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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"nutrition policy"”.
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Three empirical analyses of behavioral and nutrition policy influences on dietary choices
… The third essay investigates effect of nutrition label informational campaign that was undertaken as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. I find that the informational campaign had an impact only on select nutrients. Overall, in this dissertation, I establish that …
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The complex determinants of childhood nutritional status and undernutrition in South Africa
I adopt two approaches in estimating a childhood nutrition model. In the first, child nutrition enters as a continuous dependent variable, allowing me to estimate the average marginal effects on childhood nutrition (proxied by three anthropometric measures). The second approach allows me to …
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Nutritional best-practices among child care providers in Washington State
… and concerns around the Let’s Move! Child Care nutritional best-practices among child care providers in Washington. Methods: Data was collected from an online professional training module for child care providers. We examined providers’ knowledge of and behaviors they are willing to do to meet …
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Demographic, Psychosocial, and Educational Factors Related to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Adults
… the findings need to interpreted with caution. Policy inferences can be suggested from this research, but would need further research findings before implementation of nutrition policy recommendations. The implications of these research findings are that nutrition education interventions to …
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Impact of a transition to diets from sustainable sources on micronutrient intakes and status
… evidence base underpinning the formulation of nutrition policy lacks data on the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of translating sustainable dietary guidelines into practice in the population, which could pose risks to nutrition for large sectors, including females of reproductive age and …
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Advancing measures of the out-of-home food environment: a big data approach
… databases, I quantified the out-of-home consumer nutrition environment —a dimension of the food environment that encapsulates what consumers encounter within food outlets—at scale and in real time. The first database, MenuTracker, captures nutrient composition data for foods served by large chain …
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Challenges and Opportunities for Member States to Implement Resolution WHA63.14 to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Products to Children to Decrease Global Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease Risks by 2025
… of countries in the PAHO region (n=14). The WHO policy and IMC frameworks were used to develop a responsible policy index (RESPI). A web-based platform was developed that uses data visualization tools to depict the results. The third study explored the dimensions of power in the Mexican social …
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Effective nutrition interventions
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Realising the potential of early childhood education environments for obesity prevention
… responses to obesity. This thesis evaluates the nutrition and physical activity environments for 3- and 4-year-olds in New Zealand ECE services, and determines the effect of ECE environments on the development of overweight and obesity in early childhood. Methods: An online survey in 2014 of 257 …
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The 2022 infant formula shortage in the United States: An exploration of infant feeding policy changes, policymakers' attention, and the lived experiences of caregivers
… February 2022, contaminated formula at an Abbott Nutrition plant in Michigan catalyzed a shortage, which created hardships for families and exposed infant formula and breastfeeding policy gaps. The purpose of this research was to explore federal-level US infant feeding policy changes to assess …
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Implementing food pantry nutrition policies: Perspectives from the field
… made from state and federal levels to focus on nutrition security, rather than only food security, by increasing the percentage of nutrient dense foods being distributed through food pantries. These efforts are in the form of nutrition policies to establish uniform dietary guidelines, nutrition …
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History and Analysis of Food Guides in the United States
… research, and review papers from the fields of nutrition science and education, dietetics, and health science provided primary sources of information for the history. A literature search of Federal legislation and supportive articles in the field of economics and social sciences provided primary …
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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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Adopting Plant-rich Dietary Patterns and Reducing Red and Processed Meat Intake: Examining How Diverse U.S. Food and Health Systems Actors May Support Sustainable Diet Transitions for American Adults
… (5.7%), social marketing (4.6%), and public policy (4.6%). Civil society campaigns promoted plant-rich dietary patterns, but only one campaign was evaluated. U.S. government, academia, businesses, and civil society should commit adequate resources and evaluate media campaigns to support a …
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School Policy, Food and Physical Activity Environment, and Childhood Obesity
… (BMI) and to simulate the effect of school-based nutrition and physical activity policies on childhood obesity prevention. Four models based on the Social Ecological Framework of childhood obesity were developed. Parameters of these models were calibrated and validated with empirical data derived …