BACKGROUND Short-term experimental studies suggest that dietary variety may influence body fatness but no long-term human studies have been reported. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether dietary variety within food groups influences energy intake and body fatness. DESIGN Seventy-one healthy men and women (aged 20-80 y), who provided accurate reports of dietary intake...

BACKGROUND We aimed was to assess the association of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with selected food groups pertinent to non-Mediterranean prototype in Albania, a transitional post-communist country in Southeast Europe. METHODS We conducted a case-control study in Tirana in 2003-2006 including 467 non-fatal consecutive ACS patients (370 men aged 59.1±8.7 years, 97 women aged 63.3±7.1 years; ...

OBJECTIVE The 'Smart Choices' programme was an industry-driven, front-of-package (FOP) nutritional labelling system introduced in the USA in August 2009, ostensibly to help consumers select healthier options during food shopping. Its nutritional criteria were developed by members of the food industry in collaboration with nutrition and public health experts and government officials. The aim of ...

CONTEXT Diabetes in children is increasing to epidemic proportions. It is essential to prevent its occurrence by screening for its modifiable risk factors at an earliest time. AIMS 1. To screen for childhood diabetes and its modifiable risk factors like obesity, physical inactivity, excessive eating of sweets, carbohydrate foods and chocolate intake and prolonged TV viewing. 2. To bring about...

In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a sweetener input tax can reach the same policy target of reducing added sweetener consumption. Both tax inst...

Introduction. eating habits run in the family and sometimes last a lifetime. For this reason, it is important to evaluate nutrition of adolescents create coherent nutritional educational programs. Material method. study was carried out on group 139 high school students from two counties Moldova. The young people filled questionnaire with questions about their weekly intake cheese, chicken, eggs...