The purpose of this study was (1) to determine some of the problems in family food management of young home-makers and (2) to make recommendations for more effective teaching of food management to students living in the home management residence of the School of Economics. With the use of schedules especially prepared for this study,information relating to food management was collected from a group of 80 young homemakers whose husbands were students at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute during the 1961-62 academic year / Master of Science

Food guides have been used for many years to aid individuals in food selection. This investigation was conducted in order to assess the compliance of college students with the National Cancer Institute's "Five A Day" recommendation. Three-day average consumption levels of antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene and the average number of servings of fruits and vegetables consumed were determined for 217 college students (95 males and 122 females) enrolled in an introductory nutrition class. Nutritional analysis was carried out using the Nutritionist IV software package. Descriptive statistics of the data included means and ranges. Results indicated that 82% of the students obtained 70% of the RDA for vitamin C and 85% obtained 70% of the RDA for vitamin E; 29% obtained 70% of the level of beta carotene recommended to reduce the risk of developing cancer. College students obtained adequate amounts of vitamin C but inadequate amounts of vitamin E and beta carotene recommended to reduce the risk of developing certain cancers. Males obtained higher levels of vitamin C and E, while females obtained a higher level of beta carotene. Thirty-four percent of the students consumed at least two servings of fruits daily and 26% consumed at least three servings of vegetables daily. A total of 26% of the students obtained the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables. Males consumed a slightly greater number of fruits and vegetables compared to females. Consumption of at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, in any combination, provided levels of vitamin C and beta carotene recommended to reduce the risk of developing cancer (52) but a marginal level of vitamin E (contained primarily in foods other than fruits and vegetables). Because cancer is one of the most common causes of death in the United States and because its risk can be reduced by appropriate diet, produce consumption should be encouraged. The Five A Day program has been developed to do this. Unfortunately, this program has reached only a small sector of the public. Therefore, health practitioners as well as individuals involved in the food industry must concentrate their efforts in educating the public to make wise food choices. / Master of Science

The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of crude fiber in the diet and the laxation rate of college women consuming self-selected diets.

The object of this study is to determine the effect, if any, of the copper and iron intake upon the hemoglobin levels of student nurses on self-chosen diets.

Pomona College is an institution deeply committed to sustainability and student well being; however these commitments are not reflected in the College’s food purchases. Before this study, an assessment of purchasing had not been conducted at Pomona College. Using the Real Food Calculator – a metric designed to evaluate food purchasing at academic institutions – I tracked all food purchased by one of the College’s dining halls over the course of one month. Each food item was assessed based on the potential health concerns of its ingredients and whether the item was locally produced, ecologically sound and/or humane to determine whether it should be considered Real. The assessment metric also lists ingredients with potential health concerns (including trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, and others), which if present in the food item mean it cannot be considered Real. Of the over $150,000 worth of food purchases made during the study, 8.9% qualified as Real Food. Each food that qualified as Real Food met the standards for at least one of the attributes (local, ecologically sound, or humane). A total of 2.1% of all food purchases qualified for two attributes. Of the foods assessed, over one third contained ingredients considered harmful to human health. If Pomona is serious about its commitments to sustainability and student well being, it is time to include food purchasing in these discussions. The study concludes with a series of recommendations to improve food purchasing at Pomona College.

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Technology: Nursing, Durban University of Technology, 2014. / South Africa has a high prevalence of obesity, and many people live with diseases where dietary adaptations are part of the management of the disease. Nurses are important in the facilitation of people obtaining dietary advice. While nutrition education is part of the nursing curriculum, student nurses’ knowledge of nutrition was not known, nor was their dietary intake and nutritional health status. The purpose of the study was to assess the nutrition knowledge of students at a nursing college, and to assess their dietary diversity. A quantitative study was used, with random sampling chosen for selection of campuses and convenience sampling for student group selection. Students of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing were invited to complete a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire. A Food Frequency Questionnaire was completed to assess dietary diversity, and respondents’ anthropometric measurements were recorded to assess Body Mass Index and Waist to Height Ratio. The results showed that a significant percentage of student nurses were overweight or obese. While students had a satisfactory knowledge of dietary recommendations and sources of different nutrients, their ability to make correct food choices, as well as their knowledge of diet-disease relationships was poor. They displayed good dietary diversity in their food intake. There were no statistically significant correlations between the students’ Body Mass Index and their knowledge, which assumes that the individual’s knowledge of nutrition does not directly influence their own food intake. It is recommended that aspects of the content in the nutrition curriculum be emphasised during the training of nurses in order to increase nutrition awareness in areas where knowledge was found to be lacking.

Darbo tikslas: Įvertinti Kauno Technologijos Universiteto pirmo ir antro kurso studentų mitybos įpročius bei žinias apie sveikos mitybos principus. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti studentų mitybos įpročius. 2. Įvertinti studentų žinias apie sveikos mitybos principus. Tyrimo metodai: anoniminės anketinės apklausos pagalba buvo siekiama išsiaiškinti studentų žinias apie sveiką mitybą, maitinimos ypročius bei rėžimą, fizinį aktyvumą.Tyrime dalyvavo Kauno technologijos universiteto pirmo ir antro kursų 310 studentų, pasirinktų atsitiktine tvarka. Rezultatai: Studentų mityba nėra sveika. Kad mityba yra sveika – pažymėjo 2,58 proc. iš visų apklaustųjų. Studentų tarpe yra populiarus greitas maistas. Dažniausiai studentai nurodė, jog sveikai maitintis jiems trukdo laiko stoka. Apklausti studentai maitinasi nereguliariai, 18,39 proc. nesilaikė mitybos režimo. Taip pat skyrėsi valgymų skaičius ir paskutinio valgymo laikas. Tik 12,3 proc. studentų (vyrų 24,0 proc. ir moterų 4,3 proc.) valgo 5 ir daugiau kartų per dieną. Tris – keturis kartus dienoje valgo 66,4 proc. apklaustų vaikinų ir 74,1 proc. merginų. Vaikinai paskutinį kartą dienoje linkę valgyti vėliau nei merginos, nepriklausomai nuo jų gyvenamosios vietos. Vaikinai gyvenantis su tėvais, nuomojame bute ar bendrabutyje dažniau nei merginos valgo vėliau nei 20 val., merginos paskutinų kartą dienoje valgo iki 20 val. Nustačius ryšį tarp paskutinio valgymo dienoje ir kūno masės indeksą, matome, jog studentai priskirti II – ai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study is to investigate peculiarities of Kaunas University of Technology students’ nutrition. Objectives: 1. Investigate peculiarities of students’ nutrition. 2. Investigate students’ news about nutrition. Methods. An anonymous survey using a specially designed questionnaire was carried out on 310 first – second - year students of the Kaunas University of Technology. The questionnaire was used for investigation of peculiarities of students’ nutrition, healthy nutrition knowledge, and physical activity. Results. The nutrition of students is irregular; differ in time and number of meals. Only 12,3 percent (males 24,0 percent and females 4,3 percent) eats 5 and more times per day. Three – four times per day are eating 66,4 percent males and 74,1 percent females. Students stated that they don‘t have time for healthy nutrition. Males are eating later last time per day than females. Mostly females last time per day eats till 8 p.m. and males after 8 p.m. It doesn‘t related to their living place. There was established coherence between last time eating per day and body mass index (BMI), students who are at the second group by BMI (BMI-18,5-24,9) last time per day are eating till 6 p.m. Students who have overweight are eating last time per day after 8 p. m. Students consumed insufficient amounts of bread, potatoes, cereals, and other products that constitute the basis of the pyramid of healthy nutrition. The largest part of vegetable oil using first group students by BMI... [to full text]

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Technology: Nursing, Durban University of Technology, 2014. / South Africa has a high prevalence of obesity, and many people live with diseases where dietary adaptations are part of the management of the disease. Nurses are important in the facilitation of people obtaining dietary advice. While nutrition education is part of the nursing curriculum, student nurses’ knowledge of nutrition was not known, nor was their dietary intake and nutritional health status. The purpose of the study was to assess the nutrition knowledge of students at a nursing college, and to assess their dietary diversity. A quantitative study was used, with random sampling chosen for selection of campuses and convenience sampling for student group selection. Students of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing were invited to complete a General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire. A Food Frequency Questionnaire was completed to assess dietary diversity, and respondents’ anthropometric measurements were recorded to assess Body Mass Index and Waist to Height Ratio. The results showed that a significant percentage of student nurses were overweight or obese. While students had a satisfactory knowledge of dietary recommendations and sources of different nutrients, their ability to make correct food choices, as well as their knowledge of diet-disease relationships was poor. They displayed good dietary diversity in their food intake. There were no statistically significant correlations between the students’ Body Mass Index and their knowledge, which assumes that the individual’s knowledge of nutrition does not directly influence their own food intake. It is recommended that aspects of the content in the nutrition curriculum be emphasised during the training of nurses in order to increase nutrition awareness in areas where knowledge was found to be lacking. / M

Keung Mei Wan. / Thesis submitted in: October 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-117). / Abstract and questionnaire in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / List of Tables --- p.ix / List of Figures --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter one: --- Introduction and reviews of literature --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Nutrition and Health --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Eating behaviours of Hong Kong adolescents --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- School-based Nutrition Education --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Nutrition education in Hong Kong --- p.6 / Chapter 1.6 --- Health behaviour theories/ models --- p.9 / Chapter 1.7 --- Lessons learned from other interventions --- p.11 / Chapter 1.8 --- Brainstorming the idea of a school-based model to promote healthy eating in secondary school --- p.16 / Chapter 1.9 --- Objectives and hypothesis of the study --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter two: --- Methodology --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1 --- Study design --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Target participants --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Sample selection and recruitment --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Matched control --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- Study Framework and variables --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Independent variable --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Demographic variables --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Dependent variables --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Intervention 226}0ؤ""Health Concerning Club"" programme" --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Design --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Implementation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Other characteristics of the intervention --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Management of the Control Group --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4 --- Impact evaluation --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Development of the questionnaire item pool --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Pilot testing of the preliminary questionnaire --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4.2.1 --- Item difficulty of the knowledge section --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4.2.2 --- Item discrimination of the knowledge and attitude section --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4.2.3 --- Internal consistency --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.2.4 --- Face validity --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Evaluation of reliability of the final questionnaire --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.3.1 --- Subjects and methods --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4.3.2 --- Demographic result --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4.3.3 --- Internal reliability --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4.3.4 --- Test-retest reliability --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.36 / Chapter 2.5 --- Process Evaluation --- p.37 / Chapter 2.6 --- Survey Ethics Approval --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter three: --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1 --- Demographic data of the participants --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2 --- Baseline status and group comparisons --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Nutrition Knowledge at baseline --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Attitude score and group at baseline --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Dietary behaviours at baseline --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3 --- Changes from baseline to follow-up --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Nutrition knowledge changes --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Overall attitude changes towards healthy eating --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Sub-attitude changes --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Dietary behavioural changes --- p.52 / Chapter 3.3.4.1 --- "Having breakfast, buying food from street food vendor and fast-food shop" --- p.52 / Chapter 3.3.4.2 --- Snacking habits --- p.52 / Chapter 3.3.4.3 --- Consumption of fruits and vegetables --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3.4.4 --- """Healthy"" beverage choices" --- p.54 / Chapter 3.3.4.5 --- Carbohydrate-rich food's consumption --- p.55 / Chapter 3.3.4.6 --- Meat and protein consumption --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4 --- Follow-up status and group comparisons --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Nutrition Knowledge at follow-up --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Attitude score between groups at follow-up --- p.59 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Dietary behaviours at follow-up --- p.63 / Chapter 3.5 --- Results of Process Evaluation --- p.69 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Design Level: What actually occurred at the design level of the intervention? --- p.69 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Design Level: What was the opinion of the members about the intervention? --- p.70 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- "Output level: Which health activities were organised, how often, how many people participated?" --- p.71 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- "Output level: What was the level of satisfaction of the members with the activities, and what were the effects of the activities?" --- p.73 / Chapter 3.5.5 --- Output level: What else happened after the intervention? --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter four: --- Discussion --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1 --- Interpretation of results --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Nutrition knowledge --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Attitude towards healthy eating --- p.79 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Dietary behaviours --- p.83 / Chapter 4.2 --- Review on the process and management of the Health Concerning Club --- p.89 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Content design --- p.89 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Appropriate venue and facilities utilisation --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Proper instruction and leading --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Utilising students' talents --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Attendance and interest of participation --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Source of expense --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Harmonious relationship of members --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.8 --- Sense of belonging to the club --- p.94 / Chapter 4.2.9 --- Rules and activity records keeping --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3 --- Further implication of the study: from the Health Concerning Club to a whole-school approach --- p.96 / Chapter 4.4 --- Limitations of the study --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Volunteer bias --- p.99 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Unable to match same case --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Dietary assessment tool --- p.101 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Attitude and Knowledge sections of the questionnaire --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5 --- Further research --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter five: --- Conclusions --- p.105 / References --- p.108 / Appendix A: Preliminary report on the survey on Promotion of Healthy Eating in Hong Kong --- p.118 / Appendix B: Workshop plan --- p.120 / "Appendix C: Sample of newsletter ""Town of Health"" (black and white in A4size)" --- p.133 / Appendix D: The Questionnaire used in the study at baseline and follow-up --- p.137 / Appendix E: Translation of the questionnaire used in the study at baseline and follow-up --- p.145 / Appendix F: Results of pilot test 1 and 2 of the questionnaire --- p.153 / Appendix G: Letter of survey ethics approval --- p.157 / Appendix H: Qualitative progress report sample --- p.158 / Appendix J: Knowledge and Attitude scores and Dietary behaviours of Intervention Group and Control Group at baseline --- p.160

by Wu Yee Man. / Questionnaires in Chinese and English. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-141). / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Table of contents --- p.iv / List of figures --- p.viii / List of tables --- p.ix / List of abbreviations --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Background and strategy development --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Conceptual framework of food consumption behaviour --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- What we know about the diet and health of Hong Kong adolescents --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Community care and nutrition education in Hong Kong --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Lessons from nutrition education research and programmes in other nations --- p.18 / Chapter 2.5 --- Conclusion --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- Subject selection --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Theoretical approach and study design --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3 --- Baseline survey --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Focus groups --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Survey instrument --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- J Survey implementation: school selection and data collection --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4 --- Intervention programme --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Intervention design --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Intervention activities and their characteristics --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Activities and schedule --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4.2.2 --- Key characteristics --- p.34 / Chapter 3.5 --- Evaluation survey --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6 --- Data management and analysis methods --- p.37 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Focus groups --- p.37 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Baseline survey --- p.37 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- Intervention programme process evaluation --- p.38 / Chapter 3.6.4 --- Evaluation surveys --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Focus groups --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- General results --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Eating and drinking patterns --- p.42 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Food knowledge and health awareness --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Food and nutrition promotion in school --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Miscellaneous results --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2 --- Baseline survey --- p.51 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- General subject description --- p.51 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Eating and drinking patterns --- p.51 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Food and nutrition knowledge --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Healthy weight maintenance --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Food and nutrition education --- p.67 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Implications --- p.70 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Brief summary --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3 --- Intervention programme process evaluation --- p.73 / Chapter 4.4 --- Student outcome evaluation --- p.76 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- General subject description --- p.76 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Changes in eating and other health-related habits --- p.77 / Chapter 4.4.2.1 --- Breakfast habits --- p.77 / Chapter 4.4.2.2 --- Lunch habits --- p.81 / Chapter 4.4.2.3 --- Dinner habits --- p.87 / Chapter 4.4.2.4 --- Snack habits --- p.87 / Chapter 4.4.2.5 --- Other health-related habits --- p.90 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Changes in food and nutrition knowledge --- p.93 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Changes in food and nutrition attitude --- p.97 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Education group student evaluation of the intervention programme --- p.102 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- Brief summary of student evaluation survey --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5 --- Intervention programme evaluation by the school principals and teachers --- p.110 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Discussion --- p.114 / Chapter Chapter Six --- Conclusions --- p.132 / References --- p.135 / Appendices / Chapter A --- Focus group discussion question guides --- p.A1 / Chapter B --- Baseline questionnaire --- p.A7 / Chapter C --- Weekly programme evaluation forms / School 1 --- p.A33 / School 2 --- p.A43 / Chapter D --- Intervention activity schedules / School 1 --- p.A53 / School 2 --- p.A63 / Chapter E --- Materials for intervention programme activities / Chapter (1) --- Body weight measurement & evaluation --- p.A73 / Chapter (2) --- Demonstration of BMI calculation --- p.A79 / Chapter (3) --- 'Fitness & health' self assessment test --- p.A85 / Chapter (4) --- 'Healthy eating' self assessment test --- p.A89 / Chapter (5) --- Tongue Twister --- p.A93 / Chapter (6) --- "Cross-word puzzles (junior, intermediate & senior levels)" --- p.A94 / Chapter (7) --- Story telling quiz --- p.A97 / Chapter (8) --- Lunch time games --- p.A99 / Chapter (9) --- Healthy foods in the school tuck shop --- p.A100 / Chapter (10) --- Short drama --- p.A101 / Chapter (11) --- Dr. Fit mailbox --- p.A102 / Chapter (12) --- Talk by a dietitian --- p.A112 / Chapter (13) --- "Inter-class nutrition quiz (junior, intermediate & senior levels)" --- p.A113 / Chapter (14) --- Inter-class bulletin board design contest --- p.A134 / Chapter (15) --- Leaflets --- p.A138 / Chapter (16) --- Pamphlet --- p.A141 / Chapter (17) --- Bulletin board exhibition --- p.A144 / Chapter (18) --- Magnet --- p.A145 / Chapter F --- Evaluation questionnaire (additional section) for students --- p.A146 / Chapter G --- Evaluation questionnaire for school principals and teachers / School 1 --- p.A151 / School 2 --- p.A155 / Chapter H --- Baseline survey result data from students --- p.A159 / Chapter I --- Evaluation survey result data from students --- p.A190 / Chapter J --- Evaluation survey result data from school principals and teachers --- p.A251