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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Christina M. Croce, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Donna L. Coffman, Regan L. Bailey, Adam Davey, Gina L. Tripicchio
Summary: Adolescents who are overweight or obese consume more calories and higher levels of overconsumed dietary components, such as added sugar, solid fats, and refined grains, from snacks than those with normal weight. Recommendations for age-specific snacking are necessary to prevent excessive intake of nutrients and calories.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Lukkamol Prapkree, Rianna Uddin, Jafar Ali Ajaj Jaafar, Mohammed Baghdadi, Catherine Coccia, Fatma Huffman, Cristina Palacios
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the influence of factors related to snacking behavior on overweight and obesity among college students. The findings showed that late night snacks had lower quality, and the accessibility and availability of unhealthy snacks were negatively associated with snack quality, diet quality, and body weight. These results can be used to improve snacking behavior and the food environment.
NUTRITION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Biology
Chia-Lun Yang, Robin M. Tucker
Summary: There is a growing body of literature linking chronotype to undesirable eating behaviors, but the relationship between chronotype and dietary intake among adults in the U.S. is poorly understood. This study found evening chronotype individuals consumed snacks more frequently and later than morning types, but there were no significant differences in healthy snack frequency, diet quality, energy intake, or food cravings among the different chronotypes.
CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Sanne Raghoebar, Ellen van Kleef, Emely de Vet
Summary: This research investigated the impact of the presence or absence of a cover on snack bowls on the likelihood of consumption, finding that consumption decreased when the cover was present. The study also revealed that this effect was mainly mediated by perceptions of salience regarding the snacks.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jessica E. Raneri, Julia Boedecker, Diego A. Fallas A. Conejo, Giulia Muir, Giles Hanley-Cook, Carl Lachat
Summary: Food systems are identified as the main cause of global biodiversity loss. The role of wild, forest, and underutilised species (NUS) foods in improving diet quality is gaining attention. However, there is limited evidence quantifying the nutritional contribution of these biodiverse foods. A scoping review found 37 relevant articles from 22 different countries, mainly in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. The review highlights the need for more comprehensive and standardized methods to assess the contribution of wild, forest, and NUS foods to human diets.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Vanessa Mijares, Jair Alcivar, Cristina Palacios
Summary: This study revealed that food waste is inversely associated with diet quality and directly associated with grocery purchasing frequency. Fresh fruits and leafy greens were found to be the most wasted foods.
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Food Science & Technology
Narieli Felipetto, Patricia Arruda Scheffer, Karen Mello de Mattos Margutti, Joice Trindade Silveira, Clandio Timm Marques, Catia Regina Storck, Viviani Ruffo de Oliveira, Elizabete Helbig, Veronica Cortez Ginani, Ana Lucia de Freitas Saccol
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate consumers' perception of self-service foods' nutrition labels through a qualitative and quantitative assessment. Four food labeling formats, including traditional, simplified, traffic-light, and warning, were proposed and evaluated with three types of sandwiches. The findings showed that the traffic-light format was the most preferred by the respondents, but all four models were well understood and accepted. The presence of health warnings in the traffic-light and warning nutrition labeling models led to a decrease in the choice of certain sandwiches. Most respondents agreed that additional information, such as ingredients and calories per serving, should be included on food labels. The study highlighted the importance of legislation regulating food labeling and suggested that providing more information on products can improve consumers' choices.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Matthew Hobbs, Maria Gm Pinho
Summary: This study investigated the differences in frequency of snack food consumption and location of obtaining among Dutch adults. Age and socioeconomic position were found to be important factors, with supermarkets being the main point-of-purchase.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Devesh Roy, Ruchira Boss, Sunil Saroj, Bhushana Karandikar, Mamata Pradhan, Himanshi Pandey
Summary: This study examines patterns of snack food consumption in the rural-urban-slum transect of a large city in India, revealing high incidence of snacking across all population segments with hunger being a primary reason. Different dietary behaviors were observed among different socio-economic groups, with snacking serving as a calorie supplement for low-income consumers and complementing calorie intake for high-income ones.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Margaret Thorsen, Sheila Skeaff, Francesca Goodman-Smith, Brian Thong, Phil Bremer, Miranda Mirosa
Summary: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aim to end hunger and ensure access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food for all. Reducing food waste not only improves global food security but also brings economic and environmental benefits. However, the current focus on upcycled foods is mainly on discretionary items that are not part of a healthy diet, so it is important to explore opportunities for producing more nutritious upcycled food products.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Charlotte E. L. Evans, Stuart Worth, Rachel White, Emma K. Strachan
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of introducing healthier snack options in vending machines in English leisure centers. The study found that increasing the availability of healthier options did not have a substantial negative effect on sales, and resulted in reduced purchased energy and nutrients.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Daniela Martini, Justyna Godos, Marialaura Bonaccio, Paola Vitaglione, Giuseppe Grosso
Summary: The study reveals that excessive consumption of ultra-processed foods negatively affects the nutritional quality of diets, leading to an increase in free sugars, total fats, and saturated fats intake, while decreasing fiber, protein, and various vitamins and minerals intake.
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Business
Danyi Qi, Jerrod Penn, Ran Li, Brian E. Roe
Summary: Research shows that through specific marketing strategies, consumer acceptance of ugly foods can be increased, including linking the purchase of ugly foods with reducing food waste and conveying the message that ugly foods are natural and authentic. In addition, consumers also show a certain level of tolerance towards a certain proportion of mixed ugly carrots and standard carrots.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Carlos A. Monteiro, Arne Astrup
Summary: The recommendation to choose unprocessed or minimally processed foods and freshly made meals over ultra-processed foods is gaining traction in official dietary guidelines. This recommendation is backed by research showing that a higher intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to poor-quality diets and increased risks of chronic diseases.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Skyler Hallinan, Chelsea Rose, James Buszkiewicz, Adam Drewnowski
Summary: The study shows that various foods from all categories can contribute to a nutritionally adequate diet, with ultra-processed foods being the main sources of added sugar, saturated fat, and sodium, as well as playing important roles in certain vitamins and minerals. Optimized dietary patterns generated using linear programming models are more balanced in fat, sugar, and salt intake compared to the mean, while also providing more vegetables.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Sara Santarossa, Deborah Kane, Charlene Y. Senn, Sarah J. Woodruff
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2018)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Joe Langley, Daniel Wolstenholme, Jo Cooke
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2018)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mark S. Tremblay, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Kristal D. Anderson, Brenda Bruner, Jennifer L. Copeland, Christine Delisle Nystrom, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Kirstin N. Lane, Barbi Law, Dany J. MacDonald, Luc J. Martin, Travis J. Saunders, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Travis J. Saunders, Dany J. MacDonald, Jennifer L. Copeland, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Brenda Bruner, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Barbi Law, Luc J. Martin, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff, Mark S. Tremblay
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dany J. MacDonald, Travis J. Saunders, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Brenda Bruner, Jennifer L. Copeland, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Barbi Law, Luc J. Martin, Dwayne Sheehan, Sarah J. Woodruff, Mark S. Tremblay
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Barbi Law, Brenda Bruner, Sara M. Scharoun Benson, Kristal Anderson, Melanie Gregg, Nathan Hall, Kirstin Lane, Dany J. MacDonald, Travis J. Saunders, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff, Kevin Belanger, Joel D. Barnes, Patricia E. Longmuir, Mark S. Tremblay
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Patricia E. Longmuir, Katie E. Gunnell, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Genevieve Leduc, Sarah J. Woodruff, Mark S. Tremblay
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Sarah J. Woodruff
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIETETIC PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
(2019)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Paige Coyne, Elizabeth Vandenborn, Sara Santarossa, Marcia M. Milne, Kevin J. Milne, Sarah J. Woodruff
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
(2019)
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Environmental Sciences
Paige Coyne, Zach Staffell, Sarah J. Woodruff
Summary: This study examined the changes in recreational screen time behaviors among Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that total and specific screen time increased in the early stages of the pandemic before declining. Future research with larger sample sizes and from multiple countries is needed for greater generalizability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Sarah J. Woodruff, Clinton Beckford, Stephanie Segave
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
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Psychiatry
Sara Santarossa, Jillian Lacasse, Jordan Larocque, Sarah J. Woodruff
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
(2019)
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Psychology, Clinical
Sara Santarossa, Paige Coyne, Carly Lisinski, Sarah J. Woodruff
JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sara Santarossa, Sarah J. Woodruff
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
(2018)
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Communication
Fallon R. Mitchell, Sara Santarossa, Sarah J. Woodruff
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT COMMUNICATION
(2018)