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Differences in Awareness of Chinese Dietary Guidelines Among Urban and Rural Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwest China
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2023 , Article)
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the awareness of Chinese dietary guidelines (CDGs, 2016) between rural and urban areas in Southwest China and identify the factors that affect CDGs (2016) awareness. Methods: This ...
Association between Selenium Intake and Optimal Sleep Duration: A National Longitudinal Study
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Inconsistent findings have been discovered in studies examining the link between dietary selenium (Se) and sleep. Data were obtained from 17,176 people aged 20 and over who participated in the China Health and Nutrition ...
Status of continuous glucose monitoring use and management in tertiary hospitals of China: A cross-sectional study
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2023 , Article)
Objective This study aims to reveal the use and management status of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in tertiary hospitals in China and to determine the potential factors affecting the application of CGM, based on which ...
Encapsulation of carvacrol and thymol for a persistent removal of Listeria innocua biofilms
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Chemical disinfectants along with various mechanical methods are still commonly used in the food industry to disinfect food contact surfaces. A new strategy that could replace them is by encapsulating carvacrol (CAR) and ...
Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Article)
Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents’ physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional ...
Toxic metals in packed rice: Effects of size, type, origin, packing season, and storage duration
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
The aim of our study was to quantify toxic metals in rice, to determine factors affecting its contamination, and evaluate exposure from its consumption in Lebanon and United Arab Emirates (UAE). For this, a market screening ...
Complementary and alternative medicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
BackgroundThe challenges in COVID-19 treatment have driven patients to seek Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for the prevention and/or treatment of the disease. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to promote ...
Relationship between social determinants of health and quality of life in low income adults with diabetes in Lebanon
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2023 , Article)
Background & objective: Global rates of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are increasing, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region having the second highest prevalence in the world. Populations from the MENA region, including ...
Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Article)
The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body weight-mediated effects of 11 dietary ...
Associations of Recreational and Nonrecreational Physical Activity and Body Weight Change on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality During the Obesogenic Transition in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up Study
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NLM (Medline)
, 2023 , Article)
BACKGROUND: To investigate cardiovascular disease mortality associated with longitudinal changes in body weight, and recreational and nonrecreational physical activity during the obesogenic transition in the United States ...