Although there is evidence that consumption of trans fat has declined in the United States, limited documentation exists on current levels of industrial trans fat in foods. We estimated the prevalence of partially hydrogenated oils in 4,340 top-selling US packaged foods. Nine percent of products in the sample contained partially hydrogenated oils; 84% of these products listed "0 grams" of trans...

introduction: scientific evidence has demonstrated that consumption of high-fat foods has direct connection with increasing incidences of various diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hardening of the artery walls and blood pressure. thus, demand for low-fat foods has increasingly been promoted by health-conscious consumers. however, development of low-fat foods is challenging as fat makes a majo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate possible associations of lifestyle patterns with obesity and fat mass in children. DESIGN Cross-sectional epidemiological study. Principal component analysis was used to identify lifestyle patterns. SETTING Primary schools from four regions in Greece. SUBJECTS A total of 2073 schoolchildren (aged 9-13 years). RESULTS Children in the fourth quartile of the lifest...

Twenty-five subjects evaluated the sweetness, creaminess and fat content of liquid and solid dairy products containing between 0.1 and 52 g fat/100 g and sweetened with 0-20% sucrose weight/weight. Liquid stimuli included skim milk, whole milk, half and half, and heavy cream, while the solids included cottage cheese and cream cheese, blended and spread "jelly-roll" fashion on slices of white br...

From the standpoint of promoting leanness, exercise is of most value if oxidation of stored fat is maximized during and following the exercise sessions. Bahadori has proposed that this can best be achieved if prolonged exercise of moderate intensity is performed during a 12-14 h "mini-fast" that entails skipping a meal; if subsequent food consumption features low-fat foods, the fat stores expen...

This study aims to compare the classification of foods available in Portuguese market using Nutri-Score and NOVA classifications analyse their ability discriminate fat, saturated sugar, salt content foods. A sample 2682 food products was collected. The nutritional quality established Nutri-Score, classifying them into five categories (from E). used classify according degree processing unprocess...

BACKGROUND Avocados are a nutrient-dense source of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) that can be used to replace saturated fatty acids (SFA) in a diet to lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Well-controlled studies are lacking on the effect of avocado consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS A randomized, crossover, controlled feeding trial ...

Food cravings are extremely common, particularly among women. Cravings are frequently reported for specific types of foods, including chocolate and foods high in both sugar and fat. Cravings for specific macronutrients, such as carbohydrate, have been postulated to result from a physiological need to alter neurotransmitters in such states as eating disorders, affective disorders or obesity. How...