OBJECTIVE It is often assumed that there are substantial sex differences in eating behaviour (e.g. women are more likely to be dieters or emotional eaters than men). The present study investigates this assumption in a large representative community sample while incorporating a comprehensive set of psychological eating-related variables. DESIGN A community sample was employed to: (i) determine...

BACKGROUND Providing drinking water to U.S. children during school meals is a recommended health promotion strategy and part of national nutrition policy. Urban school systems have struggled with providing drinking water to children, and little is known about how to ensure that water is served, particularly in afterschool settings. PURPOSE To assess the effectiveness of an intervention design...

INTRODUCTION A common perception is that healthful foods are more expensive than less healthful foods. We assessed the cost of beverages and foods served at YMCA after-school programs, determined whether healthful snacks were more expensive, and identified inexpensive, healthful options. METHODS We collected daily snack menus from 32 YMCAs nationwide from 2006 to 2008 and derived prices of be...

OBJECTIVE The relationship of meal and snacking patterns with overall dietary intake and relative weight in children is unclear. The current study was done to examine how eating, snack and meal frequencies relate to total energy intake and diet quality. DESIGN The cross-sectional associations of eating, meal and snack frequencies with total energy intake and diet quality, measured by the Heal...

BACKGROUND Although serving a greater variety of food increases intake, this effect has not been well studied as a strategy to encourage consumption of vegetables and fruit in preschool children. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether providing a variety of familiar vegetables or fruit to preschool children as a snack would lead to increased selection and intake. DESIGN In a crossover design...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to gain insight into (i) processed snack-food availability, (ii) processed snack-food salience and (iii) the size of dinnerware among households with overweight gatekeepers. Moreover, associations between gatekeepers' characteristics and in-home observations were determined. DESIGN A cross-sectional observation of home food environments was conducted...

BACKGROUND The US population consumes dietary sodium well in excess of recommended levels. It is unknown how the contribution of snack foods to sodium intake has changed over time, and whether disparities exist within specific subgroups of the US population. OBJECTIVE To examine short and long term trends in the contribution of snack food sources to dietary sodium intake for US adults and chi...

Gün geçtikçe tüketicilerin bilinç düzeyindeki artış, sağlıklı atıştırmalık ve fonksiyonel gıda konseptine evrilmesi gerekliliğini beraberinde getirmiştir. Atıştırmalık grubunda konsantre bir ürün olan meyve barları; vitamin, mineral lifçe zengin kuru yağ kaynağı kuruyemişleri ihtiva etmesi, lezzetli çeşitleri uzun raf ömrüne sahip oluşuyla; nitelikler kazandırılabilirlik açısından diğer atıştır...

Kylie 2011, Is greater variety of chocolates and confectionery in supermarkets associated with more consumption?, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 2 A key contributor to unhealthy weight gain is excess energy intake, which can occur through overeating and/or eating foods considered energy-dense (i.e. foods high in fat and sugar). While the term " snack food " is not clearly ...