Diet quality

Tieszen, L.L. and Fagre, T. 1993 Effect of diet quality and composition on the isotopic composition of respiratory COj, bone collagen, bioapatite and soft tissues. In Lambert, J.B. and Grupe, G., eds.. Prehistoric Human Bone. Archaeology at the Molecular Level. Berlin, Springer-Verlag 121-155. 

Kant AK (1996) Indexes of overall diet quality a review . Journal of the American... 

Texas blind salamander Typhlomolge rathbuni, a subterranean species, lives in a few caves and wells in the area of San Marcos, Texas. Males and females are attracted by water conditioned by the opposite sex (Bechler, 1986). Males of the salamander Pktftodon cinereus actually signal their diet quality to the females. Males may feed on termites or ants. Termites provide the better diet because they are rich in lipids, energy, and vitamin B components, and lack the hard cuticle of ants. Female salamanders spend more time near fecal pellets from a male on a termite diet than one that feeds on ants. Also, in a forest, more males with termites in their diet were found associated with females than were males on an ant diet (Walls etah, 1989). 

Thomsen, E., and D. Schatzlein. 2002. Advances in field-portable XRF. Spectroscopy VKJf- 14-21. Tieszen, Larry L., and Thomas Eagre 1993. Effect of diet quality on the isotopic composition of... 

Drewnowski, A., S.A. Henderson, A.B. Shore, C. Fischler, P. Preziosi, and S. Her-cberg. 1996. Diet quality and dietary diversity in France implications for the French paradox. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 96 663-669. 

Fulgoni, V. L., Ill, Dreher, M., and Davenport, A. J. 2013. Avocado consumption is associated with better diet quality and nutrient intake, and lower metabolic syndrome risk in US adults Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2008. Vute J. 12 1. 

Evaluation of Diet Quality Nutrient Density or Nutrient-Energy Ratios... 

There is renewed interest in the use of nutrient-energy ratios as a measure of diet quality (Beaton and Swiss, 1974 Wretlind, 1970, 1982). The Nordic countries have established dietary standards based upon such ratios (The National Food Administration, 1981). If one has reliable information about the usual nutrient intake of an individual, or a descriptor of a proposed dietary formulation, it is a relatively simple matter to calculate the concentration of nutrients/1000 kilocalories. It is a much more complex matter to establish criteria of adequacy applicable to such a ratio. 

Yu ZM, Parker L, Dummer TJB. Depressive symptoms, diet quality, physical activity, and body composition among populations in Nova Scotia. Preventive Medicine. Canada Report from the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow s Health 2014 61 106—113. 

Is this and related phenomena attributable to the fact that rats are night feeders and consume their daily ration quickly in a single meal By extension, has sufficient attention been paid to human food intake patterns in which the variables are not only diet quality but also the frequency and schedule of the daily meals ... 

A meta-analytical approach is best suited to test the hypothesis that energy variables have an effect on N utilization and excretion rates. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of diet quality and ME intake on the efficiency of utilizing N intake for milk production and subsequent excretion of N in faeces and urine. 

Figure 4 illustrates the effect of modifying diet quality on faecal N excretion. Although, N intake is the primary driver for N excretion, the predictive model was improved for faecal and urinary N by including representation of diet quality. 

Figure 4. A 3-dimensional representation of a multivariate relationship between nitrogen intake (NI), faeces nitrogen excretion (FN) and diet quality or metabolizability (q).

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