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The objective of this study was to determine Thai women's nutrition awareness of folic acid and its role in the prevention of neural tube defects. Three hundred and two Thai women between 18-45 years completed a 30 itemized survey. There was a significant lack of nutrition awareness of folic acid. Many women (n= 274; 91.9%) had not heard of neural tube defects (NTD) and only 8.1 % (n=24) had heard of spina bifida/NTD. More than 50% (n=176) were unaware of NTD. Only 11.6% of the women (n=35) thought consuming vitamins during pregnancy would reduce the risk of birth defects. More than 80% of the women reported the best time to take folic acid supplement was during pregnancy. Less than 20% of the women indicated taking folic acid supplement before or after pregnancy. In this population, nutrition awareness of folic acid was minimal. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

The aim of this study was to characterize the fat composition of camel milk fat and camel hump fat and thereby assist in the technological development of camel milk and meat based products. The latter is of major interest in parts of Africa where the camel resides in large numbers. A combination of silver-ion and reversed phase HPLC enables the isolation of triglycerides according to their saturation class and carbon number. Subjection of the isolated triglycerides to enzymatic splitting with lipase and subsequent analysis of the free fatty acids generated enables a positional analysis of the main triglyceride components and thus a characterization of the fat. The analytical techniques employed may equally well be applied to other fats or oils to allow their characterization.

Graduation date: 1978

Thesis (M. Consumer Science (General))(Natural and Agricultural Science)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

M.Tech. (Food and Beverage Management) / Calcium is a nutrient of concern for adolescents due to the high Incidence of osteoporosis. The adolescent growth spurt combined with the vulnerability of females to osteoporosis suggests an urgent need to determine calcium requirements. The knowledge and intake of calcium, cereals and legume foods and the causes of osteoporosis amongst adolescent girls In a westernized South African society are yet to be elucidated. The aim of the study was to detennlne the knowledge and intake of calcium, cereals and osteoporosis in white adolescent girls in South Africa. Preliminary and main studies were undertaken on 282 female subjects between the ages of fifteen and seventeen years In sixteen schools. A seven-day weighed record, (WR) and food frequency questionnaires, (FFQ) were applied and anthropometrical data were collected from all participants, while blood samples and bone density measurements were performed on selected Subjects. Results revealed that 54% of the Subjects had calcium intakes below 800 mg per day (1200 mg AI). They were classified as the individuals at risk, while only 34% had adequate intakes of 800 mg/d and more. Results regarding the functions and knowledge of calcium showed that most subjects, (91%), were familiar with the sources of dairy calcium, but few could identify correct sources of non-dairy calcium. Most of the subjects, (58%), thought that calcium could be beneficial to their health and could prevent diseases such as breast cancer and high blood pressure.

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