INTRODUCTION A common perception is that healthful foods are more expensive than less healthful foods. We assessed the cost of beverages and foods served at YMCA after-school programs, determined whether healthful snacks were more expensive, and identified inexpensive, healthful options. METHODS We collected daily snack menus from 32 YMCAs nationwide from 2006 to 2008 and derived prices of be...

BACKGROUND Although serving a greater variety of food increases intake, this effect has not been well studied as a strategy to encourage consumption of vegetables and fruit in preschool children. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether providing a variety of familiar vegetables or fruit to preschool children as a snack would lead to increased selection and intake. DESIGN In a crossover design...

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 Food sanitation is an effort to secure and save food keep it clean, healthy. Hygiene of handlers the key success in processing that healthy safe Children's snack behavior will be influenced by children's knowledge, attitudes, actions regarding selection snacks.The very liked elementary school aged children street food. Reflection childrens habits In consuming are not good can aff...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to gain insight into (i) processed snack-food availability, (ii) processed snack-food salience and (iii) the size of dinnerware among households with overweight gatekeepers. Moreover, associations between gatekeepers' characteristics and in-home observations were determined. DESIGN A cross-sectional observation of home food environments was conducted...

BACKGROUND The US population consumes dietary sodium well in excess of recommended levels. It is unknown how the contribution of snack foods to sodium intake has changed over time, and whether disparities exist within specific subgroups of the US population. OBJECTIVE To examine short and long term trends in the contribution of snack food sources to dietary sodium intake for US adults and chi...

Covid-19 is a disease that transmitted through virus attacks the human respiratory system and appeared in early 2020. During pandemic, people, especially teenagers, were required to increase their immune systems. This study aimed determine effect of frying time on quality strawberry chips as healthy snack during COVID-19 pandemic. The design used was basic Completely Randomized Design (CRD), by...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Several studies have reported that consumption of Salvia Hispanica L.,commonly known as chia seed, may exert beneficial effects on health outcomes. The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of chia seed consumption as a mid-morning snack on short-term satiety. SUBJECTS/METHODS Subjects (n = 24) were tested using a randomized, cross-over design consistin...

Experiments in animals suggest that the neuropeptide oxytocin acts as an anorexigenic signal in the central nervous control of food intake. In humans, however, research has almost exclusively focused on the involvement of oxytocin in the regulation of social behavior. We investigated the effect of intranasal oxytocin on ingestion and metabolic function in healthy men. Food intake in the fasted ...