Diet of Adolescents With and Without Diabetes: Trading candy for potato chips?

Diet of adolescents with and without diabetes: Trading candy for potato chips?

OBJECTIVE To compare the dietary intake of adolescents with type 1 diabetes with that of adolescents without diabetes matched on age, sex, and year in school and to compare the diets of both groups with recommendations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Participants were 132 adolescents with type 1 diabetes, recruited from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and 131 adolescents without diabetes rang...

Changes in diet and physical activity in adolescents with and without type 1 diabetes over time

BACKGROUND Diet and physical activity (PA) are fundamental aspects of care in type 1 diabetes, but scant longitudinal data exist on these behaviors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, especially compared to non-diabetic controls. METHODS Data in 211 adolescents with type 1 diabetes (baseline age = 15.3 ± 2.2 years, diabetes duration = 8.8 ± 3.1 years, A1c = 9.0 ± 1.5%, 51% male) and 67 non-d...

Brief report: friendships of adolescents with and without diabetes.

BACKGROUND Friendships of adolescents with chronic illness have been rarely studied. OBJECTIVE To compare the friendships of boys and girls with diabetes with those between healthy adolescents. METHODS One hundred and thirty-eight adolescents were interviewed at summer camps. Participants indicated their number of close friends and rated friendships for support and conflict. Participants de...

Low-acrylamide French fries and potato chips

SUMMARY Acrylamide is produced in starchy foods that are baked, roasted or fried at high temperatures. Concerns about the potential health issues associated with the dietary intake of this reactive compound led us to reduce the accumulation of asparagine, one of its main precursors, in the tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum). This metabolic change was accomplished by silencing two asparagine s...

The science of pesticide-free potato chips.