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Food and Nutrition
Food and Nutrition
Food and Nutrition
Food Allergies and Public Health
Introduction
A major public health issue identified by many scholars is the peanut allergy (Lack et al., 2003, pp.977-985). But to start with the word health is widely and much commonly used word in public communication and its meaning also looks ...
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Interview Paper for World Nutrition Class
Interview Paper for World Nutrition Class
An Interview of Mexico City
As Mexico's greatest city, it might as well come as meager surprise that the country's capital, Mexico City, is one of the nation's most popular objectives. Possessing a zone of more than 1,485 square kilometers with ...
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Sleep, Hunger, Satiety, Food Cravings, and Caloric Intake in Adolescents
Sleep, Hunger, Satiety, Food Cravings, and Caloric Intake in Adolescents
Critique Overview
Obesity is a critical issue and is expanding worldwide. The expanding rates of obesity are observed in both advanced and advancing nations. In 2004, 17.4 percent of United States teenagers ...
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FOOD ALLERGIES
Food Allergies
Food Allergies
Introduction
Definition
The term “Food Allergies” signifies a cluster of signs and symptoms accompanied by the immune system reactions on identifying an allergen as an antigen in the body. Food allergy is triggered by the production of IgE, an antibody against the potential pathogen. The formed antibody causes ...
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BIOLOGY
Measuring Energy Balance
Measuring Energy Balance
Reasons for Measuring Energy Expenditure and Energy Balance
If one looks at their definition, it can be seen that when one talks in the context of the modern science, measuring the energy expenditure and having an idea about the energy balance is the most important thing ...
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Food Allergies and Sensitivities
Food Allergies and Sensitivities
Introduction
“One man's food is another man's poison”, this is a well-known saying and almost hundred years old which depicts that distinctive individuals can have altogether different responses to have the same type of food. For instance, if we take the hypersensitivity reaction to peanuts, ...
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Nutritional Self Assessment
Nutritional Self Assessment
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Hamwi Method
Ideal Body Weight (Hamwi method) is the method of calculating ideal weight. It takes the input of height, sex and produce result in terms of weight in the unit lb.
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BMI Calculation
Diagnosis and tests for measurement of overweight and obesity in children ...
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Literature Review: Eating Disorders
Literature Review: Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are characterized by conditions of abnormal eating habits or intake of insufficient or excessive food intake. These conditions are determined of physical, mental, or psychological health of an individual. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and diabulimia are specific and most common forms of ...