OBJECTIVE To validate an adaptation of a short questionnaire measuring behaviour related to selecting low fat diets. The questionnaire was adapted for telephone use in a low income, low education population. DESIGN The factorial structure of the 38 item adaptation was studied in a population based random sample of 1432 adults. Seven day test-retest reliability was measured in a convenience sa...

The study aimed to analyse dietary-lifestyle patterns (DLPs) and their relation with visceral obesity other metabolic parameters in women PCOS. A total of 140 were diagnosed KomPAN® ShortIPAQ questionnaires analysed the food frequency intake, health habits, economic situation, physical activity. dual-energy-x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measured adipose tissue. analysis distinguished three DLPs: w...

BACKGROUND We aimed was to assess the association of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with selected food groups pertinent to non-Mediterranean prototype in Albania, a transitional post-communist country in Southeast Europe. METHODS We conducted a case-control study in Tirana in 2003-2006 including 467 non-fatal consecutive ACS patients (370 men aged 59.1±8.7 years, 97 women aged 63.3±7.1 years; ...

One of the dominant fields in scope advertising is Fast Food promotion. Junk food advertisements are viral on Internet, television, billboards and among other types advertisements. This has led to many people preferring it food. Several studies have also investigated effects junk people’s attitudes preferences. Firstly, creates some expectations which raise desire buy. Secondly, associates purc...

In September 2010, a group of carrot growers in the USA announced a US$25 million marketing campaign to promote ‘cut and peel’ carrots—also known as ‘baby carrots’—with the slogan: “Eat ‘em like junk food”. The campaign is an attempt to break into the US$18 billion snack-food industry by “[t]aking a page out of junk food’s playbook and applying it to baby carrots” (Horovitz, 2010). It is neithe...

INTRODUCTION We assessed the effect on the food environments of public high schools of Maine's statewide nutrition policy (Chapter 51), which banned "foods of minimal nutritional value" (FMNV) in public high schools that participated in federally funded meal programs. We documented allowable exceptions to the policy and describe the school food environments. METHODS We mailed surveys to 89 hi...

Young people choose energy-dense, nutrient-poor diets, yet understanding of potential determinants is limited. Associations between food choices, mental wellbeing, health-related quality life (HRQoL) and family affluence were explored to identify targets for intervention promote dietary health wellbeing in young people. Adolescents recruited via post-primary schools the UK surveyed at two time-...

BACKGROUND The availability of fast foods, sweets, and other snacks in the living environment of children is assumed to contribute to an obesogenic environment. In particular, it is hypothesized that food retailers are spatially clustered around schools and that a higher availability of unhealthy foods leads to its higher consumption in children. Studies that support these relationships have pr...