The purposes of the research presented in this thesis were
to: (l) assess the nutritional status of vegetarian and nonvegetarian
Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), non-SDA non-vegetarians,
and non-vegetarian hormone depend ...
We compared a kinetic method (KM) and a colorimetric method (CM) for
measuring erythrocyte aspartate aminotransferase (EAST) activity. Twenty-three
healthy college students including 7 men and 16 women, aged from 22 to ...
The study reported in this thesis is part of an investigation designed to determine the metabolism of thiamine and riboflavin in human subjects who were maintained on controlled diets. Part of this investigation was made ...
Because Mexican foods have been implicated in a number of outbreaks
of foodborne illness in the United States, production procedures
used in Mexican restaurants were investigated by interviewing four
managers. Two maj ...
The nutritional impact of snacking on the diets of female,
freshman college students between the ages of 17 and 20 years was
assessed. Sixty-five women living in freshman residence halls at
Oregon State University rec ...
Background: Premenopausal black women have a 2-3 fold greater rate of coronary heart
disease (CHD) than premenopausal white women. The purpose of this study was to
provide insight into the reasons for this difference.
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The statistical correlations between habitual diet and plasma
risk factors for coronary heart disease CHD were analyzed using
multiple regression. Thirty-one male subjects between 30-56 years
kept complete dietary rec ...
The purpose of this research was to explore patients' perceptions of services
provided by hospital dietitians. The two-phase study included: (1) personal
interviews of thirty-one patients to determine service attribute ...
Economic, environmental, social and political influences made the management of
solid waste or garbage an important issue for all foodservice directors, including those
in health care facilities. The study objectives w ...
4-Pyridoxic acid is the major metabolite of all forms of
vitamin B₆ in mammalian species. The determination of 4-pyridoxic
acid, therefore, is important in the investigation of vitamin B₆
metabolism and for the establ ...
Pyridoxal phosphate is a coenzyme in about 50 known enzymatic
reactions. A simple and accurate method for the determination of
pyridoxal phosphate would be desirable because it could provide a
means to assess the nutr ...