Evidence suggests that excessive intake of added sugars has adverse effects on cardiometabolic health, which is consistent with many reviews and consensus reports from WHO and other unbiased sources. 74% of products in the US food supply contain caloric or low-calorie sweeteners, or both. Of all packaged foods and beverages purchased by a nationally representative sample of US households in 201...

BACKGROUND: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in chronic liver disease (CLD) but adequate clinical tools for nutritional assessment are not defined. OBJECTIVE: In CLD patients, it was aimed: 1. Characterize protein-calorie malnutrition; 2. Compare several clinical, anthropometric and functional tools; 3. Study the association malnutrition/CLD severity and malnutrition/outcome. METHODS:...

OBJECTIVE To establish the feasibility and utility of a simple data collection methodology for dietary assessment. DESIGN Using a cross-sectional design, trained data collectors approached adults (approximately 20 - 40 years of age) at local grocery stores and asked whether they would volunteer their grocery receipts and answer a few questions for a small stipend (dollar 1). METHODS The gro...

Research has shown that an effective way of encouraging consumers to make healthier food choices is have them choose early (i.e., advance ordering). However, the effectiveness ordering remains unknown when between regular and light versions unhealthy (e.g., low-fat chips), a common situation in daily consumption. We thus investigated effect on both consumption vices compared its impact with chr...

Increase in the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus has been attributed to genetic and hypothalamic factors, an increase in the consumption of energy dense food and intestinal microbiota, and lack or decrease in exercise. obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and certain forms of cancer. Though consumption of calorie dense d...

This study was carried out to assess farm households’ food security and consumption indices. The study was conducted in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Data used for this study was collected from a total of 244 farm households with the use of structured questionnaire using a multistage random and purposive sampling technique. The main tools of analysis for this study include descriptive statistics and f...