Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, page: 2087. Adviser: Deanna M. Hoelscher. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether parents of children who attend childcare centers have different attitudes and behaviors toward shaping their child's eating habits than parents of children who stay at home, and whether these attitudes and behaviors affect their child's dietary intake and weight. Fifty parents of 3- to 5-year-old children who attended childcare centers and fifty parents of 3- to 5-year-old children who stayed at home in Central Texas participated in the study. Parents completed questionnaires designed to measure the factors they considered when choosing food for their child, and their perceived influence on, satisfaction with, responsibility for, and control over their child's eating habits. After receiving training and measuring utensils, parents completed 3-day dietary records for their child. A researcher recorded the children's food intake when they were at the childcare center. Children's height and weight were measured, and body mass index was plotted on the CDC BMIfor- age growth charts (2000). Twelve percent of childcare children were obese compared to 2 percent of stay-at-home children (p<0.05). Children in childcare consumed more energy, vegetables, fat, saturated fat, and sweetened beverages than stay-at-home children (p<0.05), mostly due to consumption at the center. Both groups met requirements for all food groups and nutrients except grains, vegetables, and vitamin E. Their diets were too high in fat, contributing 32 percent of total energy. There was no evidence that parents of children in childcare felt less responsible for, less influential on, more satisfied with, or exerted less control over their child's diet than stay-at-home parents. Parents of childcare children believed that they and the childcare center shared responsibility for their child's nutrition. They felt that time was a more important factor in choosing food for their child than did stay-at-home parents. Parents who perceived lack of time to be an obstacle had children who consumed less energy, iron, and fat during the evening hours. Parents of overweight children felt more influential on and were more satisfied with their child's diets than parents of normal weight children. No other parental attitudes were predictive of children's food intake or weight status. / text

The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of computer consumption among boys in ninth grade, and to see if there were any differences with regards to physical activity, sleeping habits, breakfast habits and BMI. The study has cross sectional design with a comparative and a quantitative structure and is based on a former study called “Food &amp; Health 2007”.  The respondents were represented by 181 boys in ninth grade, recruited from ten different schools in the county of Uppsala, who were answering questions about media consumption, breakfast habits, physical activity and sleeping habits. Daily computer consumption was reported up to one hour for 12 % of the respondents, one to three hours for 65 % and over three hours for 42 %. The boys who had a high physical activity level were less frequent in computer consumption while those who had a low physical activity level spent more time by the computer. The boys who were high computer consumers showed either a high or low level of physical activity, while the boys who were low computer consumers were presented mainly by boys with a high activity level. BMI increased in relation to increasing computer consumption and in relation to less prevalence of physical activity. The boys with high computer consumption had a higher BMI than the low consumers and involve a risk of decreased general health. Further studies are required to confirm the results and to find out the causes for the differences, and to give a foundation for further work against overweight, obesity and decreasing level of physical activity among children and adolescents.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Master of Arts in Gastronomy, 2004? / "June 2004" Bibliography: leaves 69-76.

Thesis (B.A.)--New College of the University of South Florida, Division of Social Sciences and the Division of Natural Sciences, January, 2002. / Title from pdf file (viewed Dec. 6, 2004).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1989.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1989.

Introducción: Las enfermedades crónicas se desarrollan por un conjunto de factores de riesgo que en muchos de los casos se pueden prevenir. Entre estos factores destacan el consumo de tabaco y la baja ingesta de frutas y verduras. Métodos: Estudio transversal analítico realizado en una universidad privada de Lima, 2018. La población estudiada comprendió universitarios de 18 a 26 años. Resultados: Se encuestaron 233 estudiantes, de los cuales solo 215 cumplían con las características de la población de interés, 101 (47%) mujeres y 114 (53%) hombres. La media de edad de los encuestados fue de 21.37 años. En los encuestados el 19 % (n=41) nunca ha consumido tabaco, el 16% (n=35) no consumió en el último mes, el 38 % (n=81) son fumadores ocasionales y 27% (n=58) son fumadores diarios. Los estudiantes encuestados que tienen un consumo adecuado de frutas y verduras representan el 7.44% (n=16). Se encontró una asociación entre fumar y el consumo de frutas y verduras (valor p=0,0001), y, al observar la media de consumo de porciones de frutas y verduras por día para cada categoría de hábito de fumar, se vio que, a mayor consumo de tabaco, menor consumo de frutas y verduras. Conclusión: Se encontró una relación entre el hábito de fumar y el consumo de frutas y verduras, pero es importante evidenciar los altos porcentajes de los factores de riesgo de consumo de tabaco y baja ingesta de frutas y verduras en la población estudiada. / Introduction: Chronic diseases are developed by a set of risk factors that in many cases can be prevented. These factors include tobacco consumption and low intake of fruits and vegetables. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study carried out at a private university in Lima, during the first academic semester in 2018. The population studied comprised universitity students from 18 to 26 years old. Results: 233 students were surveyed, of whom only 215 met the characteristics of the population of interest, 101 (47%) women and 114 (53%) men. The mean age of the respondents was 21.37 years. In the respondents, 19% (n = 41) had never used tobacco, 16% (n = 35) had not used in the last month, 38% (n = 81) were occasional smokers and 27% (n = 58) they are daily smokers. The surveyed students who have an adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables represent 7.44% (n = 16). An association was found between smoking and the consumption of fruits and vegetables (p value = 0.0001), and, when observing the average consumption of portions of fruits and vegetables per day for each category of smoking, it was evidenced that, the higher the consumption of tobacco, the lower the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Conclusion: In our study, a relationship was found between smoking and the consumption of fruits and vegetables, but it is important to note the high percentages of risk factors for tobacco use and low intake of fruits and vegetables in the study population. / Trabajo de investigación

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