Based on reports that fruits and vegetables may protect against breast cancer, this randomized intervention study tested the feasibility of increasing fruit and vegetable intake among healthy women to 9 daily servings through individual dietary counseling and group activities. Adherence to the dietary recommendations was monitored by 24-h food recalls, log sheets, and plasma carotenoid assessme...

BACKGROUND There are many challenges involved in running randomised controlled dietary intervention trials that investigate health outcomes. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the recruitment process, retention of participants and challenges faced in our dairy intervention trial, and to provide strategies to combat the difficulties of running long-term dietary intervention trials. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVE Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption precipitates preventable morbidity and mortality. The efficacy of an appearance-based dietary intervention was investigated, which illustrates the beneficial effect that fruit and vegetable consumption has on skin appearance. METHODS Participants were randomly allocated to three groups receiving information-only or a generic or own-face app...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of implementing nutrition intervention using a general nutrition class to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables in college students. DESIGN 3-day food records were collected, verified, and analyzed before and after the intervention. SETTING A midwestern university. PARTICIPANTS 80 college students, ages 18 to 24, participated in the study. ...

BACKGROUND Low adherence to dietary guidelines and a concurrent rise of obesity-related chronic diseases emphasize the need for effective interventions to promote healthy eating. There is growing recognition that behavior change interventions should draw on theories of behavior change. Online interventions grounded in theory lead to increased effectiveness for health behavior change; however, f...

A recent meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies suggests that high dietary intakes of flavonols are associated with a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease mortality. The major dietary sources of flavonols such as quercetin, kaempferol, and isorhamnetin are tomatoes, onions, kale, broccoli, celery, apples, and cherries, while catechins are concentrated in tea and red wine. 3 N...

This report describes the proposed intervention and outcome measurement procedures for the Pathways study. Pathways is a multicenter school-based study aimed at reducing the alanning increase in the prevalence of obesity in American Indian children. It is designed as a randomized clinical trial, involving approximately 2,00 third grade children in 40 schools in seven diferent American Indian co...

OBJECTIVES To assess the 2-year efficacy of a combined medical nutrition therapy and motivational interviewing (MI) pilot study intervention and factors that influenced long-term dietary self-care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Pilot study participants, African American women with type 2 diabetes, completed a 2-year follow-up study visit, including clinical assessments and completion of a dieta...

BACKGROUND There is compelling evidence that estrogens influence breast cancer risk. Since the mid-1980s, dietary fat intervention studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of fat intake on endogenous estrogen levels. To further our understanding of the possible relationship between dietary fat and breast cancer, we conducted a meta-analysis of dietary fat intervention studies that ...

BACKGROUND Adolescents, influenced by modern youth culture, may have a diet containing too little iron and other vital nutrients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adolescents from Finnmark county, situated well above the arctic circle in Norway, from a Sami culture, and from a coastal culture, were examined to study hemoglobin, iron stores, dietary composition, food habits and life-style. A short interv...