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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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An exploration of attitudes toward obesity and its association with dietary intake and percent body fat between dietetic and non-dietetic majors

Dubale, Gauri M. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-97)
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Barriers and Motivators to Being a Dietetic Internship Preceptor in Arizona

January 2012 (has links)
abstract: Background: The shortage of available dietetic internship (DI) positions for qualified applicants threatens the future of dietetics. Only about half of all applicants will obtain a slot. Additional internship positions are needed and can be offered only if more practitioners become preceptors. Objective: To examine the perceptions associated with the role of DI preceptor among nutrition and dietetic practitioners and identify barriers and motivators to becoming a DI preceptor in Arizona. Design: An online survey adapted from previous published instruments was administered between July and September 2011 to dietetic and nutrition professionals eligible to precept dietetic interns. Participants: RD, DTR, and school food service professionals on file with Arizona registries were invited to participate in the survey. A total of 675 subjects participated in the study. Statistical analyses performed: Chi-square analysis was used to assess differences between preceptors and non-preceptors for categorical variables. Independent t-tests were used to analyze differences between groups for continuous variables. Results: Respondents included 314 current or former preceptors and 361 non-preceptors with no significant differences in gender, age, or race between groups. Preceptors typically perceived the preceptor role more favorably than non-preceptors. Non-preceptors reported fewer benefits and more disadvantages to being a preceptor. Only 18% of non-preceptors knew how to become a mentor. Conclusions: Motivators for practitioners to become preceptors and continue in the role include personal benefits, dedication to the role and profession, and contributions to the workplace by interns. Barriers to mentoring interns include lack of compensation, increased workload, lack of support, lack of training, lack of resources, intern liability, and lack of knowledge of how to become a preceptor. Results of the study can be used to target barriers and emphasize benefits associated with the preceptor role to encourage participation in the preceptor process to make more internship positions available. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Nutrition 2012
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Patienternas upplevelse av att följa FODMAP : Patients experience of eating according to FODMAP

Törnqvist, Erika January 2018 (has links)
ABSTRACT   Background Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal disease affecting an average of 5-10% of the population. IBS cannot be cured, but proper treatment can alleviate the symptoms. FODMAP diet has proven to be the most effective treatment, which means reducing the intake of foods that the intestine has difficulty to digest. Objective The study aims at investigating IBS patients' experiences of following FODMAP dietary treatment. Method Six individual qualitative interviews were conducted with patients at a clinic in a suburb north of Stockholm. The purpose of the interviews was to get a person's view of their experiences with FODMAP dietary treatment. The interviews were recorded electronically and then verbally transcribed. The transcripts were then analyzed according to Granheim and Lundman's content analysis. Results Individuals who suffer from IBS have various kinds of constraints, their symptoms hindered their everyday lives and their social life, which affected relationships with relatives negatively. Those who did not get enough support from their close relatives experienced loneliness and found the FODMAP treatment more difficult to follow. FODMAP treatment required drastic dietary changes and symptoms were obtained when wrong food was consumed and it made that treatment felted difficult sometimes. Planning and purchasing were experienced as time consuming and complicated. The participants mentioned that they felt a sense of uncertainty for trying new foods, which meant that the diet often became monotonous.Conclusion It was clear that this patient group is in need of support from several different directions. With frequent healthcare contact, patients would gain increased knowledge about their illness. This would contribute to reduced risk of recurrent symptoms and the compliance of treatment would be increased. More support would help patients find tools to simplify their everyday lives. Healthcare professionals could also be able to provide adequate education for relatives, which would increase understanding of the disease and its treatment.
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Folate supplementation and coronary heart disease risk in subjects with type-2 diabetes

Fondren, Casie L. 02 April 2003 (has links)
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) correlated to total homocysteine (tHcy) levels among Hispanics (25.6%) and non-Hispanic whites (74.4%) with type-2 diabetes. The charts of 39 subjects with type-2 diabetes were selected from one physician’s caseload for a convenience sample. This endocrinologist has been supplementing his patients with 1-3 mg of folic acid daily if their tHcy levels were > 13 pmol/L. We found a significant difference (p < .001) between tHcy levels at baseline, follow-up I and follow-up II with a mean total reduction of 4 pmol/L. The results indicated that tHcy levels could be reduced by 1-2 mg folic acid daily in 2-8 months in subjects with type-2 diabetes. The recommendation generated from this study’s findings is that a folic acid supplement be consumed as part of a long-term management regimen for type-2 diabetics.
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Infant feeding practices and growth outcomes of Rastafarian children

Forsythe, Grace Williams 01 December 1987 (has links)
This study was undertaken to determine Rastafarian infancy and childhood feeding practices and to analyze the effects of this vegan diet on the nutrient intake and growth of Rastafarian infants and children. The Rastafarian cult originated in Jamaica, West Indies. Rastafarians have special religious, dietary and social guidelines, including many dietary prohibitions. The daily spiritual ritual includes smoking marijuana. Forty children of immigrant Rastafarians living in Miami were assessed to analyze their vegan diet and its effects on their nutrient intake and growth. All children had been breast-fed for an average of two years in conjunction with the early addition of foods. Bush teas were preferred to soy formulas and were used medicinally. Excluding the three infants, the children were grouped according to age; one to three years old, n=ll; four to six years old, n=16; over six years, n=10. Among all groups, calories, calcium and B12 intakes were below 100% of the RDA. In the two older groups, B12 intake was less than 67% of the RDA and in the oldest group, calories were also less than 67% of the RDA. Z-scores were used to compare anthropometric data obtained at various ages. Although weights, lengths and weight of length were above the means, there was a negative correlation of weight for length with age. Growth percentile categories for weight, weight for length, and triceps skinfold decreased with age. The B12 intake and weight of one to three year olds were correlated (p=.01). Among four to six year olds, there was a correlation between B12 intake and both length (p=.01) and weight for length (p=.04). Among the oldest group, there are a negative correlation between B12 and weight (p=.O4); calories and length (p=.O3); and calories and weight for length (p=.006). Sub-optimal nutrient intakes of B12, calories and calcium in this population are similar to findings in other vegan groups.
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The effect of nutrition education on nutrition knowledge and body composition of Little League cheerleaders

Furtado, Margaret M. 01 January 1990 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to determine if a short-term nutrition education program could significantly improve the nutrition knowledge (as assessed by the .Nutrition Achievement Test (NAT)) and body composition (as measured by the weight-for-length index (WLI) and body mass index (BMI)) of female cheerleaders aged 7 to 13. Nutrition lessons were presented to the experimental group during a two month treatment period. Using a pre-test, post-test, control group design, and performing two-sample t tests on mean differences (post-test minus pre-test) in BMI, WLI and mean percent correct on the Nutrition Achievement Test (NAT), it was discovered that the experimental group (teams A,C; N=34) did not differ significantly from the control group (teams B,D; N=31) with respect to mean differences (post-test minus pre-test) in WLI (p=0.10), and BMI (p=0.49). However, the experimental and control groups differed significantly with respect to mean difference percent correct NAT scores (p=0.042), with the experimental group improving more than the control. Closer examination revealed the older experimental team (C) improved significantly (p=0.0017), while the younger experimental team (A), did not (p=0.64). Neither of the control groups improved significantly. ANCOVA was performed on the post-test percent correct on the NAT, using the pretest as a covariate, for the 15 experimental and 14 control subjects taking NAT Test 4. ANCOVA revealed that the experimental group’s adjusted post-test mean score was higher than the control's (p<.01). These results suggest that nutrition education may result in significant improvements in the nutrition knowledge of adolescent females enrolled in an extra-curricular cheerleading league and/or program.
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Vilka behandlingsmetoder och åtgärder finns för att motverka nedsatt aptit hos äldre människor? : En litteraturstudie med en mindre granskning av Hudiksvalls kommuns verksamhet avseende kost för äldre.

Natander, Cecilia January 2018 (has links)
Investigate how a loss of appetite in the elderly population can be prevented och cocounteracted, based on factors that cause reduced appetite in elderly. Litterature study and a minor review of Hudiksvalls municipalities activities regarding diet for the elderly. Interview with the nutritionist in charge. Physiological changes in combination with patological causes, cause a decrease in appetite. Adaptions according to the elderly persons prerequsitites are required to stimulate appetite and reduce the risk of weight loss.
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Increasing Fluid Intake in Nursing Home Residents by Offering Larger Portions with Medications

Georgian, Martha Elena 01 March 2002 (has links)
The objective of this study was to determine if offering larger portions of fluids with medications, i.e., at “med pass,” would increase fluid intake in nursing home residents. In a Latin square design, thirty-four residents of a 180-bed nursing facility received 4 and 8 oz servings of water and juice during distribution of medication. Fluid remains were weighed after 90 minutes. Larger portions and juice offerings were both found to increase fluid intake. Average fluid intakes increased from 80 to 140 mL when 8 oz servings of fluid were served instead of 4 oz servings (ps <.01). When juice was served in place of water, average intakes increased from 90 to 130 mL (ps <.01). Evaluation of the interaction between portion size and fluid type revealed that juice potentiated the increased intakes seen with 8 oz portions of fluid (ps <.01). Providing larger servings of fluid and offering juice with medications can be effective strategies to increase fluid intake in nursing home residents.
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Impact of nutrition education on knowledge and eating patterns in HIV-infected individuals

Boulos, Patricia 21 November 1990 (has links)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and impaired or threatened nutritional status seem to be closely related. It is now known that AIDS results in many nutritional disorders including anorexia, vomiting, protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), nutrient deficiencies, and gastrointestinal, renal, and hepatic dysfunction (1-7, 8). Reversibly, nutritional status may also have an impact on the development of AIDS among HIV-infected people. Not all individuals who have tested antibody positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have developed AIDS or have even shown clinical symptoms (9, 10). A poor nutritional status, especially PEM, has a depressing effect on immunity which may predispose an individual to infection (11). It has been proposed that a qualitatively or quantitatively deficient diet could be among the factors precipitating the transition from HIV-positive to AIDS (12, 13). The interrelationship between nutrition and AIDS reveals the importance of having a multidisciplinary health care team approach to treatment (11), including having a registered dietitian on the medical team. With regards to alimentation, the main responsibility of a dietitian is to inform the public concerning sound nutritional practices and encourage healthy food habits (14). In individuals with inadequate nutritional behavior, a positive, long-term change has been seen when nutrition education tailored to specific physiological and emotional needs was provided along with psychological support through counseling (14). This has been the case for patients with various illnesses and may also be true in AIDS patients as well. Nutritional education specifically tailored for each AIDS patient could benefit the patient by improving the quality of life and preventing or minimizing weight loss and malnutrition (15-17). Also, it may influence the progression of the disease by delaying the onset of the most severe symptoms and increasing the efficacy of medical treatment (18, 19). Several studies have contributed to a dietary rationale for nutritional intervention in HIV-infected and AIDS patients (2, 4, 20-25). Prospective, randomized clinical research in AIDS patients have not yet been published to support this dietary rationale; however, isolated case reports show its suitability (3). Furthermore, only nutrition intervention as applied by a medical team in an institution or hospital has been evaluated. Research is lacking concerning the evaluation of nutritional education of either non-institutionalized or hospitalized groups of persons who are managing their own food choice and intake. This study compares nutrition knowledge and food intakes in HIV-infected individuals prior to and following nutrition education. It was anticipated that education would increase the knowledge of nutritional care of AIDS patients and lead to better implementation of nutrition education programs.
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A survey of nutrition and aging research in Brazil, Chile and Mexico

Fernandez Gaxiola, Ana Cecilia 27 November 2000 (has links)
Information on nutrition and aging research in Brazil, Chile and Mexico was compiled. The questionnaire was adapted from one published by the United Nations Population Fund. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) provided the initial contact list. A search of online library databases was also done. Databases yielded a total of 149 journal articles, 21 books, 9 dissertations and 17 theses on nutrition and aging published between 1983 and 2000. The information showed that nutrition and aging is an area in the process of policy and program development and that aging is an important public health issue because of the current and projected growth of this population group. In line with the PAHO goal of improving the possibilities for healthy aging, this study may help strengthen the integration of multidisciplinary nutrition and aging research with public health policy.

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