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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"food selection"”.
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Meal and Food Selection Patterns of Binge Episodes in Ethnically Diverse Adults
<p>Food selection and associated patterns among ethnically diverse adults with binge eating deserves greater attention given binge eating prevalence among ethnic minorities. The aims of this study were to examine meal patterns, location, and food selection during binge episodes in an ethnically …
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Survival, Growth, Food Selection, and Alimentary Canal Development of Intensively Reared Walleyes and Yellow Perch
… flavescens), to document survival, growth, food selection, and alimentary canal development of these fishes. Mean survival of walleyes for the 18 day period after hatching was 14.1%: mean unaccountable mortality was 43.5%. Forty-three percent of the walleyes remaining after 18 days survived …
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WEIGHT STIGMA PREDICTS INHIBITORY CONTROL AND FOOD SELECTION IN RESPONSE TO THE SALIENCE OF GROUP DISCRIMINATION
… cognitive ability (i.e., inhibitory control) and food selection (i.e., calories selected) in individuals who consider themselves to be overweight. I predicted that participants higher in perceived weight stigma would perform more poorly on an inhibitory control task and order more calories on a …
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Primate nutritional ecology: the role of food selection, energy intake, and nutrient balancing in Mexican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) foraging strategies
… and reproductive success. However, understanding food selection is a complex task, and it requires integrating information on physiology, behavior, and the ecological and social environments in which the animals live. In this dissertation, I examined the nutritional ecology of Mexican black howler …
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An Assessment of Contemporary Dining Out Behaviour: The Moderating Factors of Culture and Food Selection within Chinese Full-Service Restaurants in Shanghai, China
… that the level of acculturation may affect the food practices and preferences of an individual (Sukalakamala and Brittin, 2006; Maamoun et al, 2007; Kremmyda, et al., 2008). However, most studies about acculturation affecting food habits focus on how people adapt themselves when they move …
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Investigations of the Trophic Relationships, Feeding Ecology and Feeding Behavior of Larval Spot, <i>Leiostomus Xanthurus</i> Lacepede, and Atlantic Croaker, <i>Micropogonias Undulatus</i> (Linnaeus) (Pisces:Sciaenidae)
… starvation. In contradistinction, the degree of food selection increased with age in both species. Larvae added larger prey to their diets while continuing to feed on smaller prey, food selection was temporally variable and larvae always fed selectively amongst the available prey. Prey size and …
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Impact of plate shape and size on individual food waste in a university dining hall setting
With an estimated 50% increase in global food demand by the year 2050 (Campanhola & Pandey, 2019), countries are trying to find ways to increase production and decrease waste to help meet these needs. Young adults (18-24 years of age) have been identified as a high-wasting segment of the population …
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Studies of herbivory and vegetation change in Karoo shrublands
… of herbivores on the evolution of Karoo plants, food selection by indigenotis and introduced herbivores and the effects of herbivory, competition and rainfall on plant reproduction and recruitment. The results of these investigations are presented as 14 papers. The first three papers interpret …
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Flavor Perception, Food Choice, and Health in Early Childhood
… complex, multisensory process. Our experience of food, commonly referred to as “taste” or “flavor” derives from the active combination of many sensory modalities, the most obvious of which are gustation (i.e., the qualities of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) and olfaction (e.g., “fruity”, “smoky”, …
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Effect of point-of-decision nutrition labeling on food choices at a military dining facility
… and educational media would influence meal selections of Army Basic Combat Trainees at FT Sill, OK. Soldiers' meal trays were observed and digitally photographed twice (after food selection and after consumption) for 10 matched meal periods during pre- and post-labeling periods. Overall …
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Food Habits and Growth of Rainbow Trout in a Prairie Pond
… Sampling was begun in January 1978 to determine food habits and growth of the fish. Trout and environmental samples were taken at 10 day or monthly intervals depending upon the season. A linear index of food selection was calculated and growth data was analyzed using the SHAD computer program. …
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The Impact of a Fruit and Vegetable Intervention on School Cafeteria Fruit and Vegetable Selection and Consumption in a Rural, Appalachian Mississippi Elementary School
… vegetable intervention on fruit and vegetable food selection and consumption in a rural, Appalachian Mississippi elementary school. A six-week intervention (nutrition education, cafeteria tastings, fruit and vegetables for home usage/backpack program) was implemented. The unannounced fruit and …
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Orang-utan feeding behaviour in Sabangau, Central Kalimantan
… studies of energy/nutrient acquisition and food selection have been completed for both African apes and orang-utans in mast-fruiting dipterocarp forests, but, to date, no studies of this type have been completed on orang-utans in non-masting forests, which experience more muted fluctuations …
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College students' responses to three nutritional interventions placed in campus dining halls at a midwestern university
… are barriers that influence college students' food choices, and students have a general idea of the type of nutrition information they would like to see in the dining halls. In conclusion, it was found that there are several components that go into making a successful nutrition intervention …
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Food selectivity of Bluegill and Green Sunfish Fry
… municipal sewage lagoon, were made available as food to green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) fry, to examine their food selectivity. Green sunfish and bluegill fry ranged in size from 8.5-11.0 mm and 8.0-10.5 mm at stocking and were reared for 31 and 30 days, …
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Influence of dietary nutrients on life history-related traits of black flies and mosquitoes
… it presents opportunities to inoculate common food sources for these dipterans with entomopathogenic bacteria as a means of controlling the population of host-seeking adult dipteran vectors. Whereas this approach to vector control holds some promise, differences in the nutrient composition and …
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Nutrition label use in college students: An examination of predictors, the impact of label placement, and the relationship between label use and dietary quality
… on the coding system we developed for analyzing food selection and intake using digital photography. We measured selection, servings, and consumption of food categories suggested by Dietary Guidelines for Americans within university students in a self-serve dining hall setting. We also report our …
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Aspects of the feeding behaviour of intensively reared trout
… decreased the feeding activity in terms of food intake but by increasing the photoperiod the same feeding activity was accomplished as by the fish subject to a short photoperiod but under higher light intensity.Simulated effect of increasing and decreasing daylengths did not affect the …
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Forage Selection and Grouping Patterns of Male and Female Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) on Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Mason, Texas
Little is known about resource selection patterns of scimitarhorned oryx (Oryx dammaty in Texas, information that is vital for informed management decisions. Scimitar-horned oiyx are less dimorphic in body size (males approximately 12% larger than females) than most ruminants (males 20 - 50% larger …
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Consumer response to computerised nutritional information at the point-of-purchase in catering establishments.
… tested on customers in a shopping centre food court. Graphical formats displaying nutrition information in relation to current dietary advice relayed the nutrition information significantly quicker than, and as accurately as, tabular displays. A database system was developed to provide …
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