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What are American children eating? Implications for public policy.
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This review is organized around a series of policy issues looking at these new food consumption patterns, their relationship to the Dietary Guidelines, and their impact on children's health.Abstract:
As the health and demographic profile of the U.S. population changes, the food consumption patterns of American children have also changed. This review is organized around a series of policy issues looking at these new food consumption patterns, their relationship to the Dietary Guidelines, and their impact on children's health.read more
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Position of the American Dietetic Association: Dietary guidance for healthy children ages 2 to 11 years.
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Secular trends in dietary intakes and cardiovascular risk factors of 10-y-old children: the Bogalusa Heart Study (1973-1988).
TL;DR: An apparent increase over time is noted in the percent of children meeting dietary recommendations for total fat, saturated fatty acid, and cholesterol, yet, few children meet the prudent diet recommendations.
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Growth failure. A complication of dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
Fima Lifshitz,Nancy Moses +1 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that the diagnosis and dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia have potentially adverse consequences and overzealous application of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet may lead to growth failure due to inadequate intake of energy, vitamins, and minerals.
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Energy expenditure in small children of obese and non-obese parents
Mary Griffiths,P. R. Payne +1 more
TL;DR: The main aim of this study was to see if it was possible to identify a difference in energy expenditure between children of ‘normal’ and ‘obese’ parents.
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Changes in ponderosity and blood pressure in childhood: the muscatine study
TL;DR: The study shows that change in ponderosity is associated with change in blood pressures; children whose ponderosity decreases relative to their peers usually exhibit a similar drop in their systolic and diastolic blood pressures, while children who gain in ponderulence show a similar gain in their blood pressures.
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Demographic and economic factors associated with dietary quality for adults in the 1987-88 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey.
TL;DR: According to these data, diets of most adults do not conform to current dietary guidelines, and nutrition education efforts should be directed to all adults, and research should be undertaken to determine more effective ways to help adults improve their overall dietary quality.