Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Children’s Understandings of Mediated Health Campaigns for Childhood Obesity
Published 2010-01-01Purpose: The present study investigated children’s understandings of the intent and importance of current media initiatives designed to target childhood obesity. Semi structured interviews were analysed using qualitative ...Open AccessPreprint -
A pilot evaluation of appetite-awareness training in the treatment of childhood overweight and obesity
Published 2012-01-01Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of Children’s Appetite Awareness Training (CAAT), a treatment for childhood obesity which encourages overweight children to eat in response to internal ...Open AccessPreprint -
Okamoto's space for the first Painlevé equation in Boutroux coordinates
Published 2011-01-01We study the completeness and connectedness of asymptotic behaviours of solutions of the first Painlev ́e equation d^2 y/ dx^2 = 6 y^2 + x, in the limit x → ∞, x ∈ C. This problem arises in various physical contexts including ...Open AccessArticle -
Trust not in money: The effect of financial conflict of interest disclosure on dietary behavioural intention
Published 2009-01-01Purpose To determine the impact of financial conflict of interest (FCI) disclosure on dietary behavioural intention related to the glycaemic index (GI) of food. Design/methodology/approach Seventy-two participants were ...Open AccessArticle -
Predictors of undergraduates' intention to incorporate glycaemic index into dietary behaviour
Published 2009-01-01Open AccessArticle