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Nutrition Field Observations And Experiences With The Florida State Board Of Health, Bettie Chapman Hawkins

Masters Theses

This report describes and analyzes the observations and experiences of the student during eight weeks of field training with the Division of Nutrition in the Florida State Board of Health. The purpose of the training was to supplement the academic education in public health nutrition at The University of Tennessee and the previous background of the student. The experience was designed to increase her understanding of the function of the Institutional Nutrition Consultant in the total public health program in a state agency.

Through selected readings, conferences, and a planned orientation, data were obtained on the State of Florida; the …

Dietary Supplementation Of Tarhana With Soya Bean Flour And Fish Protein Concentrate, Tahire O.K. Merdol

Masters Theses

Protein malnutrition is a problem in a major portion of the world where good quality protein sources are in short supply and expensive. Extensive studies have been carried out in order to improve the protein quality of certain existing foods which may be more abundant in a given community.

In this study the protein quality of a Turkish soup, tarhana, was determined by measuring its Net Protein Utilization (NPU), Diets containing tarhana were fed to rats at a level which gave 10 percent protein. The effect of supplementing tarhana with either soya bean flour or fish protein concentrate on the …

The Effect Of Avitaminosis E On The Incorporation Of 35S-Sulfate By Rat Tissue Sulfolipids, Brenda Pearl Todd

Masters Theses

The relationship between the sulfation of brain and liver sulfolipids was investigated by comparing the fixation of a test dose of ³⁵S-sulfate by the sulfolipid fractions of brain and liver from rats fed vitamin E-deficient and -sufficient diets. Brain and liver tissue was divided into particulate and soluble fractions and the sulfolipid fraction extracted from each with chloroform-methanol. Following purification of the sulfolipid fractions by dialysis, the radioactivity in each fraction was determined by liquid scintillation.

The data obtained showed a statistically significant decrease in ³⁵S-sulfate uptake by the brain particulate sulfolipid in those animals fed a vitamin …

Nutrition Field Experience With The Division Of Indian Health, Oklahoma City Area, Wanda Lee Dodson

Masters Theses

The topics for investigation were the organization and programs of the Division of Indian Health in the Oklahoma City Area and the role and responsibilities of a public health nutritionist. A field experience of eight weeks was designed for the student to observe and participate in the activities of the Division of Indian Health in the Oklahoma City Area and in the Talihina Service Unit. Data were collected through conferences, interviews, observations, visits, and readings.

The Division of Indian Health in the Oklahoma City Area provides preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services to approximately 73,000 Indians living in the states of …

The Administration And Practice Of Public Health Nutrition In The Arkansas State Department Of Health, Agnes Willoughby Hinton

Masters Theses

This report provides an analysis of the student's experiences during eight weeks of field training with the Nutrition Service of the Arkansas State Department of Health. The purpose of this field experience was to supplement the student's academic training in Public Health Nutrition. The experience was designed to help the student strengthen her philosophy and understanding of public health by introducing her to the following aspects of an official health agency: (1) the practice of public health at the state and local level, (2) the administrative organization of public health nutrition, and (3) the practice of public health nutrition.

The …

Field Experiences With The Division Of Nutrition In The Florida State Board Of Health, Martha Hansard Roach

Masters Theses

This report is based upon observations and experiences during eight weeks with the Division of Nutrition in the Florida State Board of Health. The purpose of the field training was to supplement academic training in public health nutrition at The University of Tennessee and to complement concurrent field experiences in Knox County. A varied program of experiences aided the student in her study of nutrition activities in official health agencies. Information was obtained on history, organization, and programs of the Florida State Board of Health and the Division of Nutrition through selected reading, conferences, conversations, and observations, in addition to …

Observations And Experiences With The Nutrition Services, Jefferson County Department Of Health, Birmingham, Alabama, Joanne Riggins Mounger

Masters Theses

The writer spent eight weeks with the Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama for field experience in public health nutrition. This report is based upon the observations and experiences of the writer during this period of time.

The purpose of the field experience was to supplement the academic program with practical experiences. The field experience helped the writer better understand the functions of an official health agency and the role of a public health nutritionist within the agency. The writer observed and participated in the nutrition program within the health department as well as with community agencies and professional …

Field Observations And Experiences In The Division Of Nutrition, St. Louis County Health Department, Ann Jensen Rhode

Masters Theses

This thesis describes and analyzes the student's eight weeks of field training in the Division of Nutrition of the St. Louis County Health Department. It has an established nutrition unit that provided the student with appropriate background experience for her future role as a public health nutritionist.

The field experience gives the student in public health nutrition an opportunity to work with allied health personnel under supervision and to apply the theories and principles of public health learned during the academic year to the practice of public health nutrition in the community. The experience was designed to strengthen the student's …

Comparison Of Weight Reduction Of Human Subjects Fed 1300 Calorie, Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian Diets With Two Levels Of Carbohydrate, Margaret L. Kemmerer

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The effects of 1300 calorie, high-polyunsaturated fat, lacto ovo- vegetarian diets with two carbohydrate levels (30 per cent and 50 per cent of the total calories) were observed in two matched twelve-subject groups over five week periods. Weight loss, satiety value, urinary ketone levels, as well as changes in glucose tolerance, serum insulin, cholesterol, free fatty acid, and uric acid levels were compared. Total weight loss averaged 12.9 pounds in the 30 per cent carbohydrate group and 13.6 pounds in the 50 per cent carbohydrate group. Differences were not significant. Satiety value of the lower carbohydrate diet was considerably greater. …

Ascorbic Acid And Its Deficiency, Choon-Yul Yang

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this monograph was to collect into one paper as much as possible of the existing literature on the subject of ascorbic acid, and to present a comprehensive account of the studies on ascorbic acid metabolism which have established the symptoms of the deficiencies and pathology involved, the functions, and methods of prevention or control of these deficiencies.

Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation And Infancy, Minodokht Froozani

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

In many countries in South and East Asia, most diets are defective in quality, even when there is not a severe shortage of food. They do. not provide an adequate quantity of essential nutrients. One of the most severe deficiencies is in good quality protein. The solution to this problem is to produce and provide the right kinds of foods and to establish national food production policies which should make it possible to plan a better balanced diet based on sound nutritional principles and modern knowledge of nutritional requirements. Some degree of undernutrition, over-nutrition, or malnutrition occurs in most European …

The Effect Of Oven Temperature, Cooking Method, And Breed On The Tenderness, Juiciness, And Flavor Of Beef, Carma B. Stembridge

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The effect of oven temperature, dry-roasting, and breed on the eating quality of beef was determined by sensory and objective methods. Two adjacent standing rib and two adjacent chuck roasts of prime, choice, and good grades from animals of Hereford, Shorthorn, and Charolais breeding were dry-roasted. Control roasts (9-12th ribs) were cooked at 325 F. Experimental roasts (6-8th rib and two chucks) were assigned an oven temperature of 325 or 250 F at random. All roasts were allowed to reach ah internal temperature of 155 F as recorded on a potentiometer.

Tenderness, as determined by a Warner-Bratzler shear, was greater …

Physio-Chemical And Toxicological Studies On Controlled Atmosphere Storage Of Certain Deciduous Fruits, Neil Adair Littlefield

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The effects of controlled atmosphere on the metabolism of Golden Delicious and Rome Beauty apples, Anjou pears, and Lambert and Bing cherries were studied with respect to changes caused in the normal metabolic functions carried on during storage of these fruits. Atmospheres consisting of 1.5 per cent CO₂ and 2.5 per cent O₂ for the apples and pears and 10.5 per cent CO₂ and 2.5 per cent O₂ for the cherries were employed.

Fungi of the strains Botrytis alli, Rhizopus nigricans, and Penicillium expansum were subjected to controlled atmospheres at 21° C to determine …

Food And Nutritional Needs Of The World Population By 2000 A. D., Sitaram Shankar Kharbas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Investigations were carried out to project the food needs of the world population by 2000 A. D., and to explore the possibilities of meeting these requirements.

About 70 percent of the world population presently living in developing countries do not get adequate diets, and suffer from many diseases of under-nutrition and malnutrition. They are unable to increase food production themselves. People in the developed nations have enough food and their food production is increasing at a rate faster than the rate of growth of population.

Cultivable land is the main source of food for man. The seas can also be …

Development And Evaluation Of A Waiver Examination For The Introductory Foods Course At Utah State University, Virginia Clark Bragg

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A written objective-type waiver examination for the introductory foods course at Utah State University has been developed and evaluated.

Results of the study showed that the examination improved with revision. In addition, it was found that there was a statistically significant relationship between the score students achieved on the waiver examination and the total numerical score representing the final grade in the basic foods course.

There was apparently no significant relationship between the number of years experience students had in food preparation, the type of experience in food preparation, and their performance on the waiver examination. Apparently depth of knowledge …

5 Β- Pregnane- 3Α- 20Α- Diol Excretion In Urine Of University Women During The Menstrual Period, Rita Shin-Hui Liao

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Five normal healthy young university women while on self-chosen diets and living under normal conditions served as experimental subjects in this study. Urinary pregnanediol was measured for 10 days of the menstrual cycle. Meal frequency (3 meals vs. 2 meals with no breakfast) was also included in the study.

A modification of the method of Eberlein and Bongiovanni on thin layer chromatography was used to determine pregnanediol in the urine sample.

Urine pregnanediol excretion was in the pattern as investigated by other workers. The values rose in the latter half of the menstrual cycle, and fell prior to the onset …

Effects Of Poor Quality Diets With Various Dietary Factors Added And Exposure To Cigarette Smoke On The Voluntary Alcohol Intakes Of Albino Rats, Bonnie Emmerson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Studies were conducted utilizing albino rats to determine the relationship of voluntary alcohol consumption with various dietary additives and exposure to cigarette smoke in combination with poor quality diets. Male, Sprague-Dawley rats, from weanling age to 100 grams, were given the various experimental diets and a free fluid choice of ten per cent ethanol or tap water. Fluid intakes were recorded and analyzed statistically. Individual variation was common with a generally low level of alcohol consumption when rats were fed a poor quality diet of common United States foods. The addition of caffeinated beverages and/or spices and relish caused increases …