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The Effect of Consumption of Unhealthy Snacks on Diet and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2014 Background & Aims: Unhealthy snacks contain high amounts of calories, simple sugars, fat, cholesterol, salt, additives, and conservatives. Increased consumption of these unhealthy snacks is one of the underlying factors for the prevalence of overweight ...
Zahra Bahadoran +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2012 Background The essence of nudging is to adapt the environment in which consumers make decisions to help them make better choices, without forcing certain outcomes upon them. To determine how consumers can effectively be guided to select healthier snacks,
van Kleef Ellen +2 more
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Appetite, 2023 In the present study, we aimed to investigate how two types of self-licensing (functional and dysfunctional self-licensing) are related to unhealthy snack consumption. Self-licensing refers to the act of using justifications before gratifications and has been associated with higher snack consumption.
Sezer, B. +3 more
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Fat tissue accretion in children and adolescents : interplay between food responsiveness, gender, and the home availability of snacks [PDF]
, 2017 The appetitive trait "food responsiveness" is assumed to be a risk factor for adiposity gain primarily in obesogenic environments. So far, the reported results are inconsistent in school-aged children, possibly because these studies did not take into ...
Braet, Caroline +5 more
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Children Select Unhealthy Choices when Given a Choice among Snack Offerings [PDF]
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2014 Out-of-school-time programs serve snacks to millions of children annually. State and national snack policies endorse serving more-healthful options, such as fruits, yet often allow less-healthful options, such as cookies and chips, to be served simultaneously.
Michael W, Beets +5 more
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Perception of healthy and unhealthy food among Chinese adolescents [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore snacking behavior and perspectives on healthy and unhealthy food choices among adolescents in Mainland China. Design/methodology/approach Four focus-group interviews were conducted.
Chan, K, Huang, A, Tam, D, Tse, HLT
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Life, 2023 The consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is high along with the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among children and adolescents.
Ioannis Gketsios +10 more
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Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2014 Potato snack is one of the most popular snacks item in Bangladesh. In this study the nutrition facts of potato snacks (potato chips and french fries) of different brands of home and aboard and of different food chain shops were analyzed and compared with the ideal one.
Tasmia Tasnim, Umme Aulia Munira
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Sweetened beverages, snacks and overweight: findings from the Young Lives cohort study in Peru [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between consumption of snacks and sweetened beverages and risk of overweight among children. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of the Young Lives cohort study in Peru.
Alviso-Orellana, C +3 more
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The consumption of unhealthy foods by Brazilian children is influenced by their mother’s educational level [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: To evaluate the association between the consumption of unhealthy foods in children under one year and the education level of the mothers, data obtained from participants of the II Survey on the prevalence of breastfeeding in the Brazilian ...
Ana Lucia da Silva Castro +5 more
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