Search for dissertations about: "external eating"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words external eating.
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1. Physical Activity and Eating Behaviour Changes in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Abstract : This thesis aimed at developing and evaluating a tailored behavioural sleep medicine intervention for enhanced physical activity and healthy eating in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and overweight.Participants with moderate or severe OSAS (apnea-hypopnea index ≥15) and obesity (Studies I-II) or overweight (Studies III-IV), treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) (Studies I-II) or admitted to CPAP treatment (Studies III-IV), were recruited from the sleep clinic at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Rorschach personality characteristics in obesity, eating behaviour and treatment outcome
Abstract : Obesity is a growing public health problem influenced by several factors. Psychology is essential in the study of obesity. Reasons for behaviour are complex and can be partly inaccessible and difficult to reveal in self-reported information. READ MORE
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3. Objectively measured eating behaviors and their relation to food intake in school and hospital settings
Abstract : Introduction: The measurement of food intake (what and how much we eat and drink) is of great importance due to its involvement in three great challenges facing humanity: 1) obesity/overnutrition, 2) undernutrition and 3) climate change, as well as their related health consequences. However, measuring food and energy intake in humans is complicated since traditional self-reported methods have systematic bias while traditional objective laboratory methods have generalizability and upscaling issues. READ MORE
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4. Parent-child feeding dynamics and childhood obesity : The importance of foreign background and effects of early obesity treatment
Abstract : Childhood obesity is often characterised as a global epidemic. Yet, little progress has been made in addressing its increasing levels, especially among certain populations. READ MORE
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5. Objective quantification and analysis of eating behaviour associated with obesity development : from lab to real-life
Abstract : Introduction: The last four decades have seen a marked increase in childhood and adult obesity prevalence, attributed to an “obesogenic” environment. Several genetical, environmental and behavioural factors have been identified that increase the risk of obesity, but treatment outcomes are usually modest and the risk of relapse high. READ MORE