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To examine the association between cooking frequency and Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015, overall and by income, among US adults. Cross-sectional analysis using multivariable linear regression models to examine the association between cooking frequency and total HEI-2015 score adjusted for sociodemographic variables, overall and stratified by incom...
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To assess, from a systems perspective, how climate vulnerability and socio-economic and political differences at the municipal and state levels explain food insecurity in Mexico. Using a cross-sectional design with official secondary data, we estimated three-level multinomial hierarchical linear models. The study setting is Mexico's states and muni...
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To investigate trends in child anthropometry in Senegal between 1990 and 2015 and relate them with potential causes. Several hypotheses were tested: changes in health status, income, diet and socio-economic status. Statistical analysis of trends in anthropometric data: height, weight, BMI and associated Z-scores calculated with the CDC-2000 standar...
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To apply a dietary modelling approach to investigate the impact of substituting beef intakes with three types of alternative fatty acid (FA) composition of beef on population dietary fat intakes. Cross-sectional, national food consumption survey - the National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS). The fat content of the beef-containing food codes (n 52) a...
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Objective: To evaluate total usual intakes and biomarkers of micronutrients, overall dietary quality, and related health characteristics of U.S. older adults who were overweight or obese compared to healthy weight. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Two 24-hour dietary recalls, nutritional biomarkers, and objective and subjective health charac...
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Objective: To utilise a community-based participatory approach in the design and implementation of an intervention targeting diet-related health problems on Navajo Nation. Design: A dual strategy approach of community needs/assets assessment and engagement of cross-sectorial partners in programme design with systematic cyclical feedback for program...
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Both vitamin D and Fe micronutrient deficiencies are common in Saudi Arabia but the association between them is unclear. The present study aimed to determine whether Fe indices are associated with vitamin D status and other metabolic markers in Arab adolescents. Single-centre, cross-sectional study gathering anthropometrics, glucose and lipid profi...
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Maternal vitamin D level in pregnancy may have implications for both the mother and fetus. Deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to several pregnancy complications and fetal skeletal health. Smoking has been associated with reduced serum level of the vitamin D metabolite, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). A nested case-control study within the Finni...
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To explore the extent to which micronutrient deficiencies (MND) affect children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL), using vitamin D deficiency (VDD) as a case study. Proxy valuation study to estimate the impact of VDD on the HRQoL of younger (0-4 years) and older (>4 years) children. We used the Child Health Utility 9 Dimension (CHU9D) questi...
