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Folate Status In Adolescent Girls, Hugh Wyatt Dawson

Masters Theses

This nutrition status survey was conducted at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in conjunction with a southern regional nutrition project operative in ten sites throughout the southeast. The purpose of this study was to assess folate nutriture of the subjects using both biochemical and dietary indicators. The sample group was comprised of 94 adolescent females 14 ± 0.5 years of age, from two race groups (black and white) and two income categories (≤ $1,200/capita/year and ≥ $2,000/capita/year). Fasting blood was collected and analyzed by radio assay methods for both serum and red cell folate concentrations. Two 24-hour dietary recalls were …

Iron Status Of Adolescent Girls, Beverly Jane Thurman

Masters Theses

This nutrition status study was conducted at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in conjunction with the Southern Regional Nutrition Project in existence since 1974 in ten sites throughout the Southeast. The primary purposes of the restudy were to evaluate the iron status of adolescent girls, noting influences of race and income upon their iron status, and to investigate relationships between dietary iron, as well as other dietary nutrients, and iron status.

The study involved 94 girls 14 ± 0.5 years of age from Knoxville and Knox County, representing two races (black and white), and two income categories ($1,200 or less/person/year …

The Development And Evaluation Of A Nutrition Education Program For Kindergarten, Mild, And Moderately Retarded Children At The University Of Tennessee Child Development Center, Virginia Stewart Johnson

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop nutrition education material to be used in teaching normal kindergarten, and elementary educable, and trainable mentally retarded children of the same mental age. This study proposed to show that mentally retarded children can make significant improvement in their knowledge of nutrition when taught using appropriate nutrition education methods and materials. Due to Public Law 94-142, mentally retarded children are being mainstreamed into the regular classrooms where nutrition education programs are being conducted as a result of The Child Nutrition Act. However, little information has been made available concerning methods and guidelines to …