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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"nutrition facts"”.
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Consumer attitudes and willingness to pay for plant-based meat products: A health and nutrition perspective
… impact of meat alternatives with health and nutrition being looked at in a more general way. Recent criticism of popular plant-based meat alternatives has to do with their ultraprocessed nature, high sodium content and long ingredient lists with artificial additives. It was therefore …
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Examining the credentials of food bloggers and the online environment of food blogs
… that most food bloggers would not have a nutrition-related degree and food blog environments wouldn’t be supportive of health-conscious food choices. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a novel evaluation tool on 187 blogs, out of which 100 blogs met inclusion criteria. Because …
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Optimization for recipe-based, diet-planning inventory management
… raw materials listed in the recipes, examine the nutrition facts and calculate the purchasing decisions and the yearly optimal minimum cost for food consumption. This thesis further discusses the scenarios for different groups of raw materials in terms of shelf-timing difference. To model this …
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Mathematical approaches to food nutrient content estimation with a focus on phenylalanine
… bound for the Phe content based on the available nutritional information. The first approach is based on the statistical distribution of the Phe to protein ratios. To be precise, we propose the multipliers 20 and 65 to obtain a minimum bound and a maximum bound for the Phe content from the protein …
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Deep learning for spoken dialogue systems : application to nutrition
… in a food requires querying a database with nutrition facts for various foods. In this thesis, we demonstrate deep learning techniques for performing a semantic mapping from raw, unstructured, human natural language directly to a structured, relational database, without any intermediate …
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Parent's Use And Likely Use Of Nutrition Education Resources In The Mississippi Delta Region
Objective: To identify nutrition education resources currently being used and those likely to be used if made available by parents of elementary-aged children in the Mississippi Delta region. Methods: Surveys were completed by 214 parents (92% female, 88% African American) of children in grades …
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WORK SHIFT FOOD DELIVERY STRATEGIES DURING ARDUOUS WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
… Analysis 6.1 (Salem, OR, USA) and the USDA nutrition facts food label and both were entered into a food-item nutrient database in Microsoft Excel. Delivery method feasibility was examined through reported perception from on-site research director and research assistant. RESULTS: Subjects …
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WORK SHIFT FOOD DELIVERY STRATEGIES DURING ARDUOUS WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION
… Analysis 6.1 (Salem, OR, USA) and the USDA nutrition facts food label and both were entered into a food-item nutrient database in Microsoft Excel. Delivery method feasibility was examined through reported perception from on-site research director and research assistant. RESULTS: Subjects …
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Accounting for taste : regulating food labeling in the "affluent society," 1945-1995
… labels such as the ingredients panel, nutrition labels, and various science-based health claims. Agency officials believed that such information would enable consumers to make responsible health decisions through market purchases. Food labeling is explored as a regulatory assemblage …
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Investigating Content, Format and Placement of Point-of-Selection Nutrition Labels In A Foodservice Setting and Its Impact On Patrons' Purchasing Behavior
<p>Providing point-of-selection nutrition information in a foodservice environment or menu labeling is a cost effective policy approach to educating patrons about the energy content of meals away from home but the effectiveness of menu labeling is unclear. Some strategies to improve the …
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Effects of low linolenic soy oil on pre-malignant human mammary epithelial cell progression
… of trans fats per serving be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel. Consequently new soybean breeds that would no longer be subject to the hydrogenation process, thus reducing trans fats, were developed. By traditional plant breeding techniques, plant breeders have developed a low linolenic …
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Three essays evaluating food and nutrition policies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01
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Improving usability of nutrition information through graphical visualization
Effective use of nutrition information is an important method of preventing or managing diet-related diseases. However, it is difficult to effectively communicate information to those in need when decision making occurs. Methods of simplifying nutrition information exist to help users interpret …