PURPOSE To investigate the associations of fatty acid intake with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. METHODS The study subjects consisted of 1012 women aged 22 to 57 years (mean age +/- SD: 36.5+/-7.7 years), who had graduated from the Aichi Prefectural Junior College of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan. They completed a self-administered questionnaire on symptoms of the disease in August 1998. Sym...

BACKGROUND To describe the dietary intake of participants in the Personalized Medicine Research Project (PMRP), and to quantify differences in nutrient intake by smoking status and APOE4-a genetic marker that has been shown to modify the association between risk factors and outcomes. METHODS The PMRP is a population-based DNA, plasma and serum biobank of more than 20,000 adults aged 18 years ...

To study issues of diet and health among Hispanic adults living in the northeastern United States, the authors adapted a version of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)/Block food frequency questionnaire. Foods that contributed to nutrient intake of Puerto Rican adults in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were ranked to identify items to be added to the food list. Por...

The Inuit population is undergoing a rapid nutrition transition as a result of reduced consumption of traditional foods. This study aims to describe the differences in dietary adequacy between non-traditional and traditional eaters among Inuit populations in Nunavut, Canada. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a culturally appropriate quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Particip...

OBJECTIVE To decrease the intake of sucrose, increase the intake of fibre and the consumption of fruit and vegetables among secondary-school pupils. DESIGN Intervention study among eighth grade pupils during one school year. Data were collected by questionnaires and from a subgroup of pupils by 48 h dietary recall at baseline in spring 2007 and after the intervention in 2008. SETTING Twelve...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the frequency and the determinants of under-reporting in a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire used in the Greek segment of the European Prospective Study on Nutrition, Cancer and Health (EPIC study). DESIGN A food frequency questionnaire was completed by 9262 adult men and women. The questions included in this questionnaire covered the average intake of a...

A locally validated tool was needed to evaluate long-term dietary intake in rural Bangladesh. We assessed the validity of a 42-item dish-based semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) using two 3-day food diaries (FDs). We selected a random subset of 47 families (190 participants) from a longitudinal arsenic biomonitoring study in Bangladesh to administer the FFQ. Two 3-day FDs were...