Background: In high-income countries, high socioeconomic status (SES) is generally
associated with a healthier diet, but whether social differences in dietary intake are also …

Developing countries are undergoing rapid nutrition transition concurrent with increases in
obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). From a healthy …

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the
ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In …

Global ageing demographics coupled with increased urbanisation pose major challenges to
the provision of optimal living environments for older persons, particularly in relation to …

Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been reaching epidemic proportions
across the globe, affecting low/middle-income and developed countries. Two main …

Abstract The Blue Zones (BZs) are areas of the globe inhabited by exceptionally long-lived
populations. They include the island of Okinawa in Japan, the island of Ikaria in Greece, the …

Legumes may protect against myocardial infarction (MI). The objective of this study was to
determine whether consumption of dried mature beans (referred to as beans), the main …

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate physical fitness in relation to fatness in
urban and rural Greek children by means of allometric scaling. Methods: The sample …

Palm oil and soybean oil are the 2 most widely used cooking oils in the world. Palm oil is
consumed mainly in developing countries, where morbidity and mortality due to …

Abstract Background/Aim: The objective of this review was to collect data on the dietary
intake of total fat and saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty …