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Essays on health economics : trans fat policies, commuting, physical activity, and body mass index in the US
… Specifically, it examines health effects of trans fat reduction policies, the relationship between commuting and body mass index (BMI), and commuting and physical activity tradeoffs among individuals with differing levels of BMI. Chapter 2 examines the effects on individual-level measures of …
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Evaluation of high intensity ultrasound on plant based lipid blends, containing health-promoting lipids, as an alternative to hydrogenation for plastic fat development
Trans fats are associated with increased risk for certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity. While any food containing less than 0.5g of trans fat per serving can be labeled as containing zero grams of trans fat, the reality is that foods containing partially …
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The Effect of Different Dietary Fats on The Lipid Composition of Swine Cardiac Plasma Membrane
… was to see if diets containing different fats would change the lipid composition of swine cardiac sarcolemma. Eighteen adult finishing swine were fed three different diets for two months; the diets contained either 1% corn oil (basal diet), 10% corn oil (corn oil diet), or 1% corn oil plus …
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The effects of high-intensity ultrasound of rice bran wax oleogel preparation and its effects on flaky pastry application
Trans-fats are associated with increased risk of various health outcomes including certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. As a result, public outcry and political changes led to FDA regulatory changes to remove all partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which …
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The effects of Low α-Linolenic fatty acid Soybean Oil and Mid Oleic acid Soybean Oil on the growth of Her-2/neu and Fatty acid synthase over-expressing human breast cancer (SK-Br3) cells
… Some of the modified SOs contain altered fatty acid (FA) composition by selective breeding methods. Currently, low α- linolenic acid soybean oil (LLSO) and low α- linolenic acid and mid oleic acid soybean oil (LLMOSO) are available FA modified SOs in the market. The consumption of FA …
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How Diet Influences Breast Cancer Risk: Analysis of Tissue Fat, Nutrients, and a Dietary Pattern among High-Risk Women
… risk of breast cancer development. The fatty acid composition of several lipid compartments of their blood and breast tissue was analyzed by gas chromatography. Their nutrient and food consumption was estimated using the National Cancer Institute's food frequency questionnaire. The …
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Nutritional Comparison of Packed and School Lunches for Elementary Children
… of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the level of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat; and meet the nutritional needs of school children within their calorie requirements. About 60% of elementary children participate in the NSLP …
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Does Adoption of the Healthy Eating Standards Impact Snack Quality in Local After-School Programs?
… also being met pre-policy: serving foods without trans-fats, serving no sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), limiting fruit juice to one 8 oz. serving, and avoiding artificially sweetened beverages. By post-policy data collection, policy-adoption sites were not meeting five of the nine adopted …
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Exploring the complex policy formulation process of the draft Control of Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages Bill in South Africa
… tobacco, asbestos, pollution, and foods, such as trans-fat, salt and sugar. These lifestyle diseases are aptly referred to as 'industrial epidemic', since industries profit from the public's continued consumption of such products. Of these 'industrial epidemics', alcohol is a major contributor to …
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Formation and characterization of zein-based oleogels
… of liquid oils becomes the solution to exclude trans fat in the final products. One of the common oleogelation approaches to fabricate solid-like oil is using oleogelators to form stable network which can immobilize the oil phase and further construct into an oleogel system. Among various type …