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Restricting the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children in South Africa: are all nutrient profiling models the same?
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
The WHO has called for governments to improve children’s food environment by implementing restrictions on the marketing of ‘unhealthy’ foods to children. Nutrient profiling (NP) models are used to define ‘unhealthy’ foods ...
A review of dietary surveys in the adult South African population from 2000 to 2015
(Mdpi Ag, 2015)
One serious concern of health policymakers in South Africa is the fact that there is no national data on the dietary intake of adult South Africans. The only national "dietary study was done in children in 1999. Hence, it ...
Dietitians in South Africa require more competencies in public health nutrition and management to address the nutritional needs of South Africans
(ISHIB (International Society on Hypertension in Blacks), 2013)
The aim of this study was to determine
whether dietitians in South Africa are competent
to meet the requirements of working in a
health care setting during a compulsory oneyear
community service (CS) program ...
Added sugar intake in South Africa: findings from the Adult Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology cohort study1-4
(American Society for Nutrition (ASN), 2014)
Background: Obesity and other noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors are increasing in low- and middle-income countries. There are few data on the association between increased added sugar intake and NCD risk in these ...
Different dietary fatty acids are associated with blood lipids in healthy South African men and women: the PURE study
(Elsevier, 2014)
Background: Preliminary data from the baseline Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study in South Africa indicated a higher prevalence of dyslipidemia than previous South African studies. The intake of specific ...
Self-reported alcohol intake is a better estimate of 5-year change in blood pressure than biochemical markers in low resource settings: the PURE study
(Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014)
Background: Despite criticism of self-reported alcohol intake, it is a valuable tool to screen for alcohol abuse as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We aimed to compare various self-reported estimates of alcohol ...
Presentation and interpretation of food intake data: factors affecting comparability across studies
(Elsevier, 2013)
Non-uniform, unclear, or incomplete presentation of food intake data limits interpretation,
usefulness, and comparisons across studies. In this contribution, we discuss factors affecting
uniform reporting of food intake ...
Association of nut intake with risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 16 countries from 5 continents: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
(Oxford Univ Press, 2020)
Background
The association of nuts with cardiovascular disease and deaths has been investigated mostly in Europe, the USA, and East Asia, with few data available from other regions of the world or from low- and middle-income ...
White rice intake and incident diabetes: a study of 132,373 participants in 21 countries
(American DIabetes Association, 2020)
OBJECTIVE
Previous prospective studies on the association of white rice intake with incident
diabetes have shown contradictory results but were conducted in single countries
and predominantly in Asia. We report on the ...
Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2018)
Background
Dietary guidelines recommend minimising consumption of whole-fat dairy products, as they are a source of saturated fats and presumed to adversely affect blood lipids and increase cardiovascular disease and ...