Search for dissertations about: "food choice"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 120 swedish dissertations containing the words food choice.

  2. 21. Food selection and fitness optimisation in insects

    Author : Helene Bracht Jörgensen; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; food preference; nested PCR; fungal DNA; växtparasitologi; plant parasitology; Entomology; Entomologi; fungi; seeds; ground beetles; collembolans;

    Abstract : To optimise fitness is a continuous process which assists species survival in changing environments. Choosing an optimal diet is an essential part of the optimisation process and a key element of optimal foraging theory. READ MORE

  4. 22. The Constitution of Consumption : Food Labeling and the Politics of Consumerism

    Author : Carl Yngfalk; Torkild Thanem; Jacob Östberg; Avi Shankar; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; power; Foucault; consumerism; consumption; consumer culture; institutions; markets; dialectical; food labeling; best before; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : The power dynamics of consumerism is an important aspect of contemporary consumer culture. Within the field of marketing and consumption, consumer culture theory (CCT) tends to understand power in terms of agency, the ability of consumers to emancipate from a market infused by the culture of consumerism. READ MORE

  5. 23. Food choice in fallow deer – experimental studies of selectivity

    Author : Ulrika Alm Bergvall; Olof Leimar; Frederick D. Provenza; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; behavioural syndrome; neighbour contrast defence; neighbour contrast susceptibility; simultaneous negative contrast; plant secondary compounds; tannins; Ethology and behavioural ecology; Etologi och beteendeekologi; etologi; Ethology;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I experimentally investigate feeding selectivity in fallow deer (Dama dama), with respect to plant secondary compounds, especially tannins, which can decrease the quality of foods. I found that fallow deer avoided foods with higher amounts of tannic acid and Quebracho tannin, even though the deer ate some high-tannin food. READ MORE

  6. 24. Koka sjuda steka : ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på matlagning i hem- och konsumentkunskap på grundsärskolan

    Author : Albina Granberg; Ylva Mattsson Sydner; Viktoria Olsson; Håkan Jönsson; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
    Keywords : Home Economics; Food Culture; Cooking; Teaching; Learning; Students with intellectual disabilities.; Hem- och konsumentkunskap; matkultur; matlagning; recept; sociokulturella perspektiv; grundsärskolan; Hem- och konsumentkunskap; matkultur; matlagning; recept; sociokulturella perspektiv; grundsärskolan; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Abstract : In Swedish schools, the subject Home Economics (HE) is the formal setting for teaching and learning about food and how to cook. All students are obliged to learn HE, but in schools for students with mild intellectual disabilities (ID) students are offered four times as much teaching in the subject than students in regular schools. READ MORE

  7. 25. Dietary diversity and its relation with health among the older population in Thailand

    Author : Chalobol Chalermsri; Syed Moshfiqur Rahman; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Shirin Ziaei; Weerasak Muangpaisan; Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dietary diversity; Food choice; Socio-demographic characteristics; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; older people; Thailand; Nutrition; Nutrition;

    Abstract : The role of dietary diversity (DD) in the health status among older people has been recognised. However, the evidence from lower-and-middle-income countries is scarce. READ MORE