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Dieting status influences associations between dietary patterns and body composition in adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
18 June 2013
Previous studies which have analysed the association between food choices and body composition in teenagers have not...
Nutrients from fruit and vegetable consumption reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer
17 June 2013
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preventative effect of the nutrients found in fruit and vegetables on...
Prevalence of health-risk behaviours among Canadian post-secondary students: descriptive results from the National College Health Assessment.
17 June 2013
The purpose of this study conducted on 8,182 Canadian students was to measure their health-risk behaviours in order to...
Supermarket discounts of low-energy density foods: Effects on purchasing, food intake, and body weight.
12 June 2013
The purpose of this study, which involved 47 subjects (33 women and 14 men) overweight or obese, was to measure the...
Harvesting More Than Vegetables: The Potential Weight Control Benefits of Community Gardening.
11 June 2013
This study compared the body mass index of 198 participants from community gardening in Salt Lake City with their...
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Mortality: European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition.
10 June 2013
This study examined data from the EPIC study, which followed 451,151 people from 10 European countries for over 10...
Food habits: changes among young Italians in the last ten years.
05 June 2013
This study focuses on the evolution of food choices among Generation X (2000) and Y (2009) in Italy. The data used was...
Positive effect of white button mushrooms when substituted for meat on body weight and composition changes during weight loss and weight maintenance – A one-year randomized clinical trial.
04 June 2013
According to a study published in FASEB and presented at Experimental Biology 2013 (Boston April 22, 2013), the...
You taste what you see: Do organic labels bias taste perceptions?
03 June 2013
The purpose of this study was to measure the influence of organic labels on the nutritional quality and the taste of...
Men are worse than toddlers at eating fruit and vegetables, study finds
29 May 2013
Researchers interviewed mothers of British families about the consumption of fruit and vegetables in their...
