摘要：The past 2 y have seen a steady stream of reports indicating that restriction or modification of carbohydrate intakes can favorably affect weight loss and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors ...

摘要：The failure to directly translate promising observational associations between disease and intakes or blood concentrations of vitamins into effective chemoprevention or clinical treatment modalitie...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: Adult obesity is associated with the metabolic syndrome。 however, the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among young children has not been reported。 Clinic-based screening e...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are protein chaperones。 Higher titers of antibody to HSPs (anti-HSPs) have been reported in atherosclerosis, which may contribute to immunoactiva...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has become one of the most frequently used methods for estimating human body composition。 Objective: The objective was to compare the cal...

摘要：-Carotene-rich orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is an excellent source of provitamin A。 In many developing countries, sweet potato is a secondary staple food and may play a role in controlling v...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: Low intake of dietary fat and high intake of soy foods have been suggested to partly explain the lower breast cancer rates in Asia, perhaps because of lower endogenous estrogens...

摘要：ABSTRACTBackground: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) has been implicated in several chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis。 Objective: Our aim was to assess whethe...

摘要：Murray Goulburn Cooperative Ltd developed and provided the milk supplement。 ABSTRACTBackground: We previously reported that increased milk consumption enhances growth and bone mineral accretion in...

摘要：comDear Sir:McGartland et al (1) reported a correlation between a diet high in fruit and bone mineral density。 Their article includes a discussion of how a low pH stimulates osteoclasts and how fr...

摘要：Claire P McGartland and Paula J RobsonNorthern Ireland Center for Food and Health University of Ulster Coleraine United Kingdom E-mail: c。ukLiam J Murray and Gordon W CranDepartment of Epidemi...

摘要：deDear Sir:We read with great interest the excellent article by Specker (1), who carried out a comprehensive review of studies that investigated maternal and neonatal outcomes of vitamin D deficien...

摘要：eduDear Sir:I appreciate the interest of Reichrath and Querings in my review of vitamin D requirements during pregnancy。 Those authors noted that there is increasing evidence that vitamin D defici...

摘要：eduDear Sir:The comments of Hunt about our recently published article on the absorption of iron from ferritin (1) reflect the confusion that often exists over the consequences of the unique feature...

摘要：auDear Sir:The recent article by Szulc et al (1) identified several lifestyle and hormonal factors as potential determinants of sarcopenia in a large sample of men aged 45–。 Appendicular skele...

摘要：Olive oil, the Mediterranean diet, and arterial blood pressure: the Greek European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study。 On page 1014, Table 3, the mean daily intakes o...