Browsing Auburn University Graduate School by Department "Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management"
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Eight weeks of supplementation with Vitamin D3 improves serum concentrations but does not affect strength or body composition in young-adult resistance training females
(2023-12-11)
Various lines of evidence suggest vitamin D exerts a range of beneficial effects in skeletal muscle. Nonetheless, there are limited and mixed data regarding the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on body composition and ...
The Evaluation of a Pilot Theory-Based Nutrition Intervention Promoting a Mediterranean diet for the Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in a High-Risk Population of the Southeastern United States: The Healthy Hearts Program
(2018-11-30)
In the United States, Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 25% of deaths among adults with morbidity rates highest in the southeastern region of the country. Despite studies showing adherence to a Mediterranean-style ...
Examining the metabolic, physiologic and chronobiologic effects of Western diet-induced obesity in a mouse model
(2019-12-05)
Obesity is a major public health concern that can result from consuming a Western diet (WD), characterized by a diet high in fat and sugar, including sugar sweetened beverages. A proposed treatment for WD-induced obesity ...
An Exploration of Highly Skilled Immigrant Employees’ Competencies and Their Perceived Value Among Human Resource Professionals in the Hotel Industry: A Qualitative Study
(2026-05-01)
This dissertation examines how highly skilled immigrant employees (HSIEs) in U.S. hotels validate and mobilize migration-linked cultural and linguistic capital, and how hotel human resources (HR) professionals perceive, ...
Exploring Restaurant Managers' Awareness, Attitudes, and Motivations towards Mitigating Food Waste
(2021-12-10)
Food waste is an enormous global issue with severe financial, environmental, and social implications (Williams et al., 2015). The U.S. restaurant industry is a sector known to significantly contribute to food waste (Gunders, ...
Exploring the Impact of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Nerve Growth Factor, and Exercise on Skeletal Muscle
(2024-05-01)
Skeletal muscle is the largest organ of the body with many essential functions. Recent studies have linked obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with skeletal muscle loss and dysfunction. The first objective of this ...
Exploring the role of online visual information in pre- and post- tourism experiences
(2022-08-04)
Visual information significantly influences tourists' pre and post tourism experiences; it creates a vivid stimulation of the experiences and can provoke the tourists' imagination to better convey the favorable information. ...
Exploring the State of Student Food Insecurity Response among Alabama College and University Campuses: Development, Evaluation, and Pilot Implementation of the Campus Food Aid Self-assessment Tool (C-FAST)
(2024-07-29)
Food insecurity is an important issue among college students with negative effects on academic performance, physical and mental health, and socialization. Currently, no instrument exists to systematically guide campus ...
Exploring Travel Constraints, Travel Desire, and Virtual Reality Tourism as a Negotiation Strategy
(2023-07-28)
This dissertation offers a comprehensive exploration of travel constraints and the potential role of Virtual Reality (VR) tourism as a negotiation strategy to cope with travel constraints. Comprising three independent ...
Extension Empowers Alabama Youth to Improve Dietary Behaviors
(2019-08-23)
The purposes were to determine the outcome and procedural efficacies of Eat Better, Move More (EBMM), an obesity prevention program, and to identify sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the home. A convenience sample of ...
An Eye-tracking study: Do intrinsic and extrinsic cue words of locally grown food menu items associate with consumers’ visual attention and menu item choice at hyper-local restaurants?
(2021-07-22)
Consumers’ interest in locally grown food is growing. However, there has been limited research exploring how certain cue words on menus could be eye-catching and correlate to consumers’ food selection decision. Therefore, ...
From hostile encounters to unforgettable journeys: Unveiling the power of visitor harassment and host sincerity on destination loyalty
(2023-08-01)
This research paper examines the relationships among visitor harassment, host sincerity, memorable tourism experiences, destination fascination, and destination loyalty. Using the expectancy-disconfirmation theory, the ...
The Gender Leadership Gap in the U.S. Meetings and Events Industry: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Approach
(2025-07-30)
The U.S. meetings and events industry is heavily female-dominated, yet continues to be led by men. Despite accounting for approximately 80% of the workforce, just 20% of executive positions are held by women. While this ...
High Fat Sugar Diet Induces Skeletal Muscle Degeneration and the Beneficial Effect of Time Restricted Feeding
(2020-05-13)
High fat sugar diet (HFS) is a high-energy diet and has been shown to lead to obesity and many related disorders. Obesity is a risk factor for a lot of diseases and previous studies have suggested that obesity is associated ...
The Impact of the Perceived Challenge and Hindrance Stressors on the Hotel Frontline Employees Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: An Empirical Investigation to the Moderating Role of the Psychological Capital
(2016-12-12)
The purpose of this research study was to examine the dynamics of the relationships
between the challenge and hindrance stressors and the employees’ levels of engagement in
organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) by ...
The Impact of the Physical Environment in the Hospitality Industry
(2022-06-03)
The physical environment is amongst the few tangible cues available for customers when it comes to hospitality services and is meant to draw the customers into space and create a visual narrative that they can remember ...
Investigating the Role of Servicescape on Site Selection for Traditional and Virtual Event Venues: A Comparative Study
(2017-07-26)
The meeting and event industry has transformed into one of the leading sectors of the hospitality and tourism industries, making it important for traditional and virtual event venues to understand the logistics behind ...
An investigation of work values, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among hospitality employees of different generations
(2022-07-27)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the differences in work values, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among four generational cohort (i.e., Baby Boomer, Generation X, Millennial, and Generation ...
An Investigation of Work-Family Spillover Effect of Generation Z Employees in Chinese Hospitality Industry
(2024-07-09)
Work–family spillover is an important topic in the hospitality sector. However, there is a lack of research on work–family spillover among Chinese Generation Z hospitality employees, who have become integral to the workforce. ...
“I’ve Gut a Feeling”: The Effect of Nerve Growth Factor on Gut Microbiota in Obesity, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, and Alzheimer’s Disease in a Mouse Model
(2023-07-28)
In recent years, the rates of obesity and diet-induced metabolic disorders have continued to rise. In the United States, obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are at epidemic levels. Obesity and T2DM increase the ...