Biological effects of fruit and vegetables

Measuring intake of fruit and vegetables

This chapter describes methods for estimating fruit and vegetable intake: household measures, questionnaire measures of usual or habitual intake and recording of actual or current intake (Table 7). These methods are used for various purposes, including nutrition surveillance, epidemiological research (case—control and cohort studies) and methodological research for validation of other dietary m...

Increasing the intake of fruit and vegetables

Fruit and vegetables in cancer prevention.

Our aim was to review the epidemiological literature on possible cancer-preventive effects of the consumption of fruits and vegetables in humans, to quantify the effect of high versus low consumption of fruits and vegetables, and to give an overall assessment of the existing evidence. We based our work on an expert meeting conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2003. A ...

the effects of planning on accuracy and complexity of iranian efl students’ written narrative task performance

this study compared the different effects of form-focused guided planning vs. meaning-focused guided planning on iranian pre-intermediate students’ task performance. the study lasted for three weeks and concentrated on eight english structures. forty five pre-intermediate iranian students were randomly assigned to three groups of guided planning focus-on-form group (gpfg), guided planning focus...

Effects of sucrose detection threshold and weight status on intake of fruit and vegetables in children.

Past research on the relationship between taste sensitivity and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in children has focused on sensitivity to bitter taste. The effects of sensitivity to sweet taste on intake of FV have never been investigated. Furthermore, the effects of children's weight on intake of FV are inconclusive. This study measured the effects of Sucrose Detection Threshold (SDT) and weig...