Search for dissertations about: "meal pattern"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words meal pattern.
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1. The Swedish School Meal as a Public Meal : Collective Thinking, Actions and Meal Patterns
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study what role the Swedish school meal has as a public meal in Swedish culture. An additional aim is to study the meal patterns of children, including the school meal.An ethnological questionnaire with 192 informants was used to study people’s perceptions and memories of the school meal. READ MORE
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2. Meal patterns and obesity - does snacking play a role?
Abstract : Aims: To describe meal patterns, especially snacking, in obese subjects compared to a reference population and to evaluate the importance of meal frequency in obesity treatment. Methods: Two cross sectional studies; 1. Women from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) registry study (n=83) and SOS reference study (n=94); 2. READ MORE
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3. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as treatment of morbid obesity
Abstract : Background and aims: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is now a common treatment for obesity with well-documented effects on long-term weight reduction, health-related quality of life, obesity-related morbidity and mortality. There is a need for a better understanding of changes in dietary intake and meal-related symptoms after RYGB. READ MORE
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4. Nutritional status in a functional perspective : A study in a cohort of older people in home health care
Abstract : High age is a risk factor for most acute and chronic diseases, injuries and function disabilities, and hence, an important risk factor for nutritional problems. A great deal of elderly health care in Sweden are performed in the patient’s home environment and home health care has been transformed to more advanced medical care the last decades. READ MORE
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5. Food habits in Swedish adolescents. Meal pattern, food choice and bioavailability of iron 1994 and 2000
Abstract : The general iron fortification of white wheat flour was removed after 50 years of iron fortification. It was considered important to evaluate the effects of withdrawal of iron fortification among vulnerable groups in the population. Adolescents have high iron requirements for growth and the girls for menstrual losses. READ MORE