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Ethical Attitudes And Education Of A Group Of California Dietitians, Sharon L. Culpepper

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A questionnaire was developed to determine the ethical attitudes and education of a group of California dietitians. A group of 198 randomly selected individuals from the California Dietetic Association membership of 2,180 participated in the study.

Great diversity was exhibited in age, type of position held and total years of work experience in the sample group. Eighty-one per cent of the respondents were less than forty-nine years of age. The positions most frequently held by the participants were in hospital therapeutics and administration, teaching and schools, and consultant work. Sixty-three per cent were employed on either a full-time or part-time …

A Diet Instruction Aid For Planning Bland Diets, Viola Ruth Hardin Greene

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to determine, from the literature, current practice in the use of bland diets, and from this information to prepare a booklet for use in instructing the ambulatory ulcer patient.

Ulcer regimens have been criticized in recent literature for being unnecessarily restrictive, ^{61, 68} and for employing a diet which is high in saturated fat. ^{16, 50}

It is recommended that patients be given diet instructions in written form. These instructions are to be adapted as much as possible to the normal meal patterns of the patient as determined by dietary interview, carried out …

Vegetable Entrees In Nitrogen Balance And Obesity Studies, Gloria Tyndall

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The first study was designed to evaluate by the nitrogen balance method the protein quality of a pure-vegetarian diet containing about 6 grams of nitrogen per day. The group as a whole maintained nitrogen equilibrium the average being - 0.11 grams of nitrogen per day. Two subjects were not in nitrogen balance, however, factors other than diet may have contributed to these results and are discussed in the thesis. Hemoglobin, serum cholesterol and total serum proteins did not change significantly during the study. The average true digestibility of 5 of the subjects was 85 percent. It was concluded that this …