OBJECTIVE To estimate the socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors associated with the daily intake of five servings of fruit and vegetables by elderly individuals living in low income areas, identifying the main fruits and vegetables which compose the diet of this population. METHODS This is a cross-sectional population-based study with 2,066 low income elderly individuals (> or =60 years)...

INTRODUCTION Nutrition has main effect on health or disease and results of nutrition assessment can be used in health planning of communities. Therefore we aimed to conduct the nutrition assessment especially vitamin D statue of an urban region in Qazvin city. METHODS In a cross sectional study in year 2011, subjects who were randomly selected from residents of aged ≥ 20 years old in Minodar,...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined plain water consumption in relation to energy intake and diet quality among US adults. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 18 311 adults aged ≥18 years, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2012, was analysed. The first-difference estimator approach addressed confounding bias from time-invariant unobservables (e.g. eatin...

For dietary surveillance in the United States, the preferred method for collecting dietary intake data is the 24-hour dietary recall. However, researchers are interested in usual intake (i.e. long-term average daily intake). Researchers are also interested in exploring multiple dietary components collectively to consider dietary patterns, and consumption of these dietary components varies. Some...

OBJECTIVE To assess the characteristics of patients with wet AMD and low intake of lutein and zeaxanthin in our population. METHODS A prospective, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with active wet AMD. A full blood count, a lipid and liver profile, a dietary interview (24-hour recall), and an anthropometric study were performed. Lutein-zeaxanthin (LZ) intake resul...

Fuel utilization and N economy are optimized in patients with cirrhosis by provision of several small meals throughout the day and a late-night snack of complex carbohydrate. Currently, however, only limited information is available on the patterns of energy intake in patients with chronic liver disease. The aims of the present study were to determine the number of days required to undertake su...

Feed intake characteristics of 192, 27-d-old weanling pigs housed in groups and given ad libitum access to feed and water were measured individually with the use of computerized feeding stations. The groups were either homogeneous or heterogeneous as to BW distribution; pigs of three defined initial BW classes were used (mean BW of 6.7, 7.9, or 9.3 kg). The effects of BW distribution, BW class,...

1/09 8 Alcohol forms a significant component of the diet in many countries. Nationwide studies indicate an average per capita consumption of about 10–30 gram per day or about 3–9% of the daily energy intake. In the United States, the per capita consumption of alcohol shifted from 1.3% of daily energy intake in 1965 to 4.5% of daily energy intake in 2002 (1). The efficiency with which alcohol en...

Water is essential for the proper functioning of the body. Even though a recommendation exists for adequate water intake for Koreans, studies identifying actual water intake from all beverages and foods consumed daily in the Korean population are limited. Thus, we estimated total water intake from both beverages and foods and its association with energy intake and eating behaviors in Korean adu...