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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"food variety"”.
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Dietary diversity and food security in South Africa: an application using NIDS Wave 1
South Africa is food secure at the national level; however widespread food insecurity persists at the household level. To understand the dynamics of micro-level food insecurity this dissertation investigates how two different aspects of 'food access' - diet quality and diet quantity - affect two …
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The Effects of Parent Training on the Amount and Variety of Food Consumed By a Child with Autism.
… of a manual, to teach a parent to increase the variety and amount of food consumed by her son. The participant was a 5-year-old boy with Pervasive Developmental Disorder and limited food consumption. A changing criterion design across two variables, variety of food and quantity of food, was …
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Impact of Credit and Extension on Women Participants in the Small Farmers Development Program: A Gendered Case Study in Lombok, Indonesia
… of labor in the household; (e) provision of food variety; and (f) higher aspiration of children's education including girls'.
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Exploring parental attitudes and practices during complementary feeding
… with the timing of introduction of solid foods and the quality of weaning diet.<br/><br/>Results<br/>Qualitative data revealed a high maternal perceived value for food diversity during complementary feeding. Modelling healthy foods, using covert approaches to feed, and offering repeated …
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Key Genotypes and the Response to Nutrient Supplementation in Crohn’s Disease
… p=0.01), HDL (p=0.011, p=0.001), and food variety scores (p=0.001, p=0.0168) and a significant decrease in the Chol/HDL ratio (p=0.006, p=0.026) respectively. In healthy adults the MCT placebo significantly reduced vitamin D levels (p=0.0001). The CD group showed significant decreases …
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PROMOTION OF HEALTHY AND SUSTINABLE DIETS - VALORIZATION OF MILK OF MILK PRODUCTS IN HEALHTY AND SUSTINABLE FOOD MODELS (VALILAT).
One of the major challenges for current food systems is promoting healthy and sustainable diets (SHDs) for the growing global population while limiting the impact on the environment. Prioritizing plant-source foods (PSFs) and reducing the animal-source foods (ASFs) is crucial for human and …
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The impact of food geography on consumer and producer welfare
I study the interactions between food prices, food retail environment and food demand. Given the rising debate on how to improve the quality of food purchases and consumption by changing the food geography in the United States, the overall goal of my dissertation is to understand the nature, causes …
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Formative assessment of primary school educators in independent schools in Gauteng to advise the need for an intervention for the prevention of non-communicable diseases
… NCDs. A self-administered estimated three-day food record was used to assess dietary and alcohol intake. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect individual (age, gender, socio-economic status (SES), education level, personal weight and weight loss history, weight status of …