Essays about: "diabetes policy"

Found 5 essays containing the words diabetes policy.

1. 1. 'A Food Culture in Transition'. Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Reasoning in Food Choices - A Grounded Theory Study of Young Mothers in South Tarawa, Kiribati

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Anna Fallgren; [2017]
   Keywords : Public health; Food choices; Healthy eating; Kiribati; Pacific; Qualitative study; Mothers; Non-communicable diseases; Poverty; Climate change; Nutrition; Culture; Food policy; Non-governmental organisations; Participation; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : The recent shift towards energy-dense and nutrient-poor diets has led to an increase of diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. Due to poverty, geographical remoteness and lack of cultivable land, Kiribati experiences a double burden of malnutrition with high levels of NCDs among adults, and undernourishment among children. READ MORE

3. 2. Impact of Competitive Foods in Public Schools on Child Nutrition: Effects on Adolescent Obesity in The United States An Integrative Systematic Literature Review

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Kirsten Sildén; [2017]
   Keywords : school OR schools united states OR U.S. OR US OR united states of America food OR food preferences OR food habits OR health behavior OR feeding behavior OR child nutrition weight gain OR overweight OR BMI OR Body Mass Index OR Body Composition OR Obesity OR Adolescent Obesity OR Pediatric Obesity OR body weight nutrition policy OR health promotion OR health policy OR school health policy food services OR competitive food OR competitive foods OR commercial food OR beverages OR carbonated beverages OR sugar-sweetened beverages OR vending machines OR food dispensers OR food dispensers; automatic OR foods of minimal nutritional value OR FMNV ; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract Objective: To identify and analyse literature on the effects of competitive foods in public schools on adolescent weight (BMI), and possible impacts they may have on adolescent obesity in the United States. Methods: An integrative systematic review of literature was conducted. READ MORE

4. 3. The Creation of a Sustainable Urban Foodscape in San Francisco City and County

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Ksenia Pushkarskaya; [2014]
   Keywords : Sustainable Urban Foodscape; San Francisco; Food Access; Nutrition education; Local Food; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Food policies have become increasingly relevant for the federal and municipal planning in the recent decades. Poor quality diets are associated with a number of diseases, such as obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, and some cancers. I have done a case study of food policy in San Francisco. READ MORE

5. 4. Grönstrukturplanering för framtiden – Grönstrukturplanering i Eskilstuna och Örebro

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

   Author : Gry Arvidsson; [2012]
   Keywords : grönstruktur; grönstrukturplanering; kommunal planering; grönstruktur begreppet; kulturella funktioner; ekologiska funktioner; sociala funktioner; hälsa; Boverket;

   Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att länka en historisk förståelse av begreppet grönstruktur och dess syfte till en analys av dagens strategier för utvecklingen av planerad grönstruktur i urbana områden. Avsikten är att försöka förstå och väva samman vetenskapliga, professionella och policyperspektiv på grönstrukturer. READ MORE

6. 5. Does the onset of type 1 diabetes in young adults imply increased sickness absence? Results from a Swedish longitudinal study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jennifer Eriksson; [2008]
   Keywords : Sickness absence; Type 1 Diabetes; Hurdle model; The health capital model; The labour-leisure model; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Few studies on sickness absence, theoretical as well as empirical, in the field of economics specifically focus on the impact of chronic illness. The purpose of the present study is to fill this theoretical gap by providing a theoretical explanation of sickness absence after the onset of a specific chronic illness, namely type 1 diabetes, but also to empirically examine if sickness absence differs for type 1 diabetics and a control group. READ MORE