for 659 sharptails and prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus). Vegetation analysis of four selected study areas indicated …
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Ecology of chemical defenses of algae against the herbivorous snail, Littorina littorea, in the New England rocky intertidal community
… by L. littorea; 10% polyphenol (dry wt.) in food media inhibited snail feeding nearly 100%. The phenol and polyphenol contents in different tissues of these two algal species and in other New England rocky intertidal algal species were monitored monthly for one year. F. vesiculosus and A. …
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Estudos sobre a biologia de flebótomos, vetores de Leishmanioses - Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912 e Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912 - em condições experimentais
… stage of development – egg, larva and pupa; food preference of larvae and adults; influence of environmental factors – temperature, humility and light intensity – on the behaviour of each species; life span and tolerance of females to the absence of blood meal; resistance of immature stages …
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: HOW FOOD TEXTURE AND PACKAGING INFLUENCE CONSUMER WELL-BEING
… how sensory aspects of consumption (e.g., food packaging and food texture) influence consumer well-being. Consumers make more than 200 decisions about food every day (HealthDay 2007). Thus, it is of great importance to understand consumers’ relationships with foods (Block 2013). Essay 1 is …
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Aspects of the biology, behavior, and economic importance of Camponotus pennyslvanicus (Degeer) and Camponotus ferrugineus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: formicidae)
… reared their first brood under artificial light. Food preference studies of C. pennsylvanicus and C. ferrugineus indicated that these two species have similar food preferences. Although honey was preferred to most foods tested, it may not supply sufficient nutrients to ensure proper colony …
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The relationship between Protein Source and Nitrogen Metabolism in the Trout
… effects on growth rate, body composition and food intake were also noted. For carp, the equivalent values were:- PY 96.6, 0.47, 0.49, 2.08; MB 95.5, 0.49, 0.52, 2.54; SA 87.1, 0.36, 0.41, 1.15; HM 80.3, 0.64, 0.79, 2.82,; SY 83.7, 0.42, 0.5, 1.353 CS 93.0, 0.49, 0.52, 2.54. The results are …
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Foraging Activity and Food Preferences of the Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile Say) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Foraging activity and food preferences of odorous house ants (Tapinoma sessile (SAY)) were investigated in both the field and laboratory. Foraging activity was examined in the field from April to September 2001 by attracting T. sessile to feeding stations containing a 20% sucrose solution. Ant …
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