Essays about: "thesis in obesity"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 59 essays containing the words thesis in obesity.

  1. 31. Becoming an agri-food super power: Exploring the politicization of the Chilean Food System

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Pedro Glatz; [2017]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the creation and development of the modern Chilean Food System. Providing a description of the system focused on the production and consumption areas, the fruit export complex and the salmon industry are characterized. READ MORE

  3. 32. Should Sweden impose excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in order to improve public health?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Johan Edfeldt; Linn Petersson Edfeldt; [2017]
    Keywords : Excise tax; Sugar-Sweetened beverages SSB ; Sugar tax; Quantity tax; Value tax ad valorem tax ; Cost-benefit analysis; Scenario analysis; Welfare diseases; Body Mass Index BMI ;

    Abstract : In recent time, several reports have been published about a more and more unhealthy population world wide, with increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) in welfare countries, such as Sweden. Diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, which is strongly connected to a high BMI, have increased and together with them also the medical expenses for society/state. READ MORE

  4. 33. Revisiting the Glocal : the critical role of alternative food movements in transforming the global food system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Julia Schrader; [2017]
    Keywords : food system change; alternative food movements; structural change; social movements; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The dominant food system is unable to guarantee food security for 11% of the global population and hasn't solved problems of hunger, malnutrition, and obesity on the one hand side, while it also contributes fundamentally to the degradation of natural resources and makes living in a safe operating space for humankind increasingly unlikely. A transformational reform of the food system enabling increased access to food of the world's food-insecure people is much needed. READ MORE

  5. 34. The effect of barley on glucose regulation, appetite and colonic fermentation in middle aged subjects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Jananee Muralidharan; [2017]
    Keywords : Food science; barley; gut microbiota; nutrition; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : Use of wholegrain foods has shown importance in terms of prevention of obesity and related comorbidities. Positive metabolic effects of wholegrain barley have been investigated with this regard. READ MORE

  6. 35. Metabolic effects of altered body fat content in the Icelandic horse : responses to feeding and exercise

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Tanja Rún Jóhannsdóttir; [2017]
    Keywords : Icelandic horse; body condition; metabolic effects; training physiology;

    Abstract : Obesity is one of the most common welfare problems affecting domesticated horses and is believed to stimulate the development of other metabolic syndromes, i.e. insulin resistance and laminitis. READ MORE