Background Tracking of blood pressure from early life to adulthood and the increasing prevalence of elevated blood pressure in the pediatric age group are considered as important health issues. Rapid lifestyle change and dietary habits are considered as important determinants of this problem. This study aimed to systematically review the studies on the association of dietary habits and blood pr...

objective: the main objective of this study was to investigate relationship between reported dietary habits and dental caries in five and six-year-old children referred for dental extractions. materials and methods: two hundred children were examined using standard caries diagnostic criteria. the numbers of decayed, missing and filled deciduous teeth were recorded. a food frequency table was co...

BACKGROUND Lifestyle-related health problems are an important health concern in the transport service industry. Web- and telephone-based interventions could be suitable for this target group requiring tailored approaches. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of tailored Web-based health feedback and optional telephone coaching to improve lifestyle factors (body mass index-BMI, dietary intake, phy...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia in occidental countries. The majority of the cases develop the disease for no genetic reasons; therefore, it is crucial to establish which environmental factors trigger the development of the disease. It has been proposed that nutritional habits, especially main components of Western countries’ diet such as saturated fat or cholesterol, in...

OBJECTIVE This study was an attempt to identify associations between health behavior, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, healthy diet, and physical activity, and psychosocial factors. METHODS This cross- sectional study was conducted among 1,500 participants aged between 30 and 69 years, selected from a population-based database in October 2009 through multiple-stratified random sampling. ...

PURPOSE Wine consumption has been related to a reduced cardiovascular risk. This effect has been attributed partly to the healthier diet of wine drinkers. We compared food habits according to alcoholic beverage preference in a Mediterranean population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of a large sample of participants at high risk for cardiovascular disease. SETTING Primary care centers in a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many countries to implement restrictions on individual freedom stop the contagion. imposition of lockdowns affected socio-economic aspects and, in particular, eating habits, highlighting need analyse healthiness new consumption patterns. aim our study was investigate changes adherence Mediterranean diet, a dietary model universally recognized as healthy, that have ...

OBJECTIVE A Mediterranean diet quality index (MDQI) was devised to give an overall assessment of dietary habits and to identify groups at risk. DESIGN The MDQI was based on scores given for selected levels of consumption of selected nutrients and foods. SETTING Mediterranean southern France. SUBJECTS The sample included 473 men and 491 women in three age classes recruited at random. RES...

BACKGROUND Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption in childhood increases the risk of developing chronic disease. Despite this, a substantial proportion of children in developed nations, including Australia, do not consume sufficient quantities of fruits and vegetables. Parents are influential in the development of dietary habits of young children but often lack the necessary knowledge and s...