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Pengaruh Citra Tubuh, Perilaku Makan, Dan Aktivitas Fisik Terhadap Indeks Massa Tubuh (Imt) Pada Remaja: Studi Kasus Pada Sma Negeri 12 Dki Jakarta, Muhammad Ridwan Hadi Kusuma, Tri Krianto

Perilaku dan Promosi Kesehatan: Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior

Background. "Thin is beautiful" is an erroneous understanding of body image that becoming a dream for every teenage girl. This is often the cause of problems, because to maintain her slimness and fear of becoming obese encourage teenagers to apply excessive dietary restrictions, so that their nutritional needs are not met which will be result in the occurrence of malnutrition. Objective. The aim of this studyis to determine the influence of body image against eating behavior and body mass index (BMI) among 10th and 11th grades 12th East Jakarta States Senior High School’s female students in 2014. Method. This study …

Bagaimana Media Memberitakan Produk Pangan? Analisis Isi Artikel Media Daring Tentang Susu Kental Manis, Dien Anshari, Mochamad Wachyu, Nadia H. Qatrunnada, Ahmad Syafiq

Perilaku dan Promosi Kesehatan: Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior

Background: The news media can shape public agenda and perspective on a particular issue. Objective: To analyze how online media portrayed sweetened condensed milk (SKM) as a food product. Methods: We content analyzed all articles about SKM from 4 online media in Indonesia published in 2016-2017. All articles were reliably coded for frequency, media sources, type, tone, and frames. Results: From a total of 375 articles found, 24 were framed positively, 34 were framed negatively, while the rest were neutral. SKM was positively framed as it enhances flavor, affordable, high usage, and a source of energy and protein. While SKM …

Maternal Obesity And Fetal Macrosomia: An Integrative Review Of The Literature Regarding Interventions, Charity Stalcup

Senior Honors Theses

Research suggests pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with an increased risk of macrosomia in the newborn. Since women are expected to gain weight during pregnancy, the standard recommendation of weight loss for obesity is not ideal for this population. In this systematic review of the literature regarding interventions for maternal obesity to reduce fetal macrosomia, 149 articles were screened using three different databases to identify recent randomized controlled trials related to this topic. A total of 11 full text articles were analyzed and included in the review. The articles addressed nutritional, lifestyle, and pharmacological interventions. The results indicated there is currently …

Correcting For The Inconveniences Of Cultivation: Foraging As A Food Source In Southwestern Burkina Faso, Julia Deryn Morgan

Geography Honors Projects

Malnutrition is an important public health issue in Burkina Faso where 30 % of children are underweight for their age and 92% suffer from iron deficiency. Such statistics indicate that there is a significant lack of adequate nutrition in the country. With approximately 80% of the population employed in the agricultural sector, development projects have focused on increasing agricultural production and commercializing output to ameliorate poor nutrition. However, this strategy ignores the importance of local knowledge and food traditions, most notably by neglecting to acknowledge foraging as a significant source of food. To address this concern, I seek to understand …

The Meal Gap: A Food Activist Curriculum, Kameshia L. Shepherd

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The Meal Gap: A Food Activist Curriculum is a series of fifty-four lessons for fourth grade students that introduces them to the topic of food insecurity. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations initiated the World Food Summit in 1996 to discuss and call attention to the “widespread undernutrition and growing concern about the capacity of agriculture to meet future food needs” (Food and Agriculture Organization, n.d.). The June 2006 Policy Brief of the FAO reaffirmed the 1996 definition of food security, which states that “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and …

Adherence Of Collegiate Level, Recreational/Intramural And Non-Athlete College Students To The Mediterranean Diet, Amber E. Ugbo

Honors College Theses

The Mediterranean Diet, which is rich in complex carbohydrates and plant-based foods, may be beneficial to athletic performance. To date, no one has examined adherence of collegiate athletes to a Mediterranean Diet. This study compared how closely collegiate, recreational/intramural, and non-athletes in college followed a Mediterranean Diet. Surveys and validated Mediterranean Diet score questionnaires were completed by 933 undergraduates in HLTH 1520: Healthful Living at Georgia Southern University. Participants self-reported following various diets including decreased or increased carbohydrate, increased protein, and increased water intake. No one specifically reported following a Mediterranean Diet and total calculated Mediterranean Diet scores were low …

A Multi-Ingredient Dietary Supplement To Improve Growth And Development Of Small For Gestational Age Infants: Concept-Testing Using Newborn Pigs, Taisiya Yakimkova

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Approximately 10% of all neonates are born small for gestational age (SGA) and current feeding approaches increase adiposity and the risk of developing metabolic disorders, such as obesity and diabetes. This study determined if supplementing formula with a combination of leucine, medium chain triglyceride oil, and krill oil would promote gain of lean body mass using newborn SGA term pigs as a model for SGA infants. At birth, SGA pigs have relatively smaller livers and spleens (g/kg) than appropriate for gestational age (AGA) pigs and have higher serum values for alanine aminotransferase, creatine kinase, and lactate dehydrogenase. Newborn SGA pigs …

Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Toward Nutrition And Diet During Pregnancy Among Recently Delivered Women Of Syrian Refugees, Dana Harb Msc., Mohamad Younes Abou Haidar Phd, Elie Bou Yazbeck Phd

Journal of Refugee & Global Health

The aim of this study is to assess the nutrition situation in terms of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among recently delivered Syrian refugee women and to identify nutrition related KAP problems of this vulnerable population. An analytical descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a non-randomized sample of one hundred recently delivered Syrian women from refugee background aged 18 years old and above who were admitted for delivery to the obstetric unit of a governmental hospital located in Beirut, Lebanon. The study reveals that fifty-six percent of the studied population was not knowledgeable about maternal nutrition during pregnancy, twenty-five percent …

Geospatial Inequalities And Determinants Of Nutritional Status Among Women And Children In Afghanistan: An Observational Study, Nadia Akseer, Zaid Ahmad Bhatti, Taufiq Mashal, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Rahim Moineddin, Robert E Black Md, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Background: Undernutrition is a pervasive condition in Afghanistan, and prevalence is among the highest in the world. We aimed to comprehensively assess district-level geographical disparities and determinants of nutritional status (stunting, wasting, or underweight) among women and children in Afghanistan.
Methods: The study used individualised data from the recent Afghanistan National Nutrition Survey 2013. Outcome variables were based on growth and weight anthropometry data, which we analysed linearly as Z scores and as dichotomous categories. We analysed data from a total of almost 14 000 index mother–child pairs using Bayesian spatial and generalised least squares regression models accounting for the …

Nutrition Misconceptions And Awareness Among College Students In A University Community, Shervia Singleton Taylor

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Identification of misconceptions of macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein, and fat ) and awareness of ailments linked to micronutrients (potassium, fiber, Vitamin D. and food label use) based on certain demographics are vital to improving and developing long term health benefits, increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables, and decreasing healthcare cost associated with poor dietary lifestyles among non-major general biology college students at a historically black college and university located in the southern part of the United States. Misconception Identification (all groups) was determined using the pretest and posttest Nutrition Knowledge Test via Qualtrics that included two and three tiered question format …

Fueling The Competition: Exploring Individual Events Competitors' Nutritional Choices, Anne Kerber

Speaker & Gavel

Despite ongoing scholarly conversations surrounding the health of forensic competitors and educators, there remains a dearth of published research demonstrating the impact of efforts to improve the activity’s wellness environment. Additionally, the dialogue has primarily focused on educators’ perspectives, obscuring how students’ participation in forensics influences their health behaviors as well as how they experience initiatives to improve wellness. This study aims to address the literature gaps, using the Coordinated Management of Meaning theory to analyze how forensic competitors account for their nutritional judgments during tournaments. Competition emerged as a logical force that not only guides students’ nutritional choices, but …

Community Orchards And Food Security In Appalachia, Ursula Ramsey

West Virginia Law Review

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Hss News Poster Spring 2018, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

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Creating Success With Prediabetes: A Healthy Defaults Guide, Sarah E. Deitz

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This pamphlet helps to inform adult individuals who are pre-diabetic on how they can lower their risk for the future development of diabetes are included. Action steps, healthy defaults, and the risk factors for pre-diabetes/diabetes. It is not solely intended for those who are pre-diabetic; it could also be helpful for those who are overweight or obese with or without a family history of diabetes. The pamphlet's intended use would be for nutrition education in the outpatient, inpatient, or private setting.

The Risks You Toss When Getting Lean, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout illustrates the risks associated with overweight and obesity as well as evidence for how losing weight can reduce these risks. This is meant to be a motivational handout for those looking to improve their health through weight loss. The information in this handout is completely evidence-based and cites the articles from which each fact came so as to provide additional reading materials for those looking to learn more about their health and the benefits of losing weight.

Cardiac Rehab: Heart Healthy Eating Made Easy, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout serves as an introduction to three main concepts of heart healthy eating. These concepts include increasing fiber intake, decreasing sodium consumption and considering following an evidence-based heart-healthy eating pattern.

How To Be A Healthy You, Sean Cairns

All Student-Created Educational Resources

The handout identifies what being overweight or obese is, what a healthy weight looks like, steps to get to a healthy weight, and how to maintain that healthy weight. The handout also gives additional resources on food lists, food budgeting tips, food assistance programs, website/app that will help with grocery shopping, budgeting, recipes and cooking techniques.

Obesity With Change, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout depicts the top 10 tips for prevention and treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. There is information that can be useful for anyone to understand and use. Programs are available on an individuals’ need for their health and weight status. Nutrition is important for the body, as well as preventing increased health risk. Treatment options can range from programs, medications, therapy, and counseling. There are other options to use for treatment besides going for surgery; that is only the last option if the individual is severely obese. Exercising can also help children and adolescents know that it …

Corporate Balance Connection Nutrition Campaign, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This infographic informs the audience of the Corporate Balance Connection campaign and would be a tool utilized on the campaign website, social media platforms, and as a physical advertisement handout.

Food And Culture; Views And Patterns Of Nutrition In Cuba, Elizabeth Westfeldt

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This fact sheet is designed to educate nutrition professionals about the nutrition and cultural identity of Cuba through food. Traditional Cuban foods, recipes and social patterns around eating. Present historical health beliefs and implications on health prospect. Assess growing health concerns in response to influx of processed foods and post Cuban Revolution rationing. Includes Cuban-American culture and health statistics. This fact sheet is designed to meet an eight-grade literacy level to serve as an educational tool for diverse populations.

The Food And Culture Of Haiti, Sarah E. Deitz

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This fact sheet allows the reader to learn about the staple foods and dishes of Haitian cuisine. Trends and health beliefs of the Haitian culture are briefly discussed and defined. The information is intended to help nutrition professionals have a better understanding of Haitian people by learning about their food and nutrition customs.

Obesity, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout gives general information about the basics of obesity, what it is and some treatment options that may be presented by a clinician or nutrition professional.

Immune-Boosting Nutritional Strategies For Collegiate Athlete: How-To Pamphlet, Lyndie Kelley

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout is designed to inform collegiate athletes about various nutritional strategies that can provide a positive boost to their immune system during their competitive season. Collegiate athletes are a population that tends to experience high levels of both acute and chronic illness, especially upper respiratory-related infections due to poor nutrition, poor rest and recovery and tendencies to over-train. The amount of high-intensity training sessions that occur in succession can lead to chronic immunosuppression in collegiate athletes. Chronic or acute Illness can lead to missed training or competitive opportunities and can negatively influence a student-athlete’s success and overall health.

Nutrition Campaign, Brittany Taylor-Whitmer

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This infographic outlines the need for a campaign to educate the public (primarily 25-35 year old) on nutrition fear mongering and how to recognize it.

Native American Food And Culture Fact Sheet, Une Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout informs the audience about a variety of traditional eating patterns of Native Americans and how those have transitioned over time. Foods that were historically incorporated into common meals were discussed.

Milk Nutrition And Perceptions, Alyssa C. Katz

Honors Theses - Providence Campus

In today's society many people are making the move to become vegan and/or dairy free. According to the US National Library of Medicine, approximately 65% of the human population has a reduced ability to digest lactose. The rise in veganism and an increasing awareness of lactose intolerance have combined to create a non-dairy movement. This paper will address reasons people choose to cut milk out of their diet or not, and will investigate the effects and benefits of milk.

Many articles show milk to be very beneficial to the diet. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition believes that many vitamins, …

Mexican Food And Culture Fact Sheet, Mallory Doolan

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This fact sheet informs the audience about Mexican food traditions, culture, and cuisine. Staple foods, significant holidays and dishes, and typical food customs are discussed. Traditional health beliefs and current food practices are also discussed.

Eating Right For A Healthy Smile!, K. Michelle Head

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This printable handout discusses easy-to-follow tips for mothers and their children to observe for healthy eating and drinking habits (aka “healthy defaults”) for good oral hygiene. The tri-fold also addresses the benefits good oral health has on whole-body wellness and the risks that are associated with poor diet on oral health. The handout is intended to provide mothers with quick and easy tips that feel effortless that will improve her own health, and her children.

Helpful Hints For Parents Of Picky Eaters, Chelsea Feller, Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, Carrie Durward

All Current Publications

This fact sheet offers helpful hints to reduce picky eating and make mealtime enjoyable and fun for the whole family.

Obesity And Obesogenic Growth Are Both Highly Heritable And Modified By Diet In A Nonhuman Primate Model, The African Green Monkey (Chlorocebus Aethiops Sabaeus), C. A. Schmitt, S. K. Service, A. J. Jasinska, Thomas D. Dyer, M. J. Jorgensen, R. M. Cantor, G. M. Weinstock, John Blangero, J. R. Kaplan, N. B. Freimer

School of Medicine Publications

OBJECTIVE: In humans, the ontogeny of obesity throughout the life course and the genetics underlying it has been historically difficult to study. We compared, in a non-human primate model, the lifelong growth trajectories of obese and non-obese adults to assess the heritability of and map potential genomic regions implicated in growth and obesity.

STUDY POPULATION: A total of 905 African green monkeys, or vervets (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) (472 females, 433 males) from a pedigreed captive colony. METHODS: We measured fasted body weight (BW), crown-to-rump length (CRL), body-mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) from 2000 to 2015. We used a …