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Nutritional habits, inhibitory control, and emotional reactivity to healthy and unhealthy food cues in non-obese female students: insights from heart rate variability [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundResearch shows that the nutritional habits of university students do not follow the national recommendations. While most studies have focused on the increased risk of overweight/obesity, avoiding unhealthy food or maintaining a normal weight ...
Michela Sarlo, Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi, Giulia Buodo, Carmen Belacchi   +3 more
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Association of sociodemographic factors and television food advertisements with junk food consumption among a sample of adolescents aged 13 to 17 in Magura district, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

BMC Nutrition
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the association of sociodemographic factors and television advertisements with junk food consumption among adolescents aged 13 to 17 in Bangladesh. Methods This cross-sectional study included 326 adolescent-
Shammy Akter, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Trisha Mallick, Bably Sabina Azhar, Joytun Nahar, Masuma Chowdhury, Addah Graham Gilbert Wilfred, Sumaia Sahrin   +8 more
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Examining the association between maternal junk food consumption and obesity among children: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in India [PDF]

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background Childhood obesity is not only a concern for the immediate health of children but also imposes varied health implications throughout the life course and a significant burden on the healthcare system.
Antaryami Dash, Shalem Balla, Shankar Das, Srinivas Goli   +3 more
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Junk Food Consumption, awareness and its Health Consequences among Undergraduates of a Medical University

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences, 2018
Objective: To assess the consumption patterns and health consequences of junk foods among students of medical university Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A study was conducted among 370 students in a Public Sector University, Karachi from March to November ...
Nighat Mirza, Syed M Jahangir Ashraf, Zia Ikram, Sadia Ikhlaque Sheikh, Manahil Akmal   +4 more
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The Significance of Plant-Based Foods and Intense Physical Activity on the Metabolic Health of Women with PCOS: A Priori Dietary-Lifestyle Patterns Approach

Applied Sciences, 2023
The study aimed to analyse dietary-lifestyle patterns (DLPs) and their relation with visceral obesity and other metabolic parameters in women with PCOS. A total of 140 women were diagnosed with PCOS.
Aleksandra Bykowska-Derda, Malgorzata Kaluzna, Marek Ruchała, Katarzyna Ziemnicka, Magdalena Czlapka-Matyasik   +4 more
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JUNK FOOD ADDICTION AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN RAWALPINDI- A KAP STUDY

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences, 2020
Use of high calorie junk foods has increased dramatically in the recent past, leading to many social and health problems. Pakistan is facing the same situation.
Nosheen Zaidi, Najma Javed
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Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The ubiquitous supply of junk foods in our food environment has been partly blamed for the increased rates in overweight and obesity. However, consumption of these foods has generally been examined individually perhaps obscuring the true ...
S Boylan, L. L. Hardy, B. A. Drayton, A. Grunseit, S. Mihrshahi   +4 more
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Evaluating the performance of unhealthy junk food consumption based on health belief model in elementary school girls [PDF]

Savād-i Salāmat, 2017
Background and objective: Nowadays, due to changes in eating patterns, the worthless junk foods are replaced useful food among children. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of unhealthy junk food consumption based on health belief model in ...
Azam Fathi, Gholamreza Sharifirad, Siamak Mohebi   +2 more
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Junk food use and neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes in infants in low-resource settings

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionFeeding infants a sub-optimal diet deprives them of critical nutrients for their physical and cognitive development. The objective of this study is to describe the intake of foods of low nutritional value (junk foods) and identify the ...
Melody K. Chiwila, Nancy F. Krebs, Albert Manasyan, Albert Manasyan, Elwyn Chomba, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya, Manolo Mazariegos, Neelofar Sami, Omrana Pasha, Antoinette Tshefu, Adrien Lokangaka, Robert L. Goldenberg, Carl L. Bose, Marion Koso-Thomas, Norman Goco, Barbara T. Do, Elizabeth M. McClure, K. Michael Hambidge, Jamie E. Westcott, Waldemar A. Carlo   +20 more
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Association of junk food consumption with high blood pressure and obesity in Iranian children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-IV Study

Jornal de Pediatria, 2015
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the association of junk food consumption with hypertension and obesity in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS: This nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 students, aged
Moloud Payab, Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Shirin Hasani Ranjbar, Gelayol Ardalan, Hoda Zahedi, Mohammad Chinian, Hamid Asayesh, Bagher Larijani, Ramin Heshmat   +10 more
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