BACKGROUND Eating away from home has increased in prevalence among US adults and now comprises about 50% of food expenditures. Calorie labeling on chain restaurant menus is one specific policy that has been proposed to help consumers make better food choices at restaurants. The present review evaluates the available empirical literature on the effects of calorie information on food choices in r...

The article demonstrates the advisability of substituting high-grade wheat flour in formulation a sponge cake semi-finished mix with oat, corn and gram flour. An contains much more protein than This significant amount globulin, which suggests an evident foaming capacity systems is positive factor technology making cakes. When suggested completely, nutritional value finished products improves. s...

The current manuscript proposes an acceptance-based, self-regulation framework for understanding the challenge of weight maintenance and describes how this framework can be integrated into the behavioral treatment of obesity. According to this framework, intrinsic drives to consume palatable, high-calorie food interact with a modern environment in which high calorie foods are easily accessible....

Fatty foods, such as cream cakes, butter cookies and fried potatoes, give us some sort of satisfaction. When we eat fatty foods, we perceive them to be tender and juicy because the melted fat spreads throughout the oral cavity. It is thought that the oral sensation constitutes the palatability of fat. Today, various kinds of fat substitutes that have a similar texture to real fat have been deve...

BACKGROUND Reduced-energy-dense diet foods are often formulated to match the sensory characteristics of their regular-energy-dense counterparts. However, the extent to which attitudes toward a reduced-energy-dense food remain constant, even after repeated ingestion, remains to be explored systematically. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine whether liking, "expected satiety," and "expecte...

INTRODUCTION Low-calorie sweetener use for weight control has come under increasing scrutiny as obesity, especially abdominal obesity, remain entrenched despite substantial low-calorie sweetener use. We evaluated whether chronic low-calorie sweetener use is a risk factor for abdominal obesity. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS We used 8268 anthropometric measurements and 3096 food diary records with d...

The highly processed, calorie-dense, nutrient-depleted diet favored in the current American culture frequently leads to exaggerated supraphysiological post-prandial spikes in blood glucose and lipids. This state, called post-prandial dysmetabolism, induces immediate oxidant stress, which increases in direct proportion to the increases in glucose and triglycerides after a meal. The transient inc...

OBJECTIVE To describe baseline characteristics of participants in a pediatric obesity intervention tailored specifically to rural families delivered via telemedicine. METHODS Randomized-control trial comparing a family-based behavioral intervention to a usual care condition. Participants Fifty-eight first through fifth graders and their parents from the rural Midwest. Measures Demographic, bo...