AIMS The current study assessed, by university and sex, the association between nutritional behaviour (twelve independent variables), and stress and depressive symptoms (dependent variables) in a sample from three UK countries. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was undertaken among undergraduates enrolled across seven universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (N = 3,706). Self-admini...

results in this study after coding the transcribed interviews, the findings were categorized into three main themes as follows: personal views, social factors, and family factors. each theme included several categories and subcategories, and the coded sentences and phrases were placed under each category and subcategory. conclusions the results of this study showed that the number of factors pr...

this paper argues that commercial forces have steadily encroached into our understanding of medicine and health in modern industrial societies. the impact on the delivery of personal medical services and on common ideas about food and nutrition is profound and largely deleterious to public health. a key component of commercialization is reductionism of medical services, health products and nutr...

There is a wealth of archaeological evidence, from bones excavated in prehistoric middens, piles of fruit stones and sea shells, that give us concrete indications of food consumed at various prehistoric sites around Europe. Added to this information we have pollen analysis from settlement sites and charred plant macrofossils. Wetland archaeology informs us in much more detail not just which foo...

The purposes of the study were to assess knowledge, self-efficacy, and perceived barriers on a low-iodine diet among thyroid cancer patients and to identify strategies for nutrition education. A self-administered questionnaire was developed based on a review of literature and pilot-tested. A total of 121 female thyroid cancer patients participated in a survey and 117 responses were used for dat...

The biomass of microorganisms in the digestive tracts of young salmon in the sea of Saanich Inlet was examined by (i) the direct microscopic method, (ii) the plate count method and (iii) the physiological method (microbial biomass assumed from the release of carbon dioxide). By all methods, most microbial biomass in foods was shown to decrease during its stay in the digestive organ. This observ...

Edible coatings can improve the quality of fresh, frozen, and processed meat, poultry, and seafood products by retarding moisture loss, reducing lipid oxidation and discoloration, enhancing product appearance in retail packages by eliminating dripping, sealing in volatile flavors, functioning as carriers of food additives such as antimicrobial and antioxidant agents, and reducing oil uptake by ...