Dietary pattern analysis is an epidemiological method designed to consider the complexity of food preferences and diet patterns of populations. Few studies from South Asia have used this methodology to describe population food intake. Our objective was to identify dietary patterns and understand their associations with sociodemographic, anthropometric and life-style factors among low-income Pak...

BACKGROUND Limited information exists from the dietary pattern of children and adolescents particularly in developing countries. We aimed to detect major dietary patterns and their association with socio-demographic characteristics of Iranian adolescents. METHODS Healthy Heart Promotion from Childhood as one of the "Isfahan Healthy Heart Program", Iran, projects was conducted in adolescents a...

Abstract Background The efficiency of synthetic preservation in shelf life extension food is well documented, but the hazardous side effects associated with it are posing serious threat to industry. Therefore, this present research work aimed at determining suitability yeast metabolite as an alternative natural preservative agent food. Results results obtained revealed that seventy-three isolat...

The purpose of this study was to identify dietary patterns among adults in Québec and to determine their relationship to nutritional adequacy of the diet. We used 24-hour food recall data on 2,104 adults from the Québec nutrition survey (1990). Nutritional adequacy was assessed based on the 1990 Nutrition Recommendations for Canadians; dietary patterns were assessed via a factor analysis of the...