scholarly journals Breaking the fast: Meal patterns and beliefs about healthy eating style are associated with adherence to intermittent fasting diets

Appetite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Potter ◽  
Rebecca L. Griggs ◽  
Jeffrey M. Brunstrom ◽  
Peter J. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Intermittent Fasting ◽  
Meal Patterns ◽  
Eating Style

Consumers' Potentials to Adopt a Healthy Eating Lifestyle

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Efthimia Tsakiridou ◽  
Elisavet Tsiamparli ◽  
Konstadinos Mattas
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Eating Style ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
The Rasch Model ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Unambiguously, nowadays healthy eating patterns have attracted the interest of researchers, society and media. Mainly four key widespread messages “eat less fat”, “eat less sugar”, “eat less salt” and “eat more fibre”, are among those widely perceived as healthy eating behavior. All those messages could support a healthy eating lifestyle, and consequently, avoid several chronic diseases and health problems. This research aimed to examine consumers' attitudes towards healthy eating, their difficulty to adopt a permanent healthy eating style and to assess which items consumers find more or less difficult to follow. The Rasch model was applied to assess the obstacles consumers are facing to adopt and follow healthy eating patterns and to relate them with a range of attitudinal and socio-economic factors faced by individuals. Results highlight significant differences among consumers in adopting healthy eating patterns, depending on the level of several key factors (gender, age and education).

scholarly journals Breast Cancer Primary Prevention and Diet: An Umbrella Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Buja ◽  
Marco Pierbon ◽  
Laura Lago ◽  
Giulia Grotto ◽  
Vincenzo Baldo
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Citrus Fruit ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Eating Style ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Risk Of Cancer

Introduction: Many studies have been published, but none have pooled the useful evidence available in the literature to produce guidelines and health policies promoting healthy eating styles to prevent breast cancer (BC). The present study aimed to summarize the evidence produced to date, taking a judicious, critical approach to the quality of the studies analyzed. Methods: An umbrella review method was adopted, which is a systematic review of second-level studies, meta-analyses and literature reviews. Results: In all, 48 studies were considered: 32 meta-analyses, 4 pooled analyses, 5 systematic reviews, and 7 qualitative reviews. A higher intake of total meat, or red or processed meats, or foods with a high glycemic index, or eggs would seem to be associated with a higher risk of BC. Some foods, such as vegetables, would seem instead to have an inverse association with BC risk. One meta-analysis revealed an inverse association between citrus fruit and mushroom consumption and BC. Some nutrients, such as calcium, folate, vitamin D, lignans and carotenoids, also seem to be inversely associated with BC risk. The evidence is still conflicting as concerns exposure to other dietary elements (e.g., polyunsaturated fatty acids, dairy foods). Conclusion: Nutrition is one of the most modifiable aspects of people’s lifestyles and dietary choices can affect health and the risk of cancer. Overall, adhering to a healthy eating style may be associated with a significant reduction in the risk of BC.

scholarly journals Does the Energy Restriction Intermittent Fasting Diet Alleviate Metabolic Syndrome Biomarkers? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 3213
Author(s):  
Yasemin Ergul Kunduraci ◽  
Hanefi Ozbek
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Energy Restriction ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Intermittent Fasting ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Randomized Controlled

The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of an energy restriction intermittent fasting diet in metabolic biomarkers and weight management among adults with metabolic syndrome. This randomized controlled study was performed with metabolic syndrome patients, aged 18–65 years, at an academic institution in Istanbul, Turkey (n = 70). All participants were randomized to the Intermittent Energy Restriction (IER) intervention group and Continuous Energy Restriction (CER) control group. Biochemical tests including lipid profile, fasting plasma glucose, insulin, glycosylated hemoglobin Type A1c (HbA1c), homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), blood pressure, and body composition were evaluated at baseline and at the 12th week in diet interviews. Dietary intake was measured with the 24-h dietary recall method and dietary quality was evaluated with the Healthy Eating Index-2010. Changes in body weight (≈7% weight loss) and composition were similar in both groups. Blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), fasting glucose, and insulin at the 12th week decreased in both groups (p < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in metabolic syndrome biomarkers between the IER and CER groups. The energy-restricted intermittent fasting diet did not cause any deficiencies in macronutrient and fiber intake in the subjects. Healthy Eating Index (HEI) index scores were achieved similarly in both groups, and subjects’ dietary intakes were close to daily reference nutritional intake values. The technique used to achieve energy restriction, whether intermittent or continuous, appears to alleviate the metabolic syndrome biomarkers activated by weight loss.

scholarly journals BOARDING SCHOOL HEALTHY EATING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION OPINIONS OF SCHOOL TEACHERS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Zafirah Mohd Nor ◽  
Abdul Rashid Abdullah ◽  
Rosita Jamaluddin ◽  
Hazrina Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Eating Style ◽  
The Government

The collaboration between the Malaysian education and health ministry introduced a school healthy eating policy, where there was a requirement for food and drinks provided within the boarding schools to conform to standards based on macronutrients and energy content. The aim of the present study was to explore the experience of implementing a school healthy eating policy to inform the compliance of such policies being implemented into practices in the boarding school foodservice setting. A qualitative approach was used, with in-depth interviews exploring informants' involvement in, experiences of, factors affecting, and perceived outcomes of policy implementation. Interviews were conducted with fifteen teachers involves in administering the implementation of the school's healthy eating policy. Results were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Perceived challenges to implementation of school healthy eating policy included: students’ eating preferences, students’ eating style, unchanged menu cycle selections, and unhealthy choices of canteen menu. Teachers’ recommendations for successful implementation of policy to be well-practiced in real situations included: enhancement in nutritional education, revise menu, create a conducive healthy eating environment and limit the hours to the canteen. Participants identified that successful policy implementation hinged on the provision of resources and support by the government to the school stakeholders. Implementing a healthy eating policy within the boarding school setting benefits from dedicated resourcing, investment in relationship building with various stakeholders, and introducing changes gradually with a long-term approach.

scholarly journals “Maybe a Long Fast Is Good for You”: Health Conceptualisations in YouTube Diet Videos

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mu-Chi Chiu ◽  
Bart Penders
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intermittent Fasting ◽  
Complete State ◽  
Simple Question ◽  
Health Concepts

In this paper, we study which health conceptualisations are promoted or supported by intermittent fasting, no-carb-no-sugar, and endomorph Diet YouTubers and how they relate to existing definitions of health. In order to openly understand how YouTubers present health concepts, we will study health conceptualisations in YouTube diet videos qualitatively, through the use of thematic analysis. We identify five main themes: weight management, prior dietary awareness, diet literacy, quality of life, and the satisfaction of functional needs. We find that YouTubers substitute the WHO’s pursuit of a complete state of well-being by an implicit, tacit version of new health concepts. The tacit form allows them to stay practical and to focus on real-world dietary concerns, such as answers to the simple question “what should I eat to stay healthy?”. Diet YouTubers do not, however, neatly position themselves within existing health conceptualisations and they offer views on health that move beyond “formal” conceptualisations, including self-inspection, timing, preparation and planning and context-design. Differing from the universal definitions of health, the Diet YouTubers we studied target specific audiences with their presentations of healthy eating.

Healthy eating in schools: Evidence-based interventions to help kids thrive.

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine P. Cook-Cottone ◽  
Evelyn Tribole ◽  
Tracy L. Tylka
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Evidence Based
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