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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"portion size"”.
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The roles of seasoning and larger portion size on consumer behaviors toward vegetables
… the effectiveness of seasoning and increased portion sizes on vegetable consumption in a US adult population. Methods: An observational study was conducted for two 8-week periods at a university café. Two vegetables were offered each period: green beans/broccoli (2017) and carrots/cauliflower …
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Pre-harvest and postmortem methods of decreasing the incidence and salvaging value of non-conforming beef carcasses
… condition, identify relationships between the portion size of individual muscles in the beef carcass and the carcass ribeye area, and finally to investigate the effects of dietary magnesium (Mg) supplementation on the quality characteristics of beef cattle subjected to stress-inducing …
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Exploration of physiological, psychological, and behavioral outcomes after exposure to weight stigma in healthcare
… consists of three studies. Study 1 validates the Portion Size Selection Task as a proxy measure for actual food intake. Study 2 is a pilot study that uses a sample of college students to explore the impact of stigmatizing content in medical settings compared to neutral and Health At Every …
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High Accuracy Mobile 3D Scanning Using Structured Laser Beam Patterning
… dietary intake, and, more specifically, portion size. Dietary assessment plays an increasingly significant role in modern medical research. While inadequate diets can increase the risk of diabetes, obesity, and cancer. It is essential to design accurate, cost-effective tools that measure …
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The Formative Evaluation of an Educational Tool to Help Curb Children's Intake of Sugary Beverages
… beverages has doubled and the average portion size has increased by 46% (Rader, 2014). The impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on a child's health could be detrimental; identifying cost-effective methods to reduce to reduce their intake is an active area of research (Boles et al., …
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Measuring Food Volume and Nutritional Values from Food Images
… the images to detect the type of food and portion size, then uses the information to estimate the number of calories in the food. The estimation and calculation of the food volume and amount of calories in the image is an essential step in our system. Via special approaches, the FRS can …
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Eating-out: A Study of the Nutritional Quality of Canadian Chain Restaurant Foods and Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating
… each restaurant and food category; furthermore, portion size, as opposed to calorie density, was the most important driver of this variation. Sodium levels in menu items often exceed daily recommendations and despite reported efforts by the restaurant sector to improve, as of 2013, reductions …
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Healthy Eating Information and Food Choices
… that provided healthy eating information such as portion size and food calories. In contrast, participants in the control condition watched a ten-minute video clip that delivered non-food related information about solar energy. Participants were asked to rate 60 food items based on food …
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The Effects of Physical Activity and Nutrient Intake on the Risk of Hip Fracture : Results From The Adventist Health Study-2
… of physical activity and frequency and portion size of food intake at enrollment into the study (2002-2007). The “Bi-Annual Hospitalization History” questionnaire which included a question about hip fractures due to minor trauma/falls was sent to subjects approximately two years after …
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Influence of Caloric Distribution on Weight Loss
… exchange system was followed to determine the portion size. A visual estimation of the amount of each serving of food left on the tray was made by the licensed vocational nurse in charge of the patient and recorded following each meal. This provided an accurate count of the actual caloric …
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Chefs' Perceptions of Zero Waste Cooking in Restaurants
… ingredients, back-of-house training, portion size control, donating, and composting. Training was an important aspect in successfully implementing food waste, with chefs stating that chefs must be passionate about reducing food waste for the process to be successful. Cooperation and …
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Uptake and depuration of cyanotoxins in the common blue mussel Mytilus edulis.
… trials ( < 1 - 2.6%). Consumption of a typical portion size (twentty mussels) would result in ingestion of cyanotoxins at levels significantly higher than the WHO recommended tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 2.4 μg NOD and/or MCs for a 60 kg adult. This value was exceeded not only during the …
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Nutrition Composition of Snacks Offered to Young Recreational Soccer Players
… beverages. The checklist included brand name, size of food item/beverage, and number of children (by gender) for each team observed. Undergraduate and graduate nutrition students were trained as observers to assess snacks that were offered, specifically visual item identification and portion …
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The Effects of Ready Meal Consumption on Self- reported Appetite Ratings and Subsequent Food Intake in Females
… Study Two aimed to explore the effects of fixed portion size (differing in calories and fat, with similar protein) ready meals on appetite and subsequent energy and macronutrient intake. The ready meals (Control = Sainsbury’s, Test = Slimming World) differed in energy density and macronutrient …
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Exploring the Patient Experience of Changes in Appetite and Diet with Incretin Analogue Therapy
Incretin analogue therapies are a valuable recent treatment option for type 2 diabetes (T2D) as they can improve blood glucose control and aid weight loss. The way in which an individual recognises and responds to changes in satiety signals induced by these treatments may explain why individual …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… food on credit, 36.9% relied on limiting portion size at mealtimes, 31.2% depended on reduction of the number of meals eaten in a day, 25.6% coped by using restriction of consumption of adults for small children to eat, and 17.3% rely on borrowing food from a friend or relative. Farmers …
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Novel Texture-based Probabilistic Object Recognition and Tracking Techniques for Food Intake Analysis and Traffic Monitoring
<p>More complex image understanding algorithms are increasingly practical in a host of emerging applications. Object tracking has value in surveillance and data farming; and object recognition has applications in surveillance, data management, and industrial automation. In this work we introduce an …