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Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage.
Accurate measurement of dietary intake is essential for understanding the long-term effects of adolescent diet on chronic disease risk.
The aims of the present study were to (i) examine the relationship between children's degree of adiposity and psychosocial functioning; and (ii) compare patterns of clustering of psychosocial measures between healthy weight and overweight/obese children.
In centrally obese adolescents with NAFLD, a healthy dietary pattern may be protective, whereas a Western dietary pattern may increase the risk.
We tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age.
Evidence that fructose intake may modify blood pressure is generally limited to adult populations.
This intervention study found no increase in fracture risk among 2,322 adults who took a controlled, high-dose retinol supplement (25,000 IU retinyl...
Purging at age 17 and externalising behaviour problems at age 14 were the strongest predictors of eating disorder persistence to age 20.
Our study aimed to establish baseline folate status data in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.
Promotion of periconceptional folic acid supplement use began in Australia following publication of randomised trials showing effectiveness.