OBJECTIVE We evaluated the association between serum ferritin (s-ferritin), transferrin saturation and dietary patterns, in connection with ethnicity, geographical settlement and lifestyle factors. DESIGN In 2003-2004, a cross-sectional study of health and living conditions was carried out in northern Norway. SETTING A questionnaire explored, among other factors, ethnicity and food consumpt...

The rural urban food consumption patterns are estimated and compared in Pakistan in the present study. The Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIEs), 1998-99 data published by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad is used. The rural urban food consumption analysis at household level is carried out by dividing the households into five income groups at national and provincial levels. The ...

When questioned, people typically report that different foods are appropriate at times of the year. That is, patterns food consumption exhibit seasonal variations. Changes in odour hedonics and familiarity ratings have also been reported over course year, especially those countries with marked changes climate. The question addressed this review is what factors help to explain these differences ...

When questioned, people typically report that different foods are appropriate at times of day. What is more, patterns food consumption tend to exhibit marked diurnal/circadian variations in many parts the world too. The question addressed this review what factors help explain these temporal differences consumption. While it has been suggested our nutritional needs may differ somewhat over cours...

BACKGROUND Sarcopenia is defined as the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function. The risk factors and causes of sarcopenia must be identified to develop prevention and treatment strategies for this syndrome. Our aim was to examine the association between sarcopenia with lifestyle and family function among community-dwelling Chinese people aged 60 years and older. METHODS We c...

BACKGROUND Although fast food consumption has been linked to adverse health outcomes, the relative contribution of fast food itself compared with the rest of the diet to these associations remains unclear. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to compare the independent associations with overweight/obesity or dietary outcomes for fast food consumption compared with dietary pattern for the remainder of ...

The purpose of this study was to identify dietary patterns among children and adolescents in Korea and to examine their associations with obesity and some blood profiles. One day food consumption data measured by 24-hour recalls on 2704 subjects aged 1 to 19 were used from 2001 Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey. The data of blood profiles available in the ages of 10 or older was also u...

Subjects aged 1 6 6 4 years (592; 258 men and 334 women), randomly selected from the population of Northern Ireland, kept a 7 d weighed record of all food and drink consumed. Social, personal and anthropometric data were also collected. From the weighed records food consumption was described in terms of forty-one food groups. Using principal components analysis, four distinct dietary patterns w...