Browsing by Subject "nutrition"
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1973)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1974)
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(2022-02-22)Increasing evidence over the last decade suggests a relationship between nutrition and suicide risk factors (e.g., depression and suicidal ideation). For instance, several studies have linked meat consumption to reduced ...
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(2009-05-15)Obesity is an increasingly prevalent problem and many chronic diseases are associated with excess body fat. Understanding factors which contribute to excess body fat is a primary step in curtailing the obesity epidemic. ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1978)
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Studies in other species indicate high protein diets increase urinary calcium (Ca) excretion and may lead to negative calcium balance and reduced bone density. As overfeeding of protein is commonplace in the horse ...
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(2011-08-08)This research examines the effect of a nutrition education intervention to change attitudes and other factors associated with eating breakfast and consuming low-fat dairy and whole-grains. Adolescents (n = 106) 11 to 15 ...
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(2014-08-06)This study compared the efficacy of the Curves® Complete 90-day Challenge (CC), Weight Watchers® Points Plus (WW), Jenny Craig® At Home (JC), and Nutrisystem® Advance Select™ (NS) on weight loss, body composition and/or ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1981)
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(2017-07-18)Being the largest tissue that accounts for 40-50% of overall metabolism in non-obese individuals, skeletal muscle is a modifiable target for reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Resistance exercise induces cell signaling ...
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(2009-05-15)This study explored the effects of dietary unsaturated fatty acids on feline lipid metabolism. It was hypothesized that high dietary linoleic acid (18:2n-6, LA) would enhance conversion to arachidonic acid (20:4n-6), ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1976)
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(2011-02-22)Throughout the performance horse industry, the occurance of various muscle disorders is common and can be detrimental to the performance and longevity of equine athletes. Research has revealed effects of diet manipulation, ...
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(2021-08-02)This study was designed to test the hypothesis that dietary glycine (Gly) supplementation would improve the growth rate and survivability of post-weaning growing pigs through improved creatine synthesis. Pigs were obtained ...
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(2014-03-18)The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether following a higher protein (HP) diet for 10-weeks promotes a reduction of MetS and the individual NCEP ATP III MetS risk factors better than a higher carbohydrate (HC) ...
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(2009-05-15)A series of experiments examined the effects of four potential prebiotics-- GroBiotic®-A (a mixture of partially autolyzed brewers yeast, dairy components and dried fermentation products), mannanoligosaccharide (MOS), ...
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(2013-12-12)The focus of this study was to use environmental health education to improve topic-specific health literacy in two underserved Hispanic communities, Webb County and San Antonio. Hispanic communities may have disparities ...
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(2009-05-15)Hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) aquaculture is a major commercial enterprise in the United States and internationally. Efforts to decrease diet costs and limit dependence on fishmeal, have led to the ...
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(2013-11-19)The need to identify economical applications for the co-products of algal biofuel has led to the evaluation of these co-products as feedstuffs in aquaculture feeds. However, the flocculation of algae often results in ...
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(2016-08-04)The objective of this research was to evaluate nutritional strategies focused on exogenous enzymes and synthetic amino acids aimed at maximizing broiler performance and nutrient utilization. Four experiments were conducted ...