abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the prevalence of breast-feeding at discharge and the determinants of breast-feeding initiation amongst Aboriginal women. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study using a self-administered baseline questionnaire and telephone-administered follow-up interviews. SETTING:Six hospitals with maternity ward...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Binns C,Gilchrist D,Gracey M,Zhang M,Scott J,Lee A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate dietary habits in Spanish children and adolescents based on a Mediterranean Diet Quality Index tool, which considers certain principles sustaining and challenging traditional healthy Mediterranean dietary patterns. DESIGN:Observational population-based cross-sectional study. A 16-item Mediterrane...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Serra-Majem L,Ribas L,Ngo J,Ortega RM,García A,Pérez-Rodrigo C,Aranceta J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positive secular trends in adolescent obesity and an increased prevalence of fear of fatness, particularly among girls, have been documented world-wide. There is a lack of consensus about assessment criteria for childhood obesity and no standard exists for assessing Irish children. In 1990, the Irish Nationa...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Griffin AC,Younger KM,Flynn MA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To identify the major sources of nutrition information, and the perceived credibility thereof, among urban black South African women; and (2) to determine the level of knowledge regarding nutrition, particularly regarding the topic of obesity. DESIGN:A cross-sectional descriptive study that was both qua...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Charlton KE,Brewitt P,Bourne LT

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the impact of agriculture interventions on nutritional status in participating households, and to analyse the characteristics of interventions that improved nutrition outcomes. DESIGN:We identified and reviewed reports describing 30 agriculture interventions that measured impact on nutritional sta...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Berti PR,Krasevec J,FitzGerald S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many public health campaigns encourage increased fibre consumption, but short-term studies suggest that various components of dietary fibre inhibit the absorption of certain micronutrients including carotenoids. These do not take into account long-term adaptation to nutrient intake levels. We aimed to investi...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Greenwood DC,Cade JE,White K,Burley VJ,Schorah CJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the dietary habits of Japanese women in Japan with those of Japanese and Caucasian women living in Hawaii. DESIGN:Data from two previous cross-sectional studies conducted within two years in Hawaii and Gifu, Japan were pooled and analysed. Dietary intakes were assessed with validated food-frequenc...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Takata Y,Maskarinec G,Franke A,Nagata C,Shimizu H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the epidemiological evidence on diet and cancer and make public health recommendations. DESIGN:Review of published studies, concentrating on recent systematic reviews, meta-analyses and large prospective studies. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:Overweight/obesity increases the risk for cancers of ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Key TJ,Schatzkin A,Willett WC,Allen NE,Spencer EA,Travis RC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the selenium intake of adults residing in high and low selenium areas of rural Punjab. DESIGN:All food samples consumed by the subjects were collected and analysed for selenium content. Based on food intake data and selenium content of foods, the selenium intake of the subjects was calculated. H...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Hira CK,Partal K,Dhillon KS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To develop a useful tool to measure food, alcohol and tobacco items; (2) to document the availability of these items in Almaty, Kazakstan; (3) to describe the relationship between consumption and availability; and (4) to identify possible relationships between availability and health outcomes in the city...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Yim A,Humphries D,Abuova G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of changes in dietary intake with education in young black and white men and women. DESIGN:The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a multi-centre population-based prospective study. Dietary intake data at baseline and year 7 were obtained from an extensive...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Archer SL,Hilner JE,Dyer AR,Greenlund KJ,Colangelo LA,Kiefe CI,Liu K,Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA).

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare food expenditure patterns between low-income households and higher- income households in the Canadian population, and to examine the relationship between food expenditure patterns and the presence or absence of housing payments among low-income households. DESIGN:Secondary data analysis of the 19...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Kirkpatrick S,Tarasuk V

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among lactating women in a poor urban population of Bangladesh, and to examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Maternal and child health clinic in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. SUBJECTS AND METHO...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Ahmed F,Azim A,Akhtaruzzaman M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalences of overweight and obesity in children aged 4 to 12 years, using the standard definitions proposed by the International Obesity Taskforce. DESIGN:Population prevalence cross-sectional survey involving measurement of height and weight. Data collection took place in 1998. SETTING:S...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Kirk SF,McLeod M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity and repeatability of a simple index designed to rank participants according to their energy expenditure estimated by self-report, by comparison with objectively measured energy expenditure assessed by heart-rate monitoring with individual calibration. DESIGN:Energy expenditure was asse...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Wareham NJ,Jakes RW,Rennie KL,Schuit J,Mitchell J,Hennings S,Day NE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To calculate the sensitivity, specificity and agreement of body mass index (BMI) values proposed by Cole et al. (Br. Med. J. 2000; 320: 1) and Must et al. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1991; 53: 839 & 54: 773) with weight-for-height index in the nutritional evaluation of children. DESIGN:Criterion standards for diagn...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Abrantes MM,Lamounier JA,Colosimo EA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system has been implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Since dietary factors and ethnicity are considered contributory to the development of these diseases, we examined the IGF system in relation to nutritional intake by ethnic ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Heald AH,Cade JE,Cruickshank JK,Anderson S,White A,Gibson JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 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:An extensive dataset on individual food consumption was analysed in order to study all pairwise correlations between the consumption rates of 11 major food groups. Additionally, the project aimed to examine and quantify the accuracy of a recently proposed estimator of total food consumption to be used for the...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Breuninger MI,Schachtel GA,Lührmann PM,Hartmann B,Neuhäuser-Berthold M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if social class, education level and group environment (rural and urban) influence particular food habits commonly associated with dental caries incidence among 4-24-month-old black South African children. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS:Information was collected by trained interviewers using a foo...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： MacKeown JM,Faber M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review existing methods and illustrate the use of a new, simple method for identifying inaccurate reports of dietary energy intake (rEI). DESIGN:Comparison of rEI with energy requirements estimated by using total energy expenditure predicted (pTEE) from age, weight, height and sex using a previously publi...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： McCrory MA,McCrory MA,Hajduk CL,Roberts SB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand methodological concerns related to dietary intake collection in transitional societies. DESIGN:Three days of household weighing and measurement of all food used and repeated 24-hour recalls. SETTING:Eight Chinese provinces. SUBJECTS:Five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two and 5152 adults age...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Popkin BM,Lu B,Zhai F

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate meat intake patterns in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohorts. DESIGN AND SETTING:24-Hour dietary recalls were assessed within the framework of a prospective cohort study in 27 centres across 10 European countries by means of standardised computer-assiste...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Linseisen J,Kesse E,Slimani N,Bueno-De-Mesquita HB,Ocké MC,Skeie G,Kumle M,Dorronsoro Iraeta M,Morote Gómez P,Janzon L,Stattin P,Welch AA,Spencer EA,Overvad K,Tjønneland A,Clavel-Chapelon F,Miller AB,Klipstein-Grobusch

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether socio-economic groups differ in their fruit and vegetable consumption, and the variety eaten, and whether socio-economic differences are similar for adolescents and adults. The study also examined whether socio-economic groups vary in their reported desire to increase the amount of fruit...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Giskes K,Turrell G,Patterson C,Newman B

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the ratio of reported energy intake to basal metabolic rate (EI/BMR) among pregnant Indonesian women, as well as identifying risk factors for being an underreporter. DESIGN:Longitudinal study of dietary intake, using six repeated 24-hour diet recalls each trimester. Basal metabolic rate was esti...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Winkvist A,Persson V,Hartini TN

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Food insecurity has become an important issue in many countries of the former Soviet Union following the transition to a market economy. This study examined three aspects of food security in the Baltic Republics: reasons for choosing foods; level of dependence on home-grown or raised foods; and use of home-g...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Pomerleau J,McKee M,McKee M,Robertson A,Vaask S,Pudule I,Grinberga D,Abaravicius A,Bartkeviciute R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper investigates the roles of the individual stakeholders involved in the development of functional foods and the implications of their actions for public perception of this new food concept. RESULTS:At a time when consumer awareness of the link between diet and health is strong, a new food concept in...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： McConnon A,Cade J,Pearman A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the nutritional and health status of urban infants in two disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa with special reference to micronutrient status. The results of this study will serve to plan an intervention study in these communities in the same age group. DESIGN:Cross-secti...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Oelofse A,Van Raaij JM,Benadé AJ,Dhansay MA,Tolboom JJ,Hautvast JG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to describe social and economic changes related to shifts in diet and activity and to present prevalences for chronic diseases associated with the nutrition transition. DESIGN:Observations about social changes are descriptive, based on published reports and personal observations....

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Maletnlema TN

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the available data on risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the influence of urbanisation of Africans on these risk factors, and to examine why stroke emerges as a higher risk than ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in the health transition of black South Africans. DESIGN:A review of published ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Vorster HH

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine associations between nutrition screening checklists and the health of older women. DESIGN:Cross-sectional postal survey including measures of health and health service utilisation. as well as the Australian Nutrition Screening Initiative (ANSI), adapted from the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NS...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Patterson AJ,Young AF,Powers JR,Brown WJ,Byles JE

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to validate a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (QFFQ) created for assessing the usual intake of foods and nutrients in the prevailing season in Western Mali. DESIGN:Intake of foods and nutrients over the week preceding the interview was measured with a 69-item QFFQ. Int...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Torheim LE,Barikmo I,Hatløy A,Diakité M,Solvoll K,Diarra MM,Oshaug A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sociodemographic and economic changes in Spain have played a role in the choice of infant feeding as more and more women enter the workforce. Nevertheless, the prevalence of breast-fed-only infants at 6 weeks remains fairly high, at 65.5% in 1999, although there is a sharp decline by 3 and 6 months postpartum. Achievi...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Cervera P,Ngo J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic properties have been attributed to the diet since ancient times. Epidemiological evidence starting in the early 1960s supports the relationship between different dietary components, dietary balance and the development of risk factors for prevalent chronic diseases in Western societies. There is also eviden...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Aranceta J,Serra-Majem L,Working Party for the Development of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Spanish Population.

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the methodology applied in order to render comparable, at the level of the dietary information collected, the household budget survey (HBS) and individual nutrition survey (INS) data from four European countries (Belgium, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom). SETTING:In Belgium, data from the H...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Naska A,Paterakis S,Eeckman H,Remaut AM,Trygg K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate vitamin intakes and assess the contribution of different food groups to vitamin intakes in adults aged 18-64 years in Ireland as estimated in the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey. Intakes are reported for retinol, carotene, total vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, pre...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： O'Brien MM,Kiely M,Harrington KE,Robson PJ,Strain JJ,Flynn A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An interviewer-administered quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed to determine the energy and nutrient intakes of adult Jamaicans of African origin as part of a study of the epidemiology of diabetes and hypertension. METHODS:Reproducibility of the questionnaire was investigated in 12...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Jackson M,Walker S,Cade J,Forrester T,Cruickshank JK,Wilks R

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the ecological variation of intake of cassava foods and dietary cyanide load. DESIGN:Ecological study design. SETTING:Five communities in south-western Nigeria where tropical ataxic neuropathy (TAN) was described as endemic (area A), 11 communities in south-western Nigeria where TAN was described as abse...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Onabolu AO,Oluwole OS,Bokanga M,Rosling H

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:At issue is whether weight loss in HIV infection is a cachectic process, characterised by loss of lean body mass with conservation of fat, or a process of starvation. We present data on body composition from 516 persons at different stages of HIV infection as determined by CD4 counts. DESIGN:Cross-sectional ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Forrester JE,Spiegelman D,Woods M,Knox TA,Fauntleroy JM,Gorbach SL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Laboratory data suggest that several different vitamins may inhibit the growth of mammary cancers, however epidemiologic data on the relationship between vitamin supplement use and breast cancer are inconsistent. We examined the association between self-reported vitamin supplement use and breast cancer among ...

journal_title：Public health nutrition

authors： Moorman PG,Ricciuti MF,Millikan RC,Newman B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00