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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"obesogenic"”.
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Measuring the obesogenic environment of childhood obesity
… well as rising dramatically health care costs. Obesogenic environments are one of the explanations for the rising prevalence. Accordingly this thesis investigates the obesogenic environment factors, as well as obesogenic behaviour factors, associated with the increased prevalence of childhood …
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Obesogenic Environment and Prostate Cancer Prognosis in Chicago, IL
… environments promoting obesity—referred to as obesogenic environments—may influence prostate cancer progression and mortality at the population level. While prior population-based studies have primarily examined the role of neighborhood socioeconomic status and access to care in prostate cancer …
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Exploring the obesogenic environment: understanding the health impact of contemporary living.
… arises from individuals' interactions with the obesogenic environment, different behaviours/dispositions and biological factors. In order to develop better intervention strategies to attenuate obesity prevalence, this research applied an ontological approach to investigating some of the factors …
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Adult behaviour and cerebral cell densities after maternal or post-weaning consumption of an obesogenic diet in mice
… after maternal or post-weaning consumption of an obesogenic diet in mice Emily Jane Mort Maternal obesity during pregnancy impairs cardiometabolic health of the adult offspring in experimental animals, and is associated with behavioural and cognitive impairments in human populations including …
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Factors associated with obesity in South African mothers and their pre-adolescent daughters : a cross-cultural validation and comparison study
… development of obesity, therefore are called “obesogenic” (Swinburn et al., 2005; Egger and Swinburn, 1997). In South Africa, these “obesogenic” factors have been only partially explored, and as such, there are gaps in our knowledge. We are also not certain of the extent to which the language, …
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Role of Methyl Group Vitamins in Hypothalamic Development of Food Intake Regulation in Wistar Rats
… and pup diets modify expression of the obesogenic phenotypes in the offspring through their effects on hypothalamic feeding pathways regulating food intake was tested by four studies. In studies 1 and 2, dams were fed the AIN-93G diet with recommended vitamin (RV), HV, high methyl …
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Information provision, informational value, and relational support: assessing perceptions of pediatric family-centered communication as predictors of weight-related outcomes in preschool children
… times to address weight-related problems and obesogenic behavioral patterns at both the family and individual levels (Tyler & Horner, 2008). Parents of 24-48 month olds completed two surveys one year apart, (n=291 in the longitudinal sample). Children were weighed and measured at both time …
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Urban informality and food environments: Obesogenicity, business operations, and governance in Cape Town’s informal food retail sector
… It also considers how these factors shape the obesogenicity of urban food environments, particularly through their influence on dietary behaviours and practices that increase the risk of overweight and obesity. To investigate these dynamics, the study uses Cape Town, South Africa, as a case …
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Investigating the Effects of Sodium Benzoate on Fat Deposition, Pharyngeal Pumping, and Related Genetic Mechanisms in Caenorhabditis elegans
… chemical but not of its potential of being an obesogenic chemical. With obesity rates on the rise, more research is needed to assess whether sodium benzoate can be classified as a chemical obesogen. Here C. elegans were exposed to different sodium benzoate levels of 0.05%, 0.1%, and 0.5% to …
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Exploring the impact of maternal obesity on offspring renal morphology and later life health
… to maternal obesity are likely to encounter an obesogenic environment in later life. A third aim of this thesis was therefore to determine the effect of maternal obesity in combination with a post-weaning obesogenic diet on offspring kidney health. To address this aim, offspring either exposed …
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Family Structure and Child Malnutrition in China: Three Essays
… the Ecological System framework that access to obesogenic environment is much more important than willpower based on knowledge in shaping one's obesity-related risk behavior. Although the fertility level has been lowered by One Child Policy, resource dilution effect still affects girls' …
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The Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding on Early Phases of Liver and Colon Carcinogenesis
… carcinogenesis, especially in the context of obesogenic dietary conditions. In our study, we utilized established experimental systems to induce carcinogenesis in male and female rats. For liver carcinogenesis, diethyl nitrosamine (DENA) was administered as a single dose to initiate tumor …
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Three essays examining social vulnerability and place-based determinants of health
… essay examines how accumulated exposures to obesogenic neighbourhood environments affect children and mothers’ BMI, and how socioeconomic status might modify such neighbourhood effects. Drawing from a mother-child birth cohort study based in Singapore, this study found that socioeconomic …
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Dissecting NAMPT Signaling Pathways in Beige Adipocyte Development, Impairment and Maintenance
… NAMPT across aging, obesity, and thermoneutral obesogenic stress. In aging, NAMPT expression declines in smooth muscle actin (SMA)(^+) adipose progenitor cells (APCs) alongside increased endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and impaired cold-induced beige adipogenesis in inguinal white adipose …
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MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF APPETITE AND ENERGY BALANCE
… activity may predispose individuals to obesogenic behaviours. We sought to address this by deleting active zone protein, ELKS1 and ELKS2, through Nkx2.1-cre-loxP recombination. Nkx2.1 is a developmental progenitor of hypothalamic nuclei; while the loss of ELKS proteins has been shown to …
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An ethnographic analysis of the family dynamics of the obese adolescent
… the family and the existence of a dysfunctional obesogenic family system which negatively influenced the obese adolescent. Suggestions for further study included empirical research into the findings of this study and the development of an instrument that would empirically measure the dynamics of …
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The Impact of the Environment for Shaping Food Intake. Does it Contribute to Obesity?
America is fast becoming an obesogenic society, defined by environments that promote increased intake of energy-rich foods and physical inactivity from sedentary lifestyles. This energy imbalance has led to a skyrocketing rate of obesity. An energy imbalance, resulting from excessive food intake …
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Can We Be Trained to Eat Healthy? The Effects of an Attentional Bias Modification Program on Eating Behavior
… that targets an individual’s response to the obesogenic environment. This dissertation addressed the limitations of previous ABM studies in that it examined differential effects of the program on attention to food cues and eating behavior among individuals with varying body mass indices (i.e., …
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Healthy Eating Opportunities and Choices for University Faculty
College food environments can be obesogenic settings due to the availability of fast food restaurants and buffet style cafeteria’s accessible to the university community. These environments often foster eating behaviors that can contribute to rising obesity rates in the United States. The aim of …
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Development and initial validation of the family eating and activity questionnnaire
… measuring health promoting family behaviors, obesogenic behaviors, mealtime routines, and family physical activity habits. Higher parent ratings on the FEAQ were shown to predict a decreased likelihood of their child being classified as overweight or obese. The FEAQ also demonstrated adequate …
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