Modern epidemiology suggests a potential interactive association between diet, lifestyle,
genetics and the risk of many chronic diseases. As such, many epidemiologic studies …

Objective: This paper describes the ad hoc methodological concepts and procedures
developed to improve the comparability of Nutrient databases (NDBs) across the 10 …

BACKGROUND: The most consistent result of epidemiological studies on diet and cancer is
that a diet rich in vegetables, fruit and, more generally, in plant foods is associated with a …

Approximately 10.2 million persons in the United States sometimes or often do not have
enough food to eat, a condition known as food insufficiency. Using cross-sectional data from …

Background: Biomarkers can provide a more accurate measure of long-term intake than can
dietary questionnaires. Objective: The objective was to identify which adipose tissue fatty …

The authors assessed the association between serum phospholipid fatty acids as
biomarkers of fatty acid intake and breast cancer risk among women in the E3N Study (1989 …

Objectives: To describe the contribution of highly processed foods to total diet, nutrient
intakes and patterns among 27 redefined centres in the 10 countries participating in the …

Experimental studies have indicated that n‐3 fatty acids, including alpha‐linolenic acid (18:
3 n‐3) and long‐chain n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibit mammary tumor growth and …

Biomarkers could provide a more accurate measure of long-term intake than questionnaires.
Adipose tissue is considered the best indicator of long-term essential fatty acid intake, but …

Nutritional biomarkers are used for a variety of purposes in large-scale population surveys
and epidemiologic studies as well as smaller clinical studies. The main reasons for using …