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Nutrition transition in Kyrgyzstan: Understanding the triple burden of malnutrition and the importance of dietary quality
(2023)
Nutrition transition, including changes in lifestyle and diet, has been taking place globally. Malnutrition is a serious public health issue responsible for the considerable portion of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Currently, little knowledge about nutrition transition and its relation to malnutrition exists in low and middle-income countries. Kyrgyzstan undergoes a nutrition transition with health and diet implications, especially to women. Kyrgyzstan is believed to be at the end of the ‘receding famine’ stage ...
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Food commercialization, hidden hunger and malnutrition: A study of food and nutrition security, focusing on the marginalized society in Sri Lanka
(2020-09)
From 2016 to 2019, a collaborative research project between the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and the Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture, University of Kassel, Germany, was carried out to investigate the food commercialization, hidden hunger, and malnutrition in marginalized societies in Sri Lanka.
Consuming a healthy diet, maintaining good health, and chronic diseases is a challenge for those struggling with poverty and food insecurity for various reasons in Sri Lanka, including limited financial ...
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Sustainable diets: Studies on German consumers’ intention-behavior gap
(2020-01)
Globally our practiced food systems are causing great harm to our environment including contributions to biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water pollution, and climate change, as well as to human health. Sustainable diets are crucial for solving those global diet-related problems because they are credited with a key role in the transformation of our currently practiced food systems into more sustainable ones. Increasing the practice of sustainable diets can be a starting point for initiating the needed change. ...
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Entwicklung und Validierung der Steigbildmethode zur Differenzierung von ausgewählten Lebensmitteln aus verschiedenen Anbausystemen und Verarbeitungsprozessen
(2007-02-14)
Zusammenfassung (deutsch)
Seit den 1980iger Jahren wächst die Bedeutung der sog. Bildschaffenden Methoden für die Bestimmung der Qualität ökologischer Produkte. Zu diesen Methoden gehört die Biokristallisation, Steigbild und Rundfilter-Chromatographie. Die Ergebnisse dieser Methoden sind Bilder, die anhand definierter Kriterien ausgewertet werden. Bei der Biokristallisation sind es mehr oder weniger geordnete Kristallisationen auf einer Glasplatte, bei dem Steigbild zweidimensionale Strukturen auf Chromatographiepapier. ...
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Embracing the risks and the potentials for a sustainable dairy value chain in Georgia: Assessment of dairy value chain sustainability, constraints and opportunities in Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia
(2021-10-15)
Der Agrarsektor in Georgien und vielen Ländern der Welt spielt die führende Rolle in der Wirtschaft dieser Länder und gilt als eine der wesentlichen Säulen für die Verringerung der Armut und die Wiederbelebung der lokalen Wirtschaft. Georgien strebt danach, Nachhaltigkeitssysteme zu erreichen und diese in einer neuen Politik umzusetzen. Doch allein auf die Landwirtschaft kann man sich nicht verlassen, um die aktuellen Herausforderungen zu meistern. Daher konzentriert sich die Agrarpolitik in vielen Ländern auf die ...
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Volatile Compounds effects in Industrial Food Recipes using Food Pairing Method
(2020-12)
The present study aims to investigate the flavour pairing-methodology for product development in an international acting company. Besides the sensory tests, analytical investigations and algorithmic works are part of the research.
In this study, original food ingredients (eighty-seven flavouring ingredients) which are mostly consumed in Turkey and some of them are currently used in a worldwide acting company (Headquarter in Germany with a branch in Turkey) were examined to postulate which ingredients should be brought ...
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Green food consumption: Studies on consumers’ purchase intentions and the intention-behaviour gap in the Chinese context
(2021)
With the growing problem of the global environment and exposure to various food safety incidents, consumers are increasingly concerned about the environment as well as the safety and quality of food products. Therefore, growing calls for safe, healthy, environmentally friendly, and sustainable food consumption have been growing. As one of China’s most successful ecolabelling programs, green food has shown great potential for further expansion among Chinese food consumption. This doctoral research has taken consumers’ ...
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Nutrition in Kindergartens of Kosovo
(2014-03-17)
Einer physiologisch angemessenen Ernährung in der Kindheit wird eine wichtige Rolle in der physischen, mentalen und emotionalen Entwicklung vom Kindes- bis zum späteren Erwachsenenalter zugeschrieben. Obwohl es bisher nur wenige Daten zum Gesundheits- und Ernährungsstatus im Kosovo gibt, zeigen diese Studien aus der Zeit vor und nach dem Kosovokrieg, dass Unterernährung und der Mangel einiger wichtiger Mikronährstoffe bei Kindern im Vorschulalter vorherrschen. Deshalb ist es erforderlich, die Daten von Kindern im ...
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Local food security and principle of organic farming (from farm to fork) in context of food culture in Indonesia: Minangkabau's case study
(2011-03-07)
The basic idea behind improving local food security consists of two paths; first, accessibility (price, stock) and second, availability (quantity and biodiversity); both are perquisites to the provision of nutrients and a continuous food supply with locally available resources. The objectives of this thesis are to investigate if indigenous knowledge still plays an important role in traditional farming in the Minangkabau`s culture, thus supporting local food security. If the indigenous knowledge still plays a role in ...
Dissertation
HACCP in Germany and Lebanon
(2018-10-22)
Food borne outbreaks have been on the rise in Lebanon and in Germany in recent years. Food safety systems have been developed over a period of years starting from HACCP which was established in the 1950’s unto the European directive 93/43/EEC established in 1993, to directive (EC) No 178/2002 until today in order to prevent and control hazards in the different food safety fields. Such systems which started with HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) and was later integrated into private systems such as ...