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2005

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Full-Text Articles in Nutrition

Effects Of Family Mealtime Practices On Household Inhabitants, Lindsay A. Schwarz, Melanie Burns Jan 2005

Effects Of Family Mealtime Practices On Household Inhabitants, Lindsay A. Schwarz, Melanie Burns

Melanie Burns

The purpose of this study was to determine how various family mealtime practices influence family dynamics. The objectives were to determine the frequency of meals per week consumed as a family, which meal was typically consumed together, influencing factors on why families do or do not choose to eat together, and the extent to which the participants perceived that family meal time strengthens the family unit. Participants (n=50) in the study completed a self-administered survey that consisted of questions regarding current family mealtime practices, as well as general questions about the family unit. Results indicated that family meals have the …

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Relationship Between Plasma Carotenoids And Prostate Cancer.Pdf, Shine Chang, John W. Erdman, Steven K. Clinton, Maya Vadiveloo, Sara S. Strom, John H. Contois, Xiangjun Gu, Richard J. Babaian, Peter T. Scardino, Stephen D. Hursting Dec 2004

Relationship Between Plasma Carotenoids And Prostate Cancer.Pdf, Shine Chang, John W. Erdman, Steven K. Clinton, Maya Vadiveloo, Sara S. Strom, John H. Contois, Xiangjun Gu, Richard J. Babaian, Peter T. Scardino, Stephen D. Hursting

Maya Vadiveloo

Carotenoids, particularly lycopene, are thought to decrease prostate cancer risk, but the relationship between
plasma carotenoid concentrations and risk in various populations has not been well characterized. Comparing 118 non-Hispanic Caucasian men mainly from southeast Texas with nonmetastatic prostate cancer with 52 healthy men from the same area, we conducted a case-control analysis evaluating associations between risk and plasma levels of total carotenoids, β#1;-cryptoxanthin, α- and trans-β-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, total lycopenes, trans-lycopene, total cislycopenes, and cis-lycopene isoforms 1, 2, 3, and 5. Risk for men with high plasma levels of α-carotene, trans-β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, and lutein and zeaxanthin was less …

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Adolescent Malnutrition In Developing Countries A Close Look At The Problem And At Two National Experiences, Lorraine Cordeiro, Sascha Lamstein, Zeba Mahmud, F. James Levinson Dec 2004

Adolescent Malnutrition In Developing Countries A Close Look At The Problem And At Two National Experiences, Lorraine Cordeiro, Sascha Lamstein, Zeba Mahmud, F. James Levinson

Lorraine Cordeiro

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