Search results for "EFA"
showing 10 items of 1142 documents
Breakfast and school lunch as pathways for enhancing educational outcomes and promoting public health
2022
Health and education are closely linked. Healthy students are suggested to be better learners (3). Healthy behaviors, including healthy diets, physical activity, and sufficient sleep, might provide optimal conditions for adolescents’ brain development and learning (4). The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of having breakfast (at home) and providing free school lunches in students’ educational outcomes. The thesis also sought to assess the contributions of these meals to public health promotion. Its focus is adolescents (for the school setting, the term “students” is used). Adolescence is a period in life in which youth go through important developmental phases in their…
Creatine consumption and liver disease manifestations in individuals aged 12 years and over
2022
Despite the overwhelming safety evidence concerning creatine intake in various settings, there is still incomplete information whether dietary creatine affects liver health at the population level. The main aim of this cross-sectional population-based study was to evaluate the association between creatine intake through regular diet and liver disease manifestations, including liver fibrosis and hepatic steatosis, among individuals aged 12 years and over, using open-source data from the 2017–2018 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A total of 9254 male and female participants of all ages were included in the 2017–2018 NHANES round. We extracted data from the total…
Aspects of nutritional deficits and cognitive outcomes – Triangulation across time and subject domains among students and teachers in TIMSS
2022
This article describes associations between breakfast intake and school achievements among Norwegian 9th graders in 2015 and 2019. The study involved a representative sample based on Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), N = 4499 (2015) and N = 4685 (2019). This trend study using structural equation modelling and triangulation revealed a significant positive association between breakfast intake and school achievements among Norwegian 9th graders. This was found for both mathematics and science achievements, in 2015 and 2019, reported both by the students and their teachers. Mediation analyses showed that being hungry at school explained a third of the decrease in sc…
Drikkemønster hos førstegangsmødre to år etter fødsel : effekten av intervensjonen i Fit for fødsel
2017
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Background: Womans consumption of different types of beverages during pregnancy may affect the future health of the mother and child. Maternal consumption of different types of beverages was invetsigated during pregnancy and again two years after giving birth. Aim: The study intended to detect wether a lifestyle intervention in pregnancy had a long-term effect on women’s intake of selected beverages. Further it examines whether their weight and education influence the change in consumption of drinks. Method: The data for this study was collected from the study «Fit for birth» where they used randomized controlled trial met…
Effects of acute b-alanine supplementation on countermovement jump performance after a 4x400 m fatigue protocol: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-…
2022
This study aimed to examine the effect of acute beta-alanine (β-alanine) supplementation on jump performance after a strenuous fatigue protocol. Twelve healthy young men (age 21.4±0.5 years, body height 180.2±5.8 cm, body mass 76.6±9.2 kg) volunteered to participate in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The experimental group ingested 3.2 g of β-alanine (separated into two 1.6 g dosages) mixed with 23 g of glucose, whereas the placebo group ingested two dosages containing 23 g of glucose. Following the supplementation intake, participants completed a jump protocol involving countermovement jump (CMJ) and four consecutive countermovement jumps (CMJ-4). Subsequently, a 4…
Possible Effects of a Free School Meal on School Environment: The School Meal Intervention in Norway
2021
Evidence suggests that a free school meal can improve children and adolescent diet, social environment, concentration, and school performance. This study aimed to investigate possible effects of a free, healthy school meal among students that usually eat packed meals on behavioral issues, inactiveness, self-efficacy, school enjoyment and classroom environment. A school meal according to the dietary guidelines was served to students in the intervention group (n=55) for one year. A control group consumed packed meals as usual (n=109). Students (10-12 years) responded to a questionnaire at baseline and after one year. We used linear regression analyses and did not find significant effects of a…
Barns matmot 2.0 : Diet, development, and food neophobia in early years. How to promote healthy diets in a kindergarten setting
2021
Early diet has a profound impact on a child’s development, growth, and future health. A varied diet with a high intake of vegetables is positive in several domains of health. In Norway, as in many other countries, the intake of vegetables is too low among both children and adults. An important barrier to vegetable intake in children is food neophobia. Food neophobia, meaning unwillingness to try unfamiliar foods, is a trait that is most explicit in children between two and six years of age. As this age period is important for the development of food preferences and lifelong dietary habits, understanding which factors are related to food neophobia in early age is important to know how to bes…
Self-reported nutritional competence and -practice among health care workers at nursing homes in two Norwegian municipalities : a cross-sectional stu…
2017
Master's Thesis Public Health Science ME516 - University of Agder 2017 Background: Malnutrition is common in elderly. Possible causes are multimorbidity and natural changes from ageing. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe nutritional competence and nutritional practice among health care workers in nursing homes in two municipalities. Method: Health care workers from ten nursing homes received an electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire included 49 items regarding practice of documentation, self-reported nutritional competence, and knowledge about anthropometric measures and body mass index. In addition, familiarity of key documents and guidelines about nutrition were assessed. The…
Forutsetninger for vellykket sosial innovasjon i sykehjem: ledernes perspektiv
2019
Norges forskningsråd: 256647
Kreftkoordinatorer i løse luften eller som sentral brikke i kreftomsorgen? : Hva er kreftkoordinatorens rolle og funksjon i helsesektoren? En studie …
2020
Master's thesis in Political science and management (ME502) Problemstillingen for denne studien er: Hvordan kan man forstå kreftkoordinatorens rolle og funksjon i samarbeid, på tvers av helsesektoren? Videre forskerspørsmål som blir forsøkt besvart inkluderer: Hvordan defineres rollen og funksjonen til kreftkoordinatoren i offentlige dokumenter, utredninger og planer? Hvordan erfarer kreftkoordinatorene, og deres samarbeidspartnere rollen og funksjonen til kreftkoordinatoren? Hva slags legitimitet har kreftkoordinatorene opparbeidet seg, og hva slags innflytelse har disse koordinatorene fått i helsetjenesten? Overordnede dokumenter, utredninger, planer og forskere tildeler kreftkoordinatore…