BACKGROUND As the snacking pattern of European adolescents is of great concern, effective interventions are necessary. Till now health promotion efforts in children and adolescents have had only limited success in changing adolescents' eating patterns and anthropometrics. Therefore, the present study proposes an innovative approach to influence dietary behaviors in youth based on new insights o...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a lifetime disease, with highest priority risk group between 11-14 years of age group. Environmental factors such as culture, socioeconomic status, life style and dietary pattern can have a greater impact on caries-resistance or development. The present study was performed to evaluate the relationship between dental caries, oral hygiene status and risk factors among ...

This study aims to analyze the factors influencing students' snacking habits on incidence of acute diarrhea. The method used is a cross-sectional survey with an explanatory research approach. results showed that there was effect attitude (p = 0.024), trust 0.007), availability snacks 0.012), peers 0.013), role family diarrhea 0.021), but no amount pocket money 0.466) and mass media in 0.0869). ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have specifically focused on demographic and socio-economic characteristics associated with snacking in adults, whereas their identification could be useful for defining effective public health measures. The aim of our study was to assess the associations of these factors with daily snacking behavior and its dietary quality. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 8...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have indicated that snacking is contributing to increased calories in the American diet, and that the contribution of snacks to energy intake has increased in recent decades. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine trends in the energy intake deriving from snacks and food sources of snacks for US adults over 35 years from 1977 to 2012, and whether these trends diffe...

Abstract Unhealthy snacking is considered one of the main contributors to current obesity pandemic. Initial research suggests that work-related stress may be an important predictor unhealthy snacking, however, there still much learn about underlying mechanisms and conditions snacking. To address this gap, we investigated effect two prominent work stressors, workload interpersonal conflict, on b...

Background: Breakfast skipping is a common dietary habit practiced among adolescents and is strongly associated with obesity. Objective: The objective was to examine whether a high-protein (HP) compared with a normal-protein (NP) breakfast leads to daily improvements in appetite, satiety, food motivation and reward, and evening snacking in overweight or obese breakfast-skipping girls. Design: A...

OBJECTIVE We examined the association between unhealthy snacking at school and academic outcomes in students from the Santiago Metropolitan Region (Chile). DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based study. SETTING We measured the nutritional quality of snacks at school using an FFQ, and accounting for the amounts of saturated fat, fibre, sugar and salt in the foods, and academic outcomes using...