INTRODUCTION Intakes of sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat remain high despite recommendations to limit these nutrients for cardiometabolic risk reduction. A major contributor to intake of these nutrients is foods prepared outside the home, particularly from fast-food restaurants. METHODS We analyzed the nutrient content of frequently ordered items from 3 US national fast-food chains: fried...

The specific genes regulating the quantitative variation in macronutrient preference and food intake are virtually unknown. We fine mapped a previously identified mouse chromosome 17 region harboring quantitative trait loci (QTL) with large effects on preferential macronutrient intake-carbohydrate (Mnic1), total kilcalories (Kcal2), and total food volume (Tfv1) using interval-specific strains. ...

Introduction Sustainable diets and their overall impact on the environment human health have garnered global attention. Environmental impact, nutrition, affordability are three relevant dimensions for assessing sustainability of diets. Using a relative score, we compare Mediterranean, paleo, ketogenic, vegetarian, vegan diets, along with World Health Organization dietary guidelines in order to ...

Abstract Coconut plant ( Cocos nucifera ) is one of the potential industrial plants and has an important role both in terms nutrition economy Indonesia. The number coconut Indonesia used by community, which as a raw material for making milk. milk obtained from extract old flesh that been grated, either with addition or without water, this white liquid emulsion oil water. contains 230 kilocalori...

We assessed the relationship between dietary intake, body composition, and metabolic parameters in 85 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with fat redistribution. Dietary history and values for fasting glucose, insulin, lipids, and oral glucose tolerance were obtained for 62 men and 23 women with HIV infection and fat redistribution (mean age +/- standard error of t...

We aimed to measure the prevalence of physical inactivity (PI) during leisure time and to identify variables associated with it in a southern Brazilian adult population. A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out, covering a multiple-stage sample of 1,968 subjects aged 20-69 years. Weekly participation in leisure-time physical activity was addressed. For each activity, energy expe...

The binding of charged ligands benzamidine and diazamidine to trypsin was investigated by using a polarizable potential energy function and explicit-water molecular dynamics simulations. The binding free energies were computed from the difference between the free energies of decoupling the ligand from water and protein environments. Both the absolute and the relative free energies from the pert...

Our goal was to gain a better understanding of the contribution of hydrophobic interactions to protein stability. We measured the change in conformational stability, Δ(ΔG), for hydrophobic mutants of four proteins: villin headpiece subdomain (VHP) with 36 residues, a surface protein from Borrelia burgdorferi (VlsE) with 341 residues, and two proteins previously studied in our laboratory, ribonu...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the reliability and criterion validity of the Mywellness Key accelerometer (MWK) using treadmill protocols and indirect calorimetry. METHODS Twenty-five participants completed two four-stage 20-minute treadmill protocols while wearing two MWK accelerometers. Reliability was assessed using raw counts. Validity was assessed by comparing the estimated VO(2) calcul...

A healthy balanced diet is vital for good health both from the perspective of an elite athlete and for those who enjoy working out to keep fit. Training can be optimised to help athletes and exercisers to reach their goals by making informed dietary choices. The key to making the diet healthy and balanced is to ensure it provides adequate energy from the consumption of a wide variety of commonl...