Week 9: Obesity Policy Research Unit (OPRU) Flashcards
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What is nutrition transition?
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Shift in nutritional composition of diet (and energy expenditure) in response to demographic, economic and epidemiological changes.
2
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What is the developmental model of nutrition?
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Learning eating behaviour through exposure, observation of social environment and association.
3
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What are the cognitive models of nutrition?
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Our knowledge, beliefs and attitudes influences our eating behaviour.
- e.g. Education influences dietary behaviour
Nutrition knowledge not strongly correlated with good dietary habits
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