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Diet Quality Assessment and the Relationship between Diet Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and globally. Dietary risk factors contribute to over half of all CVD deaths and CVD-related disability. The aim of this narrative review is to describe methods used to assess diet quality and the current state of evidence on the relationship between diet quality
Petersen, Kristina S. +1 more
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Determinants of diet quality [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2004 AbstractBackground:An unbalanced diet is a main risk factor for several chronic diseases. This paper identifies groups of individuals with an unbalanced diet based on the consumption of nutrients. A characterisation of the groups may help to focus efforts aimed at improving the dietary behaviour of the population.Methods:Using nutritional data of 1763 ...
Silke, Thiele +2 more
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Diet Quality and Academic Performance* [PDF]
Journal of School Health, 2008 ABSTRACTBackground: Although the effects of nutrition on health and school performance are often cited, few research studies have examined the effect of diet quality on the academic performance of children. This study examines the association between overall diet quality and academic performance.Methods: In 2003, 5200 grade 5 students in Nova Scotia,
Michelle D, Florence +2 more
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Measuring diet quality in China: the INFH-UNC-CH Diet Quality Index [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000 This paper describes the development and efficacy of a diet quality index (DQI) for China.The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents motivated the selection of 10 DQI components. These components were weighted and assigned cut-offs and point schemes based on the Chinese Food Guide Pagoda, Chinese and/or international dietary reference values.
J D, Stookey +4 more
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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background. Evidence regarding an individual`s food and nutrition literacy (FNL), and its impact on dietary behaviours, could guide the development of more effective interventions.
Marziyeh Ashoori +8 more
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Diet qualities: healthy and unhealthy aspects of diet quality in preschool children [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016 Diet quality indexes combine the healthy and unhealthy aspects of diet within a single construct, but few studies have evaluated their association. Emerging evidence suggests that predictors differ for the more and less healthy components of children's diets.Our objectives were to determine whether preschool-aged children's frequency of eating healthy ...
Sarah E, Anderson +2 more
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Neurotrophic Effect of Fish-Lecithin Based Nanoliposomes on Cortical Neurons
Marine Drugs, 2019 Lipids play multiple roles in preserving neuronal function and synaptic plasticity, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been of particular interest in optimizing synaptic membrane organization and function. We developed a green-based methodology
Catherine Malaplate +8 more
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Diet quality and nutrient density in pregnant women according to adherence to Mediterranean diet
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Background and aimsThe dietary pattern followed during pregnancy, specifically healthy dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet, is a key factor in the mother’s and the offspring’s health.
Sara Castro-Barquero +43 more
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Women's input and decision-making in agriculture are associated with diet quality in rural Tanzania
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundWomen's empowerment is one critical pathway through which agriculture can impact women's nutrition; however, empirical evidence is still limited.
Isabel Madzorera +16 more
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Diet quality, change in diet quality and risk of incident CVD and diabetes [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2019 AbstractObjective:The objective of this study was to assess the prospective association between diet quality, as well as a 6-year change in diet quality, and risk of incident CVD and diabetes in a community-based population.Design:We used Cox regression models to estimate the prospective association between diet quality, assessed using the Healthy ...
Zhe, Xu +3 more
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