Sentences with phrase «from dietary questionnaires»

Total energy intake is not well estimated from dietary questionnaires, nor does it reflect energy balance, which is necessarily codetermined by energy expenditure.

«This is an interesting and important study, both because of its size and because of the use of objective measurements of blood - borne fatty acids known to depend to a large extent on eating habits, rather than relying on data from dietary questionnaires.

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Researchers studied almost 2,000 healthy women volunteers from TwinsUK who had completed a food questionnaire designed to estimate total dietary flavonoid intake as well as intakes from six flavonoid subclasses.

Dietary information is being gathered through questionnaires, mercury and selenium levels are being measured from toenail clippings, and genetic information is being acquired from blood and cheek swabs.

We show that oral supplementation of the natural polyamine spermidine extends the lifespan of mice and exerts cardioprotective effects... In humans, high levels of dietary spermidine, as assessed from food questionnaires, correlated with reduced blood pressure and a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease.

Estimates from 2 semiquantitative food - frequency questionnaires, administered in 1986 and 1990, were averaged to assess dietary intakes.

Dietary data were collected with a 145 - item food - frequency questionnaire (FFQ), modified for the Australian diet and vernacular from an early Willett questionnaire (14).

They were also asked to complete a 120 - item food - frequency questionnaire to assess dietary change from the beginning to the end of the study.

The study calculated dietary intake from questionnaires completed annually by 357 adult patients from 3 randomized trials who were all receiving vitamin A, 15 000 IU / d, for 4 to 6 years.

The participants were also asked to (a) complete a physical activity and nutritional questionnaire, (b) complete a dietary log for 48 hours before experimental trials, (c) maintain a normal diet, (d) refrain from alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine consumption at least 48 hours before testing sessions, (e) refrain from use of pain reliever and analgesics for the duration of the study, and (f) not participate in any vigorous physical activity 48 hours before testing sessions.

Dietary data were collected from the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), a valid and reliable measure of estimated food and beverage consumption (Rogers and Emmett 1998); The FFQ was used to assess (a) mother's reported dietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months of age («3 years&rDietary data were collected from the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), a valid and reliable measure of estimated food and beverage consumption (Rogers and Emmett 1998); The FFQ was used to assess (a) mother's reported dietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months of age («3 years&rdietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months of age («3 years»).