Obesity Abstracts

Background: While obesity has well known health implications there is limited research examining how it may influence cognitive function. The UK Women’s Cohort Study (UKWCS) was established to explore links between diet and chronic disease. The cohort collected baseline data (1995 to 1998) using a postal questionnaire including a detailed FFQ. Phase 2 data were collected 4 years later (1999 to 2002), and included a 4-day food diary, 1-day activity diary and lifestyle ques...

Background: In the UK, there are few brief, validated dietary assessment tools available. The purpose of this study was to use dietary patterns methods to identify food groups and sample characteristics that were associated with diet quality to inform the development of a brief, diet quality assessment tool.Methods: Diet quality was explored using a priori and a posteriori dietary patterns methods in adults from the UK National Diet and...

Background: Evidence-based studies have consistently reported differences in food choices, preferences, and intake in adults based on taste genotype, which may have a potential impact on health. However, the corresponding evidence on adolescents gets less attention. Understanding more about influences on food choice could support healthier diets and weight status in adolescents.Objective: Our aim is to identify and review evidence investigating the impac...

Background: New, mandatory nutrition labels were introduced in the UK from 2014 and are intended to help reduce obesity levels via consumers’ food choices. A key antecedent to consumers’ label use is their understanding of this information which varies according to label format and declines with age. To help consumers to understand and use nutrition labels, education is required in labelling legislation. However, evidence of the effect of education on consumer’s...

Background: Robust assessment of the association between diet and health in population-based studies requires accurate and often repeated measurements of diet. The use of 24h dietary recalls can provide more accurate intake data than questionnaires, with reduced measurement error. Online dietary assessment tools can reduce administrative costs and facilitate repeated dietary assessment during follow-up in research or in clinical populations. We have developed an online dietary...

Background: Assessing dietary intake is fundamental in providing quantification of consumed nutrients, which helps in evaluating nutritional status. Gulf countries, including Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia, have been reported to have the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in the world. However, food composition data for Middle-Eastern foods are limited, which emphasises the need for a comprehensive food composition database.<p class="abstext...