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Drivers of food consumption among overweight mother-child dyads in Malawi.
PLoS ONE, 2020 To address the increase in overweight and obesity among mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa, an understanding of the factors that drive their food consumption is needed.
Chrissie Thakwalakwa +4 more
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Consequences of Obesity on the Sense of Taste: Taste Buds as Treatment Targets? [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2020 Premature obesity-related mortality is caused by cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical disabilities, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer.
Kerstin Rohde +2 more
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Jurnal Gizi Indonesia: The Indonesian Journal of Nutrition, 2023 Background: The increase in age and the pandemic conditions experienced cause Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) to encounter many environmental issues that disturb their psyche, resulting in psychosocial stress. A strategy for dealing with stress is called
Siti Badriyah +4 more
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Children’s and Adolescents’ Snacking: Interplay between the Individual and the School Class
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Objective: In schools, perceived norms of classmates facilitate but can also inhibit unhealthy food intake in children and adolescents. However, the role of actual class behaviors and attitudes is less established.
Helge eGiese +6 more
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Factores asociados a las preferencias alimentarias de los niños [PDF]
Eleuthera, 2018 Objective. The main objective is to introduce a literature review of the influence of families and schools on children’s food preferences and to understand those factors associated with children´s food preferences. Methodology. An analysis of information
Sugey Elena Anaya-García +1 more
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Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for the health aspects of food
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011 Agri-food systems in the Czech Republic are currently undergoing a profound transformation toward high-value products. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing good understanding of consumer preferences.
Simona Miškolci
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tVNS Increases Liking of Orally Sampled Low-Fat Foods: A Pilot Study
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020 Recently a role for the vagus nerve in conditioning food preferences was established in rodents. In a prospective controlled clinical trial in humans, invasive vagus nerve stimulation shifted food choice toward lower fat content. Here we explored whether
Lina Öztürk +11 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee +3 more
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Degradation mechanism of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain by nattokinase
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Nattokinase, a natto‐derived protease, exhibits potent antithrombotic effects. This study demonstrates that nattokinase directly cleaves the von Willebrand factor (vWF) A2 domain in vitro. Unlike the native regulator ADAMTS13, nattokinase degrades folded vWF independently of shear stress.
Ryuichi Hyakumoto +3 more
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