Recent studies suggest that meal frequencies influence the risk of obesity in children and adolescents. It has also been shown that multiple genetic loci predispose to obesity already in youth. However, it is unknown whether meal frequencies could modulate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the risk of obesity. We examined the effect of two meal patterns on weekd...

Purpose. To identify whether non-overweight students were different from their overweight or obese peers with respect to diet, suboptimal meal behaviours, and physical activity using a self-administered web-based survey. Methods. 4097 adolescents living in Alberta, Canada completed Web-SPAN (Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition). Students were classified as overweight or obese, and dif...

BACKGROUND Medical nutritional therapy is an important aspect of diabetes care, there is an increasing awareness of breakfast skipping, late dinner and meal contents on diabetes control. AIM To assess dietary habits, physical activity and diabetes perception among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS This case-control study was conducted among patients with diabetes mellitus at the diabet...

OBJECTIVE (i) To examine associations between young adults' meal routines and practices (e.g. food preparation, meal skipping, eating on the run) and key dietary indicators (fruit/vegetable, fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage intakes) and (ii) to develop indices of protective and risky meal practices most strongly associated with diet. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Minneapolis/...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between food addiction, night eating status and sleep quality in students studying at different faculties or departments various universities Turkey. 
 Methods: A total 1044 from 11 departments/faculties were included. Night Eating Questionnaire, Yale Food Addiction Scale Pittsburgh Sleep Quality applied students. Also, di...

People becomehungry when their blood-glucose levels drop significantly below their setpoint and that they become satisfied after eating, when their blood-glucoselevels return to that set point. Most of the research has focused either on chronicstarvation at one end or on missing a single meal at theother end. Skipping breakfast affectscertainaspects of cognition, such as problem-solving abiliti...

Little is known about the associations of eating a late-evening meal (ELM), a putative unhealthy eating behavior, with low serum amylase, other eating behaviors, and cardiometabolic risk factors. Therefore, we investigated whether ELM before bedtime was associated with low serum amylase or other clinical factors in 2,426 asymptomatic adults aged 20-80 years. Multivariate logistic regression ana...

Human eating behaviors are often nonhomeostatic, and thus unlike homeostatic behaviors, they are not exclusively reliant on rigid brain mechanisms, but heavily depend on psychological, sociocultural, and educational factors as well. A clear understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of various eating behaviors is necessary for giving comprehensive educational guidance. However, recommenda...