Public health nutrition
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Public health nutrition · Oct 2014
Comparative StudyNutritional quality of food items on fast-food 'kids' menus': comparisons across countries and companies.
To compare energy (calories), total and saturated fats, and Na levels for 'kids' menu' food items offered by four leading multinational fast-food chains across five countries. ⋯ Although the reasons for the variation in the nutritional quality of foods on kids' menus are not clear, it is likely that fast-food companies could substantially improve the nutritional quality of their kids' menu food products, translating to large gains for population health.
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Public health nutrition · Oct 2014
Comparative StudyThe association of soda sales tax and school nutrition laws: a concordance of policies.
The current research examined the association between state disfavoured tax on soda (i.e. the difference between soda sales tax and the tax on food products generally) and a summary score representing the strength of state laws governing competitive beverages (beverages that compete with the beverages in the federally funded school lunch programme) in US schools. ⋯ These data suggest a concordance between states' soda taxes and laws governing beverages sold in schools. States with high disfavoured sales tax on soda had stronger competitive beverage laws, indicating that the state sales tax environment may be associated with laws governing beverage policy in schools.
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Public health nutrition · Oct 2014
Comparative StudyAssociation of regional body fat with metabolic risks in Chinese women.
To investigate the association of regional fat depots with metabolic risk factors in Chinese women. ⋯ There were opposite associations of android and gynoid fat with metabolic risks in Chinese women. Gynoid fat rather than android fat might be a more important inclusion in metabolic disease risk evaluation in female Asians.