Search for dissertations about: "nutrition counselling"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words nutrition counselling.

  2. 1. HIV and Infant Feeding : Operational Challenges of Achieving Safe Infant Feeding Practices

    Author : Tanya Doherty; Lars-Åke Persson; Ted Greiner; Debra Jackson; Per Ashorn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : International health; HIV AIDS; Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV; infant feeding; child health; qualitative research; cohort study; programme evaluation; nutrition; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : This thesis assesses the uptake of the national Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in South Africa, and the challenges of achieving safe infant feeding practices in the context of HIV. The research studies contained in this thesis utilised a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods in order to provide a full understanding of the challenges of moving from efficacy to effectiveness in PMTCT programmes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Nutrition in Olympic Combat Sports. Elite athletes’ dietary intake, hydration status and experiences of weight regulation

    Author : Stefan Pettersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sports nutrition; weight class sports; food choice; food choice; urine specific gravity; grounded theory; wrestling; taekwondo; judo; boxing;

    Abstract : There are a number of sports in which competition is conducted with weight limits or weight classes. In one-on-one combative sport, such rules are enforced to create an equal playing level and minimize the risk of injury between opponents. READ MORE

  5. 3. Motivating clinical treatment of obesity : methods, education, supervision and outcome

    Author : Ingela Melin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Behaviour modification; method programmes; education; supervision; health cue professionals; long term treatment; obesity; VLCD; nutrition counselling; management; method; programmes; workplace organisation; primary health cue; academic clinic.;

    Abstract : Obesity has become an important health problem worldwide. It increases the medical risks and affects daily living. Environmental factors such as diet and sedentary lifestyle are likely to be the cause. In Sweden, the number of obese people has nearly doubled during the past 20 years and now totals nearly 500 000. READ MORE

  6. 4. Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in Ethiopian children : aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical management

    Author : Ingela Berggren Palme; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; HIV; Ethiopia; Child; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Molecular epidemiology; BCG; Nutrition; Treatment; Cure rate;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the influence of HIV on childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a high TB and HIV endemic setting. It is based on four studies involving the same study population of 522 tuberculous children and their 25 3 non-tuberculous controls, consecutively enrolled as out- and inpatients at the major paediatric hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. READ MORE

  7. 5. Preconception Health and Care : A Window of Opportunity

    Author : Jenny Stern; Tanja Tydén; Margareta Larsson; Per Kristiansson; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Women’s health and lifestyle before pregnancy can influence both the fertility and the health of mother and child. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore current preconception health and care and evaluate a new tool for preconception care. READ MORE