Under nutrition is a major public health problem among school going children. Adequate nutrition is critical for optimal growth, health and development of children. The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting among school children of Government primary schools of Fatehabad city of Haryana. A total of 350 students were included in the stud...

OBJECTIVES To assess the dietary habits of Balearic Islands' consumers who are successful in meeting current nutritional recommendations, to find clues for the development of future food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) that would be relevant to this population. DESIGN Cross-sectional nutritional survey carried out in the Balearic Islands between 1999 and 2000. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Dietary h...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of vegetarianism and compare food habits among vegetarian and omnivorous adolescents in Sweden and Norway. DESIGN Cross-sectional study by questionnaire in Sweden and Norway to gather information about food habits. SETTING The municipalities of Umeå and Stockholm in Sweden, and Bergen in Norway. SUBJECTS In total 2041 ninth-grade students (578 from Um...

BACKGROUND The Mediterranean diet (MD) prototype is widely used as an educational tool in public health programmes; few studies, however, have been conducted on the adherence of children to this diet. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of Cypriot children's diet by assessing the degree of adherence to the MD. METHODS A national cross-sectional study among 1140 children (mean age = 10.7 (SD 0...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to determine the potential relation between vegetarian diet and tooth erosion and abrasion. MATERIAL/METHODS The examination included 46 vegetarians and the same number in the control group. Clinical research was carried out in order to detect the presence of abrasive and erosive changes and the level of hygiene in oral cavities. The questionnaire survey ...

Environmental and lifestyle factors, including diet and nutritional habits have been strongly linked to colorectal cancer (CRC). Of note, unhealthy dietary habits leading to adiposity represent a main risk factor for CRC and are associated with a chronic low-grade inflammatory status. Inflammation is a hallmark of almost every type of cancer and can be modulated by several food compounds exhibi...

Pancreatic cancer is without any doubt the malignancy with the poorest prognosis and the lowest survival rate. This highly aggressive disease is rarely diagnosed at an early stage and difficult to treat due to its resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Therefore, there is an urgent need to clarify the causes responsible for pancreatic cancer and to identify preventive strategies to reduce...

In the 50 years since the establishment of the Milk Marketing Board there have been startling changes in the lifestyle and eating habits of UK population. We have passed through an era when food was rationed and choice restricted, into one in which food is plentiful and restrictions are, in the main, self-imposed. The diet/health interrelationship is now focused not on deficiency but on excess....

Aim: To evaluate students’ dietary vitamin D intake according to characteristics and habits concerning daily sunlight exposure. Methods: The study included 403 students of the University Rijeka, Croatia that fulfilled questionnaire about their characteristics, habits, physical activity, supplement use, diet, For assessing diet quality, Dietary inflammatory index (DII®) was used. Results: Averag...

Introduction Following the changes in the eating habits of the Japanese people in recent years, the intake of fats and easy to digest sugars has increased leading to an excessive intake of calories (energy). In addition people with obesity and obesity accompanied life-style related diseases such as diabetes and hyperlipedemia, etc. are also increasing due to various factors such as lack of exer...