OBJECTIVE To assess seven-year time trends in energy balance-related behaviours in 14-year-old adolescents living in an urban area and to examine the influence of educational level and ethnicity on these time trends. DESIGN Second grade students (mean age 13·6 years) filled in questionnaires about the energy balance-related behaviours of breakfast consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption,...

BACKGROUND A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is of a great importance, especially to adolescents due to their need for nutrients and their rapid growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between decisional balance and self-efficacy with stages of change for fruit and vegetable consumption in high school students in Bandar Abbas, Iran. METHODS In this descriptive-ana...

Purdue University convened a scientific roundtable, "White Vegetables: A Forgotten Source of Nutrients," in Chicago, IL, June 18-19, 2012, to bring together experts to address the contributions of white vegetables, including potatoes, as sources of key nutrients and other microconstituents within a dietary pattern supporting health and wellness. This paper summarizes the meeting and supplement ...

BACKGROUND Findings of epidemiologic studies on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and prostate cancer (PCa) risk have been inconclusive. We therefore examined the association between intake of fruits and vegetables and PCa risk in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this hospital based, case-control study, a total of 50 patients with PCa and 100 controls underwent face-to-fa...

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BACKGROUND The aim of this research was to investigate whether increased portion sizes of vegetables and decreased portion sizes of meat on main dishes increased the amount of vegetables consumed in a real-life restaurant setting without affecting customer satisfaction. The participants were unaware of the experiment. METHODS A cross-over design was used in which three restaurants were random...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases are caused by multiple behavioral factors, including different dietary factors. We examined to what extent fruit, vegetable and fish consumption are related, and whether behavioral determinants vary across these dietary behaviors from a Transtheoretical model perspective. METHODS Data were collected among 1142 participants (T0; response rate 46%) selected fr...

Monitoring food consumption and its determinants over time is essential for defining and implementing health promotion strategies, but surveillance is scarce in Africa. The present study aimed to describe fruit and vegetable consumption in Mozambique according to socio-demographic characteristics and place of residence (urban/rural). A national representative sample (n 3323) of subjects aged 25...

The implementation of a market economy at the beginning of the 1990s has changed Polish consumers. This paper describes results of different methods which are used to evaluate food consumption, including eating patterns, in this time of transition. Except for the significant decrease of dairy products and increase of vegetable oils the pattern of the menu in Poland remains very traditional. The...