Chang, Mei-Wei Tan, Alai Schaffir, Jonathan
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To identify demographic risk factors associated with high stress and examine the relationships between levels of stress, demographics and dietary fat, fruit and vegetable intakes in low-income pregnant women with overweight or obesity. A cross-sectional study. Participants were recruited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In...
Sarki, Mahesh Parlesak, Alexandr Robertson, Aileen
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Breast-feeding is an important determinant of health of mothers and their offspring. The present study aimed to compare breast-feeding rates across Europe disaggregated by maternal education and establish what proportion achieves at least 50 % exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) at 6 months.Design/SettingSecondary analysis of national or sub-national st...
Canfell, Oliver J Littlewood, Robyn Wright, Olivia Rl Walker, Jacqueline L
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Mialon, Melissa Mialon, Jonathan
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To identify the corporate political activity (CPA) of major food industry actors in France. We followed an approach based on information available in the public domain. Different sources of information, freely accessible to the public, were monitored.Setting/SubjectsData were collected and analysed between March and August 2015. Five actors were se...
Buchthal, O Vanessa Wolff, Grace Kittinger, Daniela Schaeffner, Danielle Nelson-Hurwitz, Denise C
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Farmers' market interventions are a popular strategy for addressing chronic disease disparities in low-income neighbourhoods. With limited resources, strategic targeting of interventions is critical. The present study used spatial analysis to identify where market interventions have the greatest impact on healthy food access within a geographic reg...
Marushka, Lesya Batal, Malek Sadik, Tonio Schwartz, Harold Ing, Amy Fediuk, Karen Tikhonov, Constantine Chan, Hing Man
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To describe seafood consumption patterns in First Nations (FN) in British Columbia (BC) and examine lifestyle characteristics associated with seafood consumption; to identify the top ten most consumed seafood species and their contributions to EPA and DHA intake; and to estimate dietary exposure to methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dichl...
Egg, Sabrina Erler, Judith Perktold, Bernhard Hasenegger, Verena Rust, Petra Ramoner, Reinhold König, Jürgen Purtscher, Anna Elisabeth
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The present study aimed to identify dietary patterns, compare dietary patterns regarding nutrient profile and investigate the association between dietary patterns and body composition in a population in western Austria. In a cross-sectional study, eating habits, anthropometric measurements and body composition were assessed. Food intake was collect...
Correa, Teresa Reyes, Marcela Smith Taillie, Lindsey P Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R
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In the light of Chile's comprehensive new restriction on unhealthy food marketing, we analyse food advertising on Chilean television prior to the first and final phases of implementation of the restriction. Content analysis of marketing strategies of 6976 advertisements, based on products' nutritional quality. Statistical analysis of total and chil...
Olapeju, Bolanle Saifuddin, Ahmed Wang, Guoying Ji, Yuelong Hong, Xiumei Raghavan, Ramkripa Summers, Amber Keiser, Amaris Ji, Hongkai Zuckerman, Barry
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While maternal folate deficiency has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes such as neural tube defects, anaemia and low birth weight, the relationship between folate and preterm birth (PTB) in the context of the US post-folic acid fortification era is inconclusive. We sought to explore the relationship between maternal folate status and PTB and it...
Sheean, Patricia Farrar, Isabel C Sulo, Suela Partridge, Jamie Schiffer, Linda Fitzgibbon, Marian
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To assess the prevalence of nutritional risk among an ethnically diverse group of urban community-dwelling older adults and to explore if risk varied by race/ethnicity. Demographic characteristics, Katz's activities of daily living and health-care resource utilization were ascertained cross-sectionally via telephone surveys with trained interviewer...
