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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"prevention of osteoporosis"”.
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Improving patient outcomes after a suspected osteoporotic fracture: Exploring New Zealand orthopaedic nurses' knowledge of osteoporosis and their perception of their role in the prevention of osteoporosis and in the diagnosis, treatment, and education of patients presenting with a suspected osteoporotic fracture
Osteoporosis is a highly prevalent yet preventable disease. Nurses can play a major role in the prevention of osteoporosis as well as in the preventative treatment of patients who have had a suspected osteoporotic fracture. A literature review revealed internationally that, nurses’ knowledge of …
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Girl Scouts Empower Other Girl Scouts to Consume 3-A-Day™ of Dairy
Osteoporosis affects half of all women over the age of fifty, but can be prevented through proper nutrition and exercise early in life. Few studies have been conducted that document positive gains in knowledge about osteoporosis prevention in young girls and no research has been completed in which …
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College Women's Perceptions of Dairy Foods: A Qualitative Study
… are not consuming the recommended daily servings of dairy foods, and therefore, have inadequate calcium intakes as well. Four focus groups were conducted with a total of 29 college women to explore their perceptions, opinions, thoughts, and feelings about dairy foods. Single, non-Hispanic white …
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The Relationship of Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors in Osteoporosis Prevention of College-Age Women
… calcium intake, associated with the practice of osteoporosis prevention were identified. The study also supported the major tenets of the Health Belief Model in a sample of young college women from a midwestern university, extending the applicability of the model to a disease which causes a …
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Fermentation of vitamin K2 (menaquinone-7): Development of an optimal fermentation process to selectively enhance the production of the biologically significant all-trans isomer
… Dam as an antihaemorrhagic factor capable of correcting dietary-induced bleeding disorders in chicks. The vitamin K family encompasses a series of structurally related compounds, namely vitamin K1 (phylloquinone), vitamin K2 (menaquinones), and vitamin K3 (menadione), which share a common …