ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate the usual consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) and its association with body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA), age, sex in adults living Brasília City, Brazil. Methodology: A total 506 individuals aged ≥ 20 years old were interviewed. Dietary intake was assessed two non-consecutive 24-h food recalls. The distributions intakes energy amount UPF esti...

Nowadays, obesity is a pandemic, and some people seek slimming diets to guarantee their health quality of life. However, the cult healthy body has been an ongoing concern since beginning time. Irrespective century which they belong, these cults reflect no empirical knowledge about physiology, nutrients or kilocalories, with them being quantitative in contrast qualitative diets, even simple food...

BACKGROUND In 2010, Philadelphia enacted a menu-labeling law requiring full-service restaurant chains to list values for calories, sodium, fat, and carbohydrates for each item on all printed menus. PURPOSE The goal of the study was to determine whether purchase decisions at full-service restaurants varied depending on the presence of labeling. METHODS In August 2011, this cross-sectional st...

Antarctic residence (AR) is associated with a 50% increase in the thyrotropin (TSH) response to TSH-releasing hormone (TRH) and an expanded triiodothyronine (T3) distribution volume and extravascular hormone pool, collectively called the polar T3 syndrome. To investigate the possible biologic significance of this syndrome, we studied the relationship between nonstimulated TSH and serum lipid pr...

The present study investigated the inheritance of dietary fat, carbohydrate, and kilocalorie intake traits in an F(2) population derived from an intercross between C57BL/6J (fat-preferring) and CAST/EiJ (carbohydrate-preferring) mice. Mice were phenotyped for self-selected food intake in a paradigm which provided for 10 days a choice between two macronutrient diets containing 78/22% of energy a...

Selon les résultats de l'analyse participative la pauvreté (28), crise économique et financière actuelle, qui s'étend désormais à tous pays sous-développés en développement, affecte gravement l'économie République démocratique du Congo et, plus particulièrement, ménages ruraux province Sud-Kivu, sont touchés par des crises récurrentes sans précédent plongent dans une sévère insoutenable. Parado...

As calorie-consciousness becomes a worldwide phenomenon, demand for low-calorie sweeteners is increasing. Compared to other sugars, the reduced calorific value of mannitol (1.6 kilocalories per gram) finds its application as sweetener in foods. The present study was conducted develop yoghurt by adding lactic acid bacteria (LAB) having significant production potential. Leuconostoc pseudomesenter...