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Filter by:The study is an open-label intervention non pharmacological Cohort Study without control arm in patients with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and in healthy subjects. The intervention in patients with NAFLD is educational, providing personalized suggestions to improve diet and physical activity; the intervention in healthy subjects is educational, providing general suggestions to improve diet and physical activity.
This is an online study that aims to test the effectiveness of Interpretative Nutrition Rating Systems (INRS) such as the Health Star Rating System (HSR or Star System), traffic light system and warning labels (high sodium, saturated fat and sugar) proposed by Health Canada. The study will incorporate the use of a Smartphone application (app), FoodFlip®, to help educate consumers on each INRS prior to their exposure on food packages.
This study will compare 3 food products (bran, psyllium and nopal) on intestinal water content measured via MRI.
Low-income and minority women are at increased risk for postpartum weight retention (i.e. retaining weight after pregnancy) and consequent persistent obesity. Women who are obese pre-pregnancy are 3-5 times more likely to gain weight, rather than lose weight, in the postpartum period than non-obese women. Aims for this pilot study are listed below: Aim 1: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a multi-component novel weight loss intervention delivered in a WIC setting to a population of low-income, predominantly racial/ethnic minority, obese, postpartum women. Aim 2: To evaluate differences in weight change, diet, physical activity, self-efficacy, readiness to change, motivations to eat between intervention and control participants to determine preliminary intervention efficacy over a 12-week period.
This study will investigate the effect of two dietary patterns on sleep outcomes and measures of reported appetite. Participants will be given two different diets on two separate stays.
The rates of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are rising across the world. This is especially true in industrialized countries like Canada and the USA. Even though there are many possible causes for these increases. One prominent cause is our refined diet, which greatly lacks dietary fiber. This 'fiber gap' between the amount of fiber actually eaten and the amount that should be eaten is likely promoting these diseases. It is known that a high fiber diet can benefit health and the health of the gut bacteria. It is also know that these gut microbes can help cause and prevent diseases. When fiber is eaten, it gets broken down not by us, but by our gut microbes. During this process by-products called short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) are made. These SCFA have been shown to promote health. Therefore, it is thought that fiber changes the gut microbes to produce more SCFA, which may improve overall health. In order to aid our microbes and improve our health we need to find ways to reduce this 'fiber gap'. One possibility is to add fiber to our refined diet. To do so we must first learn how different fibers perform in our gut. This includes how our gut tolerates increasing amounts of fiber, and how our microbes respond. The purpose of this study is to learn how different types of resistant starch perform in our gut, including gastrointestinal tolerance. By doing so we will determine the ideal dose and type of these fibers to use in future studies.
The study aims to explore whether prophylactic dietary supplementation with prebiotic inulin-type fructans is able to influence the intestinal microbiota and the frequency of infectious disease episodes in kindergarten children during a winter period.
This is a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial is designed to investigate whether the Multicultural Healthy Diet (MHD), an anti-Inflammatory diet tailored to a multi-cultural population, can improve cognitive functioning in a middle aged (40-65 yr) urban population in Bronx, New York compared to a usual diet.
Comparison between two groups, experimental and control. Experimental will undergo lectures on a diet to increase fiber consumption. Blood tests and anthropometric measures will be done before and after the 3-months long program. Comparisons will be made pre and post and with groups.
The purpose of the study is to compare 3 different diets in pregnancy, equal in calories, and fats, different in refined grains compared to whole grains as a source of carbohydrates, and in calories from carbohydrate, compared to protein as a source of calories.The hypothesis is that there will be differences in the specified outcomes because the proportions of macronutrients are significant. The primary objective is to detect differences in weight gain.