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Filter by:Sumac, is a spice that is widely used in Turkish, Iranian and Middle Eastern foods. In these regions, the fruit of sumac is used for seasoning or flavouring, as an appetizer and for souring food. This spice has also been used in herbal folk medicine to relieve certain conditions including bowel disorders, anorexia and indigestion. In addition, many studies have shown that sumac contains a high level of antioxidant activity and polyphenol content that may benefit certain diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the level of the appetite and food intake among young adults in comparison with free living older adults following the consumption of sumac. This was achieved by assessing the amount of food intake during a lunch course and the impact on food intake for the subsequent 12 hours.
Aims: - The first aim was to replicate the pre-exposure effect. This was done by assessing the effect of exposing participants to a puzzle game with real foods compared to real nonfoods on food intake. - The second aim was to investigate the potential of VR for eliciting the pre-exposure effect. This was done by comparing the effect of a VR puzzle game with foods to a VR puzzle game with nonfoods on food intake. - The third aim was to assess the effect of branding in VR on brand responses and the role of emotional responses herein. This was done by comparing a branded virtual puzzle game with foods with a (non-branded) virtual puzzle game with foods. Study design: a randomized 2 (game: real vs virtual) x 2 (product: food vs non-food) between-subjects design lab experiment, the effectiveness of pre-exposure to food in a VR game is tested. A fifth condition was added ("VR x branded food") in order to examine brand effects.
Agricultural biodiversity can have an important role in improving diet diversity, quality and nutrition and can be seen as the foundation of the food and nutrition value chain. Increasing the availability and access to local agricultural and/or wild biodiversity genetic resources has the potential to increase production, making more food available for consumption as long as entitlements to access it exist. However, as the history of food security interventions has shown, increasing the production and supply of staple crops alone is not enough to improve food security or nutritional status. However, while agricultural diversification is an important component, it is not alone sufficient to improve diet diversity. Other system elements including women's education and knowledge, intra-household dynamics and women's status and cultural beliefs and practices that improves children's health and nutrition are important to ensure biodiversity has a successful role in improving dietary diversity and quality.
This study aims to assess the effect of physical activity on food intake and appetite in older adults (≥ 65 years) and to investigate the relationship between older adults' eating behaviours, body composition and physical activity.
This study assesses the acute effects of a standardized 20-minute vaping episode compared to a non-vaping control condition on ad libitum food intake during a 30-minute buffet meal, occurring approximately 45 minutes after the vaping episode
To assess smoking, vaping, and alcohol consumption behaviors via online surveys in the population. Further, the objective is to administer additional surveys to assess which methods (e.g., pen-and-paper records, a smartphone app) for monitoring smoking, vaping, alcohol intake, and food intake are preferred by the study population.
The intake of fruits and vegetables has been associated to a lower risk of developing metabolic diseases and cancer. The intake of tomato has been proposed to decrease the risk of prostate cancer while the high content of pro-vitamine A carotenes in banana have shown to alleviate Vitamin A deficiency in different countries. Interestingly in spite of their popularity, there are no biomarkers of banana intake reported in the literature while lycopene is the most frequently used metabolite to indicate tomato consumption however, its limited specificity and between-subjects variation sets doubt of its accuracy. Therefore, the identification of novel biomarkers for both banana and tomato is of great value. Untargeted metabolomics, allows a holistic analysis of the food metabolome allowing a deeper inquiry in the metabolism of different compounds and the recognition of patterns and individual differences that may lead to new hypothesis and further research. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to identify biomarkers of acute intake of banana and tomato using an untargeted approach on urine serum of 12 volunteers that participated in a crossover, randomized, controlled study. Volunteers consumed three different test foods: 1) 240g of banana, 2) 300g of tomato and 3) Fresubin 2kcal as control. Serum and urine samples were collected in kinetics over 24h and processed to be analyzed using LC-QTof analysis. The metabolomics profiles are compared using univariate (ANOVA) and multivariate statistical methods (PCA, PLSDA). The identification of discriminant compounds was performed by tandem mass fragmentation with a high-resolution LTQ-Orbitrab Mass spectrometer and by an extensive inquiry of different online databases.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mid-morning gel snacks on subjective appetite, glucose and insulin responses, and food intake in healthy weight young adults.
The Lentil Satiety study will examine the effects of replacing wheat and rice with two types of lentils within food products (muffins and chilies) on satiety and food intake in healthy adults.
The goal of the proposed project is to see if an innovative family-based intervention can reduce childhood obesity by actively engaging the whole family in promoting healthy behaviors in the home. In addition, the project will also examine how the NU-HOME family intervention influences children's dietary intake, availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in the home and served at meals and snacks, physical activity as a family, and child screen time (TV, game systems). The study will build upon a similar project conducted in an urban area and translate the lessons learned and adapt the program for a rural community.