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The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - The New Nordic Diet and Child Nutrition (04:22)

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This presentation discusses how we can improve the health of the population and how child nutrition affects this. In the childhood, many diseases, mental problems, cognitive problems and health detrimental conditions are established. Thus, it is important to focus on the children’s diet, exercise patterns, and lifestyle in order to elucidate the effects of diet on the children’s health.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Professor Arne Astrup

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - SHOPUS - A Model for Improving Validity of Nutritional Intervention Studies Part 2 - The Results (10:52)

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In this presentation, we will go through some of the very interesting results and our preliminary interpretation of the data from the SHOPUS project. Furthermore, we will talk about how using the shop model made it possible to achieve a very high compliance to the New Nordic Diet and the control diet (average Danish diet) and how to obtain the expected differences in food intake between those two study diets.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Associate Professor Thomas Meinert Larseb

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - Developing a New Nordic Diet (13:21)

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In this presentation, PhD in Human Nutrition Charlotte Mithril presents data from her PhD project, which aimed to develop the New Nordic Diet. In continuation of this, Charlotte Mithril introduces why there is a need for a New Nordic Diet in the first place and how this interplays with the existing dietary guidelines in Denmark.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: PhD in Human Nutrition Charlotte Mithrill

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - Easy to Love, Easy to get hold of, Easy to make, Easy to Afford (13:22)

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In this video lecture, the Danish chef and food consultant Mathias Holt, talks about his work in developing the principles behind the New Nordic Diet. He also touches upon why and how to bring the principles into people’s kitchens. Furthermore, Mathias Holt will introduce the development and progression of the new Nordic diet and the organization and development of the School Intervention.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Food Consultant Mathias Holt

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - SHOPUS - A Model for Improving Validity of Nutritional Intervention Studies Part 1 - The Studies (20:03)

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The aim of this presentation is to expand the students’ knowledge about the SHOPUS (Shop-in-OPUS) project, which tests the health benefits of the New Nordic Diet on adults. Furthermore, we will discuss why the use of a shop model may be a better way to test the health benefits of diets.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Associate Professor Thomas Meinert Larseb

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - The Nordic Movement (15:24)

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In this presentation, Claus Meyer (co-founder of the renowned Danish restaurant NOMA) introduces the process of starting a culinary project in Denmark, which had a certain influence on food culture in Scandinavia. Furthermore, Claus Meyer will introduce how such a project can be of value to people living far from Scandinavia.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Gastronomical Entrepreneur Claus Meyer

The New Nordic Diet - From Gastronomy to Health - The Importance of Activity and Sleep for Children's Healthy Lifestyle (12:07)

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This presentation introduces factors for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In continuation of this, we will discuss the rationale for including measurements of activity and sleep in the OPUS School Meal Study. Furthermore, we will describe the methods used to quantify physical activity and sleep. Finally, we will highlight the important ongoing data analyses from the physical activity and sleep measurements.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: PhD student Mads Fiil Hjorth

An Introduction to Global Health - The Role of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (12:13)

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This video introduce the student to the UNFPA, its role as global health organization and provides concrete examples of the type of work undertaken by UNFPA. A particular emphasis upon modalities in support of government institutions. One of the most important mandates of UNFPA relate to ensure that people have access to appropriate family planning. This is supported by ensuring that communities have access to a broad range of contraceptives to meet the various needs of different people. Participants: Chief, Procurement Services Branch, UNFPA Eric Dupont

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Professor Flemming Konradsen

An Introduction to Global Health - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (10:13)

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This video introduces the content and the history that has led to the definition of the broad approach called sexual and reproductive health and rights. It has developed from use of contraception and the rights and knowledge to decide how many children a family wants, over maternal mortality during birth and sexual transmission of diseases. Today the area also includes discussions of sexual orientation, relations outside marriage and early marriage.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: External lecturer Siri Tellier

Mass Drug Administration - Community Engagement for Malaria Mass Drug Administration (07:06)

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In this presentation, we will discuss the Malaria Elimination Project, and why community engagement is so important for this project. Specifically, we will focus on the three major components of community acceptance, which is understanding the human behavior, the geography and the social structure of the people living in the given community.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Anthropologist and Demographer Daniel Parker

Mass Drug Administration - The Work Process and Procedures of a Qualitative Research Project - part 1 (08:01)

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The focus of this presentation is to expand the students’ knowledge about the different stages of qualitative research process and in continuation of this discuss different aspects that we need to consider during these stages. For further information regarding the field work and management of results in qualitative research, please look at the video: The Work Process and Procedures of a Qualitative Research Project - part 2.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Anthropologist Britt Tersbøl

Mass Drug Administration - The Work Process and Procedures of a Qualitative Research Project - part 2 (04:14)

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This presentation provides a short and simplified overview of the different stages of the qualitative research process. In continuation of this we will talk about planning, consultation, consideration of many practical as well as scientific and ethics matters. For further information regarding the planning stages of qualitative research, please look at the video: The Work Process and Procedures of a Qualitative Research Project - part 1

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Anthropologist Britt Tersbøl