Food consumption and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): a case of Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the ability of a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to rank Australians according to their intake of total carbohydrate, sugar, starch, fibre, glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL). DESIGN:Cross-sectional sample from a population cohort. SETTING:Two postcode areas west of Sydney, Australia....

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Barclay AW,Flood VM,Brand-Miller JC,Mitchell P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the current study was to identify and describe the meal and snack patterns (breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack) of public schoolchildren. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. Information on the previous day's food intake was obtained through the Web-CAAFE (...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Cezimbra VG,Assis MAA,de Oliveira MT,Pereira LJ,Vieira FGK,Di Pietro PF,Roberto DMT,Geraldo APG,Soar C,Rockenbach G,Hansen F,Hinnig PF

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between students' socio-economic status (SES) and school-day dietary intake, and the roles of parents and peers in shaping these associations. DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey measured school-day intake of vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, packaged snack foods and sugar-sweetened...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Ahmadi N,Black JL,Velazquez CE,Chapman GE,Veenstra G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To modify the self-administered, short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for adults to be used in the elderly (aged 65 years and above), and to validate this modified IPAQ for the elderly (IPAQ-E). DESIGN:A direct validity study using accelerometer-measured physical activity...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Hurtig-Wennlöf A,Hagströmer M,Olsson LA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Developing countries have adopted universal, high-potency vitamin A (VA) supplementation and food fortification as major strategies to control deficiency, prevent nutritional blindness and reduce child mortality. Yet questions persist regarding how best to measure impact and when to phase out supplementation....

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Palmer AC,West KP Jr,Dalmiya N,Schultink W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate (i) changes in stakeholder commitment and (ii) perceptions of the purpose, challenges and benefits of healthy food and beverage provision in community sports settings during the stepwise implementation of a healthy beverage policy. DESIGN:Convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design complemente...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Blake MR,Boelsen-Robinson T,Hanna L,Ryan A,Peeters A

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and specific biomarkers of inflammation, CVD risk and endothelial dysfunction in prepubertal obese children. DESIGN:Prospective, multicentre case-control study matched by age and sex. SETTING:Children were recruited between May 2007 and May 20...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Olza J,Aguilera CM,Gil-Campos M,Leis R,Bueno G,Valle M,Cañete R,Tojo R,Moreno LA,Gil A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine tracking of body size among children participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) from birth to 7 years of age and additionally to explore child and parental characteristics associated with maintenance of a high body size in this period of life. DESIGN:Anthropometric data at...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Kristiansen AL,Bjelland M,Brantsæter AL,Haugen M,Meltzer HM,Nystad W,Andersen LF

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physical activity (PA) levels and dietary habits are considered some of the most important factors associated with obesity. The present study aimed to examine the association between PA level and food and beverage consumption in European children (2-10 years old).Design/Setting/SubjectsA sample of 7229 childr...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Santaliestra-Pasías AM,Dios JEL,Sprengeler O,Hebestreit A,De Henauw S,Eiben G,Felsö R,Lauria F,Tornaritis M,Veidebaum T,Pala V,Moreno LA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate time patterns of compliance with nutrient goals recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). DESIGN:A single aggregated indicator of distance from the key WHO recommendations for a healthy diet is built using FAOSTAT intake data, bounded between 0 (maximum possible distance from goals)...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Mazzocchi M,Brasili C,Sandri E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between food and nutrition insecurity and asthma in children from Latin America. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. SUBJECTS:The study included 1307 children aged 6-12 years from public elementary schools. Asthma symptoms w...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Ribeiro-Silva Rde C,Oliveira-Assis AM,Junqueira SB,Fiaccone RL,Dos Santos SM,Barreto ML,de Jesus Pinto E,da Silva LA,Rodrigues LC,Alcantara-Neves NM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the nutrition transition stage of female Jordanian college students. DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey was used to assess eating styles, disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, body esteem and dissatisfaction, and media influence. SETTING:Public and private universities in Jordan. SUBJECTS:A...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Madanat HN,Lindsay R,Campbell T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to determine the relationship among food insecurity, social support and mental well-being in sub-Saharan Africa, a region presenting the highest prevalence of severe food insecurity and a critical scarcity of mental health care. DESIGN:Food insecurity was measured using the Food Insec...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Na M,Miller M,Ballard T,Mitchell DC,Hung YW,Melgar-Quiñonez H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess sociodemographic correlates of micronutrient intakes from food and dietary supplements in an urban, ethnically diverse sample of pregnant women in the USA. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analyses of data collected using a validated semi-quantitative FFQ. Associations between racial, ethnic and sociodemogra...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Brunst KJ,Wright RO,DiGioia K,Enlow MB,Fernandez H,Wright RJ,Kannan S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the magnitude and distribution of malnutrition in all forms (stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity) by level of education and socio-economic status (SES). DESIGN:Representative data from three national surveys were used: the socio-economic characteristics of Uruguayan households the 2012-2013...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Medina M,Barreto P,Natero V,Moratorio X,Severi C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low- and middle-income countries are experiencing rises in the prevalence of adult obesity. Whether these increases disproportionately affect vulnerable subpopulations is unclear because most previous investigations were not nationally representative, were limited to women, or relied on self-reported anthropo...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Kasper NM,Herrán OF,Villamor E

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prioritise policy actions for government to improve the food environment and contribute to reduced obesity and related diseases. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study applying the Food Environment Policy Index (Food EPI) in two stages. First, the evidence on all relevant policies was compiled, through an Internet ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Watson F,Taylor A,Rayner M,Lobstein T,Hinks R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how increasing vegetable consumption from foods prepared at home (FAH) and foods prepared away from home (FAFH) would impact energy, dietary fibre and Na (sodium) intakes in the U.S.A. DESIGN:Using data from the 2003–2004 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, dietary intake data f...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Lin BH,Wendt M,Guthrie JF

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity and hyperglycaemia contribute to the atherosclerotic process in part through oxidative modifications to lipoprotein particles. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a lifestyle intervention on markers of oxidized lipoproteins in obese Latino adolescents with prediabetes. DESIGN:Pre-post ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Rentería-Mexía A,Vega-López S,Olson ML,Swan PD,Lee CD,Williams AN,Shaibi GQ

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nutrition-related disorders, including vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and chronic diseases, are serious problems in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Many suggest that these disorders are new problems related to dietary and lifestyle changes. In the past four decades, imported foods, such as white rice, ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Englberger L,Marks GC,Fitzgerald MH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The contribution of subsidized food commodities to total food consumption is unknown. We estimated the proportion of individual energy intake from food commodities receiving the largest subsidies from 1995 to 2010 (corn, soyabeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, dairy and livestock). DESIGN:Integrating information fr...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Siegel KR,McKeever Bullard K,Ali MK,Stein AD,Kahn HS,Mehta NK,Webb Girard A,Narayan KM,Imperatore G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the potential impact of zinc biofortification of rice and wheat on public health in India and to evaluate its cost-effectiveness compared with alternative interventions and international standards. DESIGN:The burden of zinc deficiency (ZnD) in India was expressed in disability-adjusted life years...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Stein AJ,Nestel P,Meenakshi JV,Qaim M,Sachdev HP,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This cross-sectional study evaluated the dietary characteristics of snacks, the contribution of snacks to daily nutrient intake and the association of energy intake (EI) from snacks with the prevalence of nutritional inadequacy in Japanese nursery school children. DESIGN:Foods and nutrients consumed in each ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Tajima R,Murakami K,Asakura K,Fujiwara A,Uechi K,Sugimoto M,Wang HC,Masayasu S,Sasaki S

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for assessing nutrient intakes in 6-month-old infants. DESIGN AND SETTING:The FFQ was developed to assess the diets of infants born to women in the Southampton Women's Survey (SWS), a population-based survey of young women and their of...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Marriott LD,Robinson SM,Poole J,Borland SE,Godfrey KM,Law CM,Inskip HM,Southampton Women's Survey Study Group.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the Fe status of pregnant women and their neonates in the Republic of Seychelles. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:Republic of Seychelles. SUBJECTS:Pregnant women were recruited and blood samples taken at enrolment and post-delivery along with cord blood samples. Ferritin and soluble transf...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Duffy EM,Bonham MP,Wallace JM,Chang CK,Robson PJ,Myers GJ,Davidson PW,Clarkson TW,Shamlaye CF,Strain JJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an in-depth analysis of the relationship between obesity and fast-food consumption by comparing urban obese and normal-weight Saudi Arabian children. DESIGN:A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2015 to March 2016. Participants were divided into two groups (normal weight ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Alturki HA,Brookes DS,Davies PS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sociodemographic and geographical variation in under- and overnutrition prevalence among children and mothers. DESIGN:Data from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey were analysed. Stunting and wasting for children and BMI<18·5 kg/m2 for mothers were considered as undernutritio...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Mia MN,Rahman MS,Roy PK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To pilot the design and methodology for a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) of two interventions to promote healthier food purchasing: culturally appropriate nutrition education and price discounts. DESIGN:A 12-week, single-blind, pilot RCT. Effects on food purchases were measured using individualised ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Ni Mhurchu C,Blakely T,Wall J,Rodgers A,Jiang Y,Wilton J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although diet is a modifiable lifestyle factor to reduce abdominal obesity risk, the relationship between the Health Eating Index (HEI) and waist circumference (WC) has not been studied. The present study aimed to describe relationships between the HEI and abdominal obesity among adults. DESIGN:Secondary dat...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Tande DL,Magel R,Strand BN

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sociodemographic risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the Mediterranean population of Catalonia, Spain. DESIGN AND SETTING:Data from the cross-sectional, population-based 2002-2003 Health Survey of Catalonia were analysed. The survey used a structured questionnaire to ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Buckland G,Salas-Salvadó J,Roure E,Bulló M,Serra-Majem L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00