Browsing SPH Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "Health Sciences, Nutrition"
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Plant-Based Diets and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease
(2016-05-03)Plant-based diets, defined as “vegetarian” diets, are associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD). To examine the health effects of gradual reductions in animal food consumption ... -
Point-of-Purchase Food Marketing and Policy Solutions
(2016-05-03)Background: Food marketing has been implicated as a driver of obesity. However, few studies have examined point-of-purchase marketing in supermarkets and restaurants, or marketing in lower-income countries. Furthermore, ... -
Relation of Dietary Healthfulness to Food Environmental Impact
(2016-01-19)Recent discussions in the literature have suggested that reducing the consumption of foods with high associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and impacts on global water resources, such as meat and dairy foods, and replacing ... -
Sleep Duration, Diet Quality and Type 2 Diabetes
(2015-04-27)Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions globally, and accumulating evidence suggests extremes of sleep duration increase risk. Diet may be an important mechanism, yet few studies examine prospective relationships ... -
The Associations Between Dietary Intake and Incidence of Periodontal Disease
(2018-04-24)Periodontitis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases worldwide. The relationship between diet and periodontitis is not well understood. This dissertation addresses the relationship between long-term dietary ... -
Understanding Effects of Exercise and Diet to Improve Mental and Physical Health in Children With Behavioral Health Disorders
(2017-01-10)Approximately 13%–20% of children living in the United States experience a diagnosable behavioral health disorder (BHD) in a given year. Children with BHDs have elevated risk of poor mental and physical health outcomes. ... -
Vitamin D and Neurodegenerative Disease With Selected Topics Related to Correlated and Missing Outcome Data
(2015-09-15)The following dissertation addresses of two themes: the role of vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases and methodologic concepts related to correlated missing outcome data. In the first chapter, the relation between ...