OBJECTIVE To describe food habits and associated sociodemographic factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey in 2005. SETTING Ninety-six school classes in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates, Occupied Palestinian Territory. SUBJECTS Grade 8 and 9 students aged 13-15 years (n 2952). METHODS Self-administered student and parent questionnaires. RESULTS High standard of living (STL) inde...

OBJECTIVE African Americans are disparately impacted by severe obesity. Low socioeconomic status and psychosocial risk factors help to explain this disparity; however, few studies have examined the role of negative eating behaviors or the influence of executive function on negative eating behaviors in this population. The objective was to examine the association between executive function (ie, ...

BACKGROUND There is growing interest and debate about whether an addictive process contributes to problematic eating outcomes, such as obesity. Craving is a core component of addiction, but there has been little research on the relationship between addictive-like eating, craving, and eating-related concerns. In the current study, we examine the effect of both overall food craving and craving fo...

One of the five thinai lands mentioned by Tholkappiyar is Neithal Thinai. The customs Thinai, area where early man originated and lived, are dependent on sea different from those people living in other Thinai lands. In this way, novel 'Maanatthukku Anji' written Kurumpanai C Berlin records Catholic Christian fishermen village Kanyakumari districts, such as brushing their teeth with tender shoot...