The aim of this study was to compare the energy and fat content of food purchased for home
consumption by households comprising mainly overweight individuals (OH), with those …

Background Short-term experimental studies suggest that dietary variety may influence body
fatness but no long-term human studies have been reported. Objective The purpose of this …

Dietary intake characteristics were studied among 3833 adults of the second Dutch National
Food Consumption Survey held in 1992. The subjects were classified into three groups …

Dietary guidelines around the world recommend increased intakes of fruits and non-starchy
vegetables for the prevention of chronic diseases and possibly obesity. This study aimed to …

The problem of how to measure habitual food intake in studies of obesity remains an enigma
in nutritional research. The existence of obesity-specific underreporting was rather …

Population-based research on diet, obesity and the metabolic syndrome is faced with
accumulating evidence of biases that may profoundly affect results. One potential source of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine if energy intake underreporting concerns all major food groups or
if it occurs for specific food groups only. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study on dietary habits …

The associations of dietary energy density with dietary intake and obesity have been largely
unexplored in non-Western populations. The present cross-sectional study examined the …

OBJECTIVE--To provide an independent evaluation of seven day weighed dietary records,
which are currently accepted as the most accurate technique for assessing habitual dietary …

ObjectiveTo describe relationships between the portion sizes of a range of foods commonly
consumed by Irish children and adolescents and key indicators of dietary quality on the days …