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Clinical Nutrition
New clinical nutrition study results from Purdue University described
March 31st, 2009
"Information on dietary intake provides some of the most valuable insights for mounting intervention programmes for the prevention of chronic diseases. With the growing concern about adolescent overweight, the need to accurately measure diet becomes imperative," scientists writing in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition report. "Assessment among adolescents is problematic as this group has irregular eating patterns and they have less enthusiasm for recording food intake. We used qualitative and quantitative techniques among adolescents to assess their preferences for dietary assessment methods. Dietary assessment methods using technology, for example, a...
Source: Disease Prevention Week (2009-03-31)
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