NFS 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Blood Sugar, Organizational Culture, Chemotherapy
3 Nov 2017
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Nutrition and public health: preventing disease and promoting health. Chronic diseases: the leading cause of death/disability. Asses quality of care in those system. Look at health, social services: community-level interactions. Target change in local or regional setting. Watch dairy-based saturated fat limit intake of high-sugar foods and sugar sweetened beverages limit intake of overall calories including monitoring portion size. Diet and health: nutrition strategies and risk factors. Nutrition strategies in public health should use following criteria. Make sure the study is powered accurately. Qualitative data vs. quantitative data look for strong associations between a disease and risk factors that would lead to it: want a good sized sample to work with, surveys, assessments. Make sure the risk factor is modifiable: cannot focus in on independent variables, ex. Smoking number of sugar sweetened beverages someone is consuming, amount of fiber someone is consuming --- all modifiable.
