Effectiveness Of Three Foodservice Equipment Training Interventions For Food And Nutrition Students,
2019
University of Idaho
Effectiveness Of Three Foodservice Equipment Training Interventions For Food And Nutrition Students, Tiffan C. Frieson, Katie R. Miner, Robert Haggerty, Katie Nicole Brown
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications
This study evaluated students’ (N = 65) reported knowledge, competence, and comfort in using foodservice equipment, as well as confidence in training others after completing one of the following interventions: 1) two food/nutrition courses, and foodservice supervised practice rotations, 2) equipment introduction, and competency exam, and 3) equipment training, practice lab, and competency exam. Foodservice operations and dietetics programs should consider implementing Intervention 3 because there was a significant increase in knowledge, competence, comfort, and confidence using equipment from pre- to post-intervention, it yielded the highest post-intervention scores, and most students received >86% for their actual skill.
Hydrophobic Sand Is A Viable Method Of Urine Collection From The Rat For Extracellular Vesicle Biomarker Analysis,
2019
Uniformed Services University
Hydrophobic Sand Is A Viable Method Of Urine Collection From The Rat For Extracellular Vesicle Biomarker Analysis, Jessica F. Hoffman, Ivan J. Vechetti Jr, Alexander P. Alimov, John F. Kalinich, John J. Mccarthy, Charlotte A. Peterson
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications
Previously we have shown in rats a new method of urine collection, hydrophobic sand, to be an acceptable alternate in place of the traditional method using metabolic cages. Hydrophobic sand is non-toxic, induces similar or lower levels of stress in the rat, and does not contaminate clinical urine markers nor metal concentrations in collected samples (Hoffman et al., 2017 and 2018). Urine is often used in humans and many animal models as a readily-attainable biosample which contains proteins and microRNAs (miRNAs) within extracellular vesicles (EVs) that can be isolated to indicate changes in health. In order to ensure hydrophobic sand …
Obesity In Adolescents (Handout),
2019
University of New England
Obesity In Adolescents (Handout), Kathy Palys
All Student-Created Educational Resources
The handout briefly discusses obesity in the adolescents. It covers possible causes, risk factors, and some simple solutions.
Five Tips For Choosing Healthy Foods For Teens (A Handout),
2019
University of New England
Five Tips For Choosing Healthy Foods For Teens (A Handout), Mallory Lavoie
All Student-Created Educational Resources
This handout depicts five ways that teens can make healthier food choices.
The Correlation Between Sleep Deprivation And Hypertension In Healthy Adults,
2019
University of New England
The Correlation Between Sleep Deprivation And Hypertension In Healthy Adults, Bonnie Keating
All Student-Created Educational Resources
The purpose of this study to investigate the correlation of healthy males between the ages of 18-45 years and blood pressure and if lack of sleep of 6 months or greater can lead to Stage 1 hypertension or worse. Studying sleep deprivation and its effects on healthy people can help identify how important sleep is to maintaining overall health.
Making The Healthy Choice The Easy Choice,
2019
University of New England
Making The Healthy Choice The Easy Choice, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program
All Student-Created Educational Resources
This pamphlet informs the audience about how to make healthier food choices by implementing the concept of healthy defaults into their homes and personal lives. The pamphlet gives tips on how the reader can make the healthier choice the easiest choice by implementing small changes in their household and daily routine.
Teen Obesity: Tips To Take Control Of Your Diet And Make A Difference Every Day,
2019
University of New England
Teen Obesity: Tips To Take Control Of Your Diet And Make A Difference Every Day, Zachary York
All Student-Created Educational Resources
This handout provides an overview of obesity and includes tips designed to motivate and assist teenagers toward making healthy choices to support overall health and well-being. Topics range from identifying nutritious foods, knowing when to eat, how to become more physically active, and having fun with food. The goal of the handout is to provide accessible and easy to understand information to empower overweight adolescents to make important connections eating well, exercising, and how they look and feel on a day-to-day basis.
Choline: Exploring The Growing Science On Its Benefits For Moms And Babies,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Choline: Exploring The Growing Science On Its Benefits For Moms And Babies, Hunter W. Korsmo, Xinyin Jiang, Marie A. Caudill
Publications and Research
The importance of ensuring adequate choline intakes during pregnancy is increasingly recognized. Choline is critical for a number of physiological processes during the prenatal period with roles in membrane biosynthesis and tissue expansion, neurotransmission and brain development, and methyl group donation and gene expression. Studies in animals and humans have shown that supplementing the maternal diet with additional choline improves several pregnancy outcomes and protects against certain neural and metabolic insults. Most pregnant women in the U.S. are not achieving choline intake recommendations of 450 mg/day and would likely benefit from boosting their choline intakes through dietary and/or supplemental approaches.
Decomposing Trends In Child Obesity,
2019
Chapman University
Decomposing Trends In Child Obesity, Ashley Wendell Kranjac, Robert L. Wagmiller
Sociology Faculty Articles and Research
We unravel the absolute level and relative prominence of two demographic processes that are relevant for childhood obesity, and that will ultimately determine the long-term course and pace of change in child obesity rates. We leverage data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to decompose change in child obesity from 1971 to 2012. We partition change into that attributable to (1) healthier, more nutritionally and economically advantaged cohorts in the population being replaced by cohorts of children who are less advantaged (between-cohort change), and (2) the health habits, nutrition, and social and economic circumstances of all cohorts of …
Incorporating Technology Into The Icook 4-H Program, A Cooking Intervention For Adults And Children: Randomized Controlled Trial,
2019
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Incorporating Technology Into The Icook 4-H Program, A Cooking Intervention For Adults And Children: Randomized Controlled Trial, Sarah Colby, Lauren Moret, Melissa D. Olfert, Kendra Kattelmann, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Kristin Riggsbee, Magen Payne, Ainsley Ellington, Cary Springer, Chelsea Allison, Sanearlda Wiggens, Rochelle Butler, Douglas Mathews, Adrienne A. White
Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications
Background: Families who cook, eat, and play together have been found to have more positive health outcomes. Interventions are needed that effectively increase these health-related behaviors. Technology is often incorporated in health-related interventions but is not always independently assessed.
Objective: The objective of this study was to describe challenges and facilitators to incorporating technology into the iCook 4-H intervention program.
Methods: Dyads (n=228) composed of children (mean 9.4, SD 0.7 years old) and an adult primary meal preparer (mean 39.0, SD 8 years) were randomly assigned to a control (n=77) or treatment group (n=151). All treatment group dyads participated in …
Oxygenation And Activation Of The Vastus Lateralis During Dynamic Constant External Resistance Leg Extension Muscle Actions In Older Women With And Without Sarcopenia,
2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Oxygenation And Activation Of The Vastus Lateralis During Dynamic Constant External Resistance Leg Extension Muscle Actions In Older Women With And Without Sarcopenia, Brianna D. Mckay
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of the present study was to compare muscle strength, size, activation, and oxygenation between older women with and without sarcopenia during dynamic fatiguing leg extension bouts with high (5-repetition maximum[5-RM]) and low (30% of estimated 1-RM[30%1-RM]) loads. Eleven women (n = 6 non-sarcopenic [mean ± SE; age = 75.8 ± 2.6y] and n = 5 sarcopenic [age = 74.5 ± 3.1y]) were screened for eligibility and sarcopenic status. Descriptive assessments including demographics (age, height, and weight), body composition by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (fat mass[FM], fat-free mass[FFM] and percent body fat[BF%]), muscle size by ultrasonography (leg extensor muscle cross-sectional …
3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids Induce Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Lipoapoptosis,
2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids Induce Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Lipoapoptosis, Mona Hadidi
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) plays an important role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis, especially during catabolic stress. Genetic mutation in gene that encodes for mitochondrial FAO enzymes could result in metabolic stress especially during fasting or hypoglycemic condition. Mutation in the active site residue (1528G>C) of long chain 3-hydroxy acyl CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) results in the loss of LCHAD enzyme activity. Children’s with LCHAD mutation were known to accumulate 3-hydroxy fatty acids such as 3-hydroxy palmitic acid and 3-hydroxy myristic acids, long chain free fatty acids, acyl carnitine and 3-hydroxy dicarboxylic acid due to their defective enzyme activity. These …
Inhibitory Effects Of Shiitake-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles On Nlrp3 Inflammasome Activation,
2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Inhibitory Effects Of Shiitake-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles On Nlrp3 Inflammasome Activation, Yizhu Lu
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a critical mediator of inflammation and consists of the sensor NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), the adaptor apoptotic speck protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (ASC), and the effector caspase-1. Dysregulated or excessive activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to pathogenesis of diverse inflammatory diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. Therefore, the NLRP3 inflammasome is a promising therapeutic target for treating these diseases. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed tiny particles released by almost any type of cells and they are involved in the intercellular communication by transferring their cargos including RNAs, …
Transport And Distribution Of Bovine Milk Exosomes And Mir-34a Cargo In Murine Cerebral Cortex Endothelial Bend.3 Cells And Bv2 Microglia,
2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Transport And Distribution Of Bovine Milk Exosomes And Mir-34a Cargo In Murine Cerebral Cortex Endothelial Bend.3 Cells And Bv2 Microglia, Pearl Ebea
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) poses an obstacle in the delivery of drugs to the brain. Bovine milk exosomes (BME) are explored for delivering antisense oligonucleotides to tumors, because BME are bioavailable and protect RNA cargos against degradation in the gastrointestinal tract. This study had the following objectives: 1) assess the transport kinetics of BME and their RNA cargos and secretion of RNA across the apical membrane in murine cerebral cortex endothelial bEnd.3 cells and 2) determine whether murine brain BV2 microglia have the potential to accumulate and, therefore, eliminate BME that crossed the BBB. The uptake of BME labeled with …
The Effects Of Branched Chained Amino Acid Supplementation On Acute Markers Of Fatigue And Performance,
2019
East Tennessee State University
The Effects Of Branched Chained Amino Acid Supplementation On Acute Markers Of Fatigue And Performance, Joseph Walters
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purposes of this dissertation were to investigate the acute effects of branched-chain amino acids on psychological, physiological, and subsequent performance changes following high volume resistance training. The rationale for this study design was based on abrupt or contiguous training/ competitions that specific athletes encounter in a competitive season. This study design also sought to fill some gaps in the scientific literature concerning the efficacy of BCAAs for subjective fatigue in a resistance training paradigm. To address the purposes of this dissertation, a one-week study was conducted on resistance trained males, in which half of the subjects were randomly selected …
Leaf Fiber Strength And Fruit Nutrient Content Of Yucca Species Native To The Navajo Nation,
2019
Brigham Young University
Leaf Fiber Strength And Fruit Nutrient Content Of Yucca Species Native To The Navajo Nation, Anna Therese Bartlett
Theses and Dissertations
The strength of leaf fibers and the nutritional value of the edible fruit of several yucca species native to the U.S. southwest were studied to aid in the determination of species best suited for commercial cultivation by the Navajo Nation. The leaves were softened in an autoclave to facilitate the removal of the leaf matrix, conditioned in environmentally controlled chambers, and the fibers were broken using a texture analyzer. The fibers were frozen and cross sectioned and photographed to determine cross sectional area. Official methods were used to determine the nutritional content of the fruit. The mean tensile strength of …
Retrospective Evaluation Of A Dietitian-Led Corporate Wellness Program,
2019
Winthrop University
Retrospective Evaluation Of A Dietitian-Led Corporate Wellness Program, Catherine Johnston
Graduate Theses
BACKGROUND: Despite national health and wellness standards, many adults are not compliant with a healthy lifestyle, especially in the southeastern region of the United States. Effective corporate wellness programs are a mutually beneficial method of promoting health among this population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of a Registered Dietitian (RD) developed 12-week corporate wellness program for improved health parameters, nutrition knowledge scores and comparable retention rates.
Influences Of Autism Spectrum Disorder On Sensory And Emotional Responses To Smell And Taste Cues,
2019
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Influences Of Autism Spectrum Disorder On Sensory And Emotional Responses To Smell And Taste Cues, Asmita Singh
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that causes social, communication, behavioral and sensory challenges. The prevalence has been on a rise, with the latest reports stating 1 in 59 children is diagnosed with ASD. These challenges play a significant role in feeding behavior, leading to reduced nutrition among individuals. Much research in this field has been attributed to children, however, this study was focused on the adult population, in an attempt to improve their quality of life. Building on previous findings and knowledge gaps, the objectives of this thesis were two-fold: To better understand the sensory experiences of …
Prediction And Evaluation Of Breast Myopathy,
2019
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Prediction And Evaluation Of Breast Myopathy, Barbara De Almeida Mallmann
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Broiler breast myopathies, including woody breast, white striping, and spaghetti breast, negatively impact the industry. Therefore, evaluation, prediction, and frequency of these muscle abnormalities on modern birds are important for decision making. Modern broilers are not highly active and often sit with the breast of the bird resting on the floor. Therefore, the first experiment was to promote bird movement and explore the impact on the breast myopathies. The movement was stimulated by human interaction (walking through pen) and higher light intensity so that birds walked around the pen more often throughout the day. The control group had normal low …
Effects Of Multivitamin-Mineral Supplementation On Mental Health Among Young Adults,
2019
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Effects Of Multivitamin-Mineral Supplementation On Mental Health Among Young Adults, Ya-Hsuan Chang
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The percentage of young adults who had mental illnesses has increased from 2008 to 2015. However, few existing studies investigating the potential benefits of multivitamin-mineral (MVM) supplementation on mental health focused on young adults (18-24 years of age), whose eating behaviors are often unhealthy. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a MVM supplement on mental health in young adults. One hundred and thirty-three college students (Mage=20.59, SD=1.77; 80.15% female) participated in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants consumed either a MVM supplement or a placebo for 30 days. The supplement contained B Vitamins, Vitamin C, …
