Search for dissertations about: "Vegetable intake"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Vegetable intake.

  2. 11. Intake of fruit and vegetables in European children and their mothers, folate intake in Swedish children and health indicators : overweight, plasma homocysteine levels and school performance

    Author : Agneta Yngve; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Folate status; MTHFR polymorphisms; BM; recommendations; dietary guidelines;

    Abstract : An adequate fruit and vegetable intake provides essential nutrients and nutritive compounds and is considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Within the Pro Children project, an instrument for assessment of fruit and vegetable intake was developed, for use in nine European countries. READ MORE

  4. 12. Objectively measured eating behaviors and their relation to food intake in school and hospital settings

    Author : Petter Fagerberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    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

  5. 13. Some lifestyle-related factors and risk of chronic renal failure : a population-based approach

    Author : Elisabeth Ejerblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Epidemiology; population-based; case-control; chronic renal failure; risk factors; smoking; antioxidant; fruit; vegetable; protein intake; obesity; birth weight; height; analgesics; paracetamol; aspirin; NSAIDs; phenacetin;

    Abstract : Some renal diseases, i.e. rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, are sufficient causes of a rapid, permanent total loss of renal function. However, the majority of renal diseases progress slowly over decades, initially often without symptoms, sometimes making it difficult to define the aetiologies. READ MORE

  6. 14. Factors related to the occurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma subtypes

    Author : Anna Mia Ekström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : gastric; cancer; incidence; trend; cardia; Laurén; histologic; misclassification; antioxidant; completeness; vegetable; fruit; occupation; phenoxy; metal; forestry; Helicobacter pylori; smoking;

    Abstract : Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide, but the etiology remains poorly understood. A spontaneous global decline has reduced the number of victims in most Western countries while Japan and China have screening programs in place due to the magnitude, and the serious prognosis, of this malignant disease. READ MORE

  7. 15. Genetic Variations in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Focus on Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Mendelian Randomization

    Author : George Hindy; Diabetes - kardiovaskulär sjukdom; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 2 diabetes; cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; metabolic syndrome; genetics; gene-lifestyle interactions; diet; TCF7L2; WNT signaling; chromosome 9p21; Mendelian randomization;

    Abstract : Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are highly prevalent complex diseases that result from lifestyle and genetic factors. Gene-lifestyle interactions are also believed to contribute to the etiology of these diseases. READ MORE