Sökning: "Fast-food"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Fast-food.
1. Impact of different interventions on cardiovascular risk factors
Sammanfattning : Obesity and related complications such as diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) and cardiovascular events, are a growing major health problem worldwide. Achieving a negative energy balance by increasing physical activity in combination with reduced caloric intake, is the most common approach in weight reduction strategies, something that is difficult to maintain in the long term. LÄS MER
2. Erkännandets Janusansikte : Det sociala kapitalets betydelse i arbetslivskarriärer
Sammanfattning : I denna studie undersöks de informella processerna i rekryteringen, speciellt innebörden av olika former av socialt kapital. I fokus står de värden som tillskrivs utbildningar, arbetslivserfarenheter och kontakter. Det uttrycks genom frågor som hur, var, vem och varför snarare än om lediga tjänster tillsätts via kontakter. LÄS MER
3. The Coloniality of Taste : A political ecology of middle class food practices in a Bolivian city
Sammanfattning : Cochabamba city, also referred to as the “gastronomic capital of Bolivia”, is a place where different cultures and tastes meet. Indulging in rich culinary traditions is a part of everyday life, but so are social differentiations reproducing long-standing inequalities between the indigenous and the non-indigenous population. LÄS MER
4. Hyper-alimentation - effects on health and well-being
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to prospectively examine the effects on health and well-being when healthy normal weight individuals increase their energy intake, mainly from fast food and simultaneously adopt a sedentary lifestyle.This thesis is based upon a prospective experimental study design where 18 healthy normal weight individuals, 12 men and 6 women, aged 26 (6. LÄS MER
5. Neighborhood-level factors : barriers and assets to cardiovascular disease
Sammanfattning : Aims: To examine whether the availability of goods, services, and resources differs by level of neighborhood deprivation (study I). To examine whether there are associations between neighborhood availability of potentially health-damaging (fast food restaurants and bars/pubs) and health-promoting (physical activity facilities and health care facilities) goods, services, and resources and CHD incidence (study II). LÄS MER