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Perceptions Of The Family Mealtime Environment And Adolescent Mealtime Behavior: Do Adults And Adolescents Agree?, Kerri N. Boutelle, Leslie A. Lytle, David M. Murray, Amanda Birnbaum, Mary Story May 2001

Perceptions Of The Family Mealtime Environment And Adolescent Mealtime Behavior: Do Adults And Adolescents Agree?, Kerri N. Boutelle, Leslie A. Lytle, David M. Murray, Amanda Birnbaum, Mary Story

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

The family mealtime environment has great potential to affect the eating behaviors of youth in the family. It is difficult to determine the important elements of a healthy mealtime environment because a valid assessment of the family environment is so difficult to obtain. The objective of this study is to examine the level of agreement between adult and adolescent perceptions of the family mealtime environment and adolescent mealtime behavior. A telephone survey was used to query adult and adolescent family members about how they perceive the family mealtime environment and the adolescent's mealtime behavior. A convenience sample of 282 adult/adolescent …


Diabetes And All-Cause And Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Us Male Physicians, Paulo A. Lotufo, Joann E. Manson Jan 2001

Diabetes And All-Cause And Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Us Male Physicians, Paulo A. Lotufo, Joann E. Manson

Paulo A Lotufo

Background: While diabetes has long been associated

with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), the

magnitude of risk of diabetes-related CHD is uncertain.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of diabetes and prior

CHD on all-cause and CHD mortality.

Methods: In a prospective cohort study of 91 285 US

male physicians aged 40 to 84 years, participants were

divided into 4 groups: (1) a reference group of 82 247

men free of both diabetes and CHD (previous myocardial

infarction and/or angina) at baseline, (2) 2317 men

with a history of diabetes but not CHD, (3) 5906 men

with a history …


Coffee, Samba, Football And Social Inequalities: Some Lessons From Mortality In Brazil, Paulo A. Lotufo Jan 2001

Coffee, Samba, Football And Social Inequalities: Some Lessons From Mortality In Brazil, Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

No abstract provided.


O Nosso Amigo Esfigmomanômetro [Portuguese], Paulo A. Lotufo Jan 2001

O Nosso Amigo Esfigmomanômetro [Portuguese], Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

No abstract provided.


O Exame Físico Com Finalidade De Prevenção: Estudos De Base Populacional. [Portuguese], Paulo A. Lotufo Jan 2001

O Exame Físico Com Finalidade De Prevenção: Estudos De Base Populacional. [Portuguese], Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

No abstract provided.