This study seeks to better understand the relationship between exercise and body-esteem. The hypothesis states that college students at a midwestern university who exercise more will have higher body-esteem than those who exercise less. One hundred students from a Midwestern university participated in the study. A 40-item survey was compiled using an adapted version of the Body-Esteem Scale (Fr...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity, the widespread diseases and the food consumption patterns among UAE university female students. Height and weight were measured in a sample of 400 female students aged 18-25 years. A self administrated questionnaire addressing food habits, food consumption, sports practice and disease states was co...

Last month’s article on lectins and their damaging potential to our health was a technical introduction to their chemistry. For many it was the fi rst exposure to an extensive and emerging science that has far reaching applications. The fact that lectins interact with us on a day-to-day basis makes it an important topic to become familiar with even though our understanding of lectin effects is ...

doi:10.1017/S1368980011000681, published online by Cambridge University Press 4 May 2011 Our paper mistakenly calls the inequality index described in the Statistical analyses the Slope Index of Inequality (SII). The index used is the Relative Index of Inequality (RII), which measures the magnitude of relative occupational class differences in the studied food habits. Absolute differences mentio...

Although all agree that diet is important to health, for Americans, compliance with dietary guidelines is poor. This may be because socioeconomic, cultural, and political factors influencing food habits were given little consideration when the guidelines were derived. In 2005, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee was advised to focus their analysis on scientific evidence linking diet and h...

The epidemic nature of obesity in industrialized countries is a serious health and social concern. The number of obese people has significantly increased in the past 20 years. In Poland excess weight and obesity are a serious epidemiological concern. In terms of the number of overweight people, Poland is a leader in Europe. Therefore, indicating many serious health concerns that are the natural...

We investigated the transmission of the fishborne trematodes Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio by Melanoides tuberculata snails in Peru. We report on results of experimental, morphological, and molecular approaches and discuss the potential risk for future human cases, given the existence of food habits in the country involving the ingestion of raw fish.

BACKGROUND In recent years, adolescents' food habits have become a major source of concern, and substantial policy and intervention efforts have been made to influence adolescents to consume more fruit and vegetables and less sweets and soft drink. Particular attention has been devoted to the social gradient in food habits, aiming to reduce dietary inequality. However, few internationally publi...