Published in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal
The role of family food behaviours on weight status of family members is not well understood. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of some aspects of family food behaviours on adolescents overweight. In a cross-sectional mother-child-linked study design, participants were a subsample of 3862 adolescents (51.9% boys) from the Mat...
Ce travail de thèse porte sur le choix, l’appréciation et la consommation des légumes chez les enfants de 8 à 11 ans en situation naturelle de repas scolaire. Dans une première étape, nous nous sommes focalisés sur les sujets (i.e. enfants) en étudiant leurs connaissances lexicales et perceptives des légumes. Ainsi, nous avons mis en évidence que l...
Published in Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Adolescence is a period of gradual transition from childhood to adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of being overweight and to study the impact of environmental factors in Morocco in a sample of 190 schoolchildren aged 12–16 years from five schools in the Kenitra urban area. Anthropometric and blood pressure measurement...
L’homéostasie buccale conditionne fortement les perceptions gustatives ; elle repose sur un épithélium buccal sain et le bon fonctionnement des glandes salivaires, qui sont finement régulés par hormones sexuelles. Le but de cette thèse était de savoir si une exposition orale en bisphénol A, un migrant d’emballage alimentaire et de composites dentai...
Published in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Background/Aims: The impact of alcohol on health depends on both the total amount ingested per week and the drinking pattern. Our goal was to assess the relationship between drinking occasions and anthropometric indicators of adiposity. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, 7,855 men aged 50–59 years were recruited between 1991 and 1993 in Franc...
Published in Journal of lipid research
A relationship between orosensory detection of dietary lipids, regulation of fat intake, and body mass index was recently suggested. However, involved mechanisms are poorly understood. Moreover, whether obesity can directly modulate preference for fatty foods remains unknown. To address this question, exploration of the oral lipid sensing system wa...
Des études chez le rongeur et l’Homme ont montré que la détection orosensorielle des lipides alimentaires implique une dimension gustative. Deux lipido récepteurs candidats sont présents dans les bourgeons du goût : CD36, dont l’implication dans le « goût du gras » a été démontrée par des études menées au laboratoire chez la souris, et GPR120. Les ...
Published in BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundObesity and depression are two prevalent conditions that are costly to individuals and society. The bidirectional association of obesity with depression, in which unhealthy dietary patterns may play an important role, has been well established. Few experimental studies have been conducted to investigate whether supplementing specific nutr...
Published in Food Security
School gardening interventions have been touted as an effective approach to improve children’s eating habits in developed countries, but there is little evidence for their impact in developing countries. We studied the combined effect of school gardens linked to complementary lessons and promotional activities on the eating behavior and nutritional...
ABSTRACT Objective The association between screen time and dietary patterns and overweight/obesity among adolescents was analysed in this study. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 963 Brazilian adolescents, aged between 11 and 14 years were evaluated. Body mass index was used to assess overweight/obesity. Dietary patterns and screen time were a...
