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Poínhos, R., Alves, D., Vieira, E., Pinhão, S., Oliveira, B. M., & Correia, F. (2015). Eating behaviour among undergraduate students: Comparing nutrition students with other courses. Appetite, 8428- 33. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.09.011 Even though there have been limited studies in regards the relationship between dietetic students and eating behaviours; some studies have revealed that nutrition students have a higher prevalence of Eating Disorder risks. This study compares nutrition and non-nutrition students against eating dimensions such as: external eating, binge eating, and negative emotional eating. Convenience samples of 154 nutrition/food science students and 263 students in other undergraduate courses were selected for this study. Both male and female Portuguese students between the ages of 18 and 27 signed a written consent to have their data analyzed separately over the course of six months. Self-reported anthropometric measurements with calculations, Eating B...

There is a new diet called the "MIND" diet created by  Martha Clare Morris, a professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago . It is an eating pattern that follows the traditional Mediterranean diet and the "DASH" diet. It takes elements from both eating patterns. The "MIND" diet has 10 groups of food to be included. These are whole grains, green leafy vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, fish, poultry, wine, and olive oil. Then, there are five food groups to avoid such as pastries and sweets, red meat, cheese, fried or fast food, and butter or margarine.  There has been research to determine the effects of the diet on the brain such as preventing the occurrence of Alzheimer's and improving mental and cognitive function. Researchers have found benefits among stroke  survivors who follow this diet closely. Morris specifically followed 106 stroke survivors and broke them into groups depending on how well they stuck with the MIND-diet eat...

            Vegetarianism can help reduce the risk of CVD by 24% and the lowered risk is more common for those who have followed the diet for five years or longer and started practicing a vegetarian diet at a younger age. The risks for CVD is lower due to the lower levels of LDL cholesterol in vegetarians, as well as lower BMI’s and a low blood pressure which results in reduced risk for hypertension. It was also found that whole grain consumption is associated with lower incidence of cardiac disease in addition to legumes having an impact on cardiovascular health, although whole grains have a more positive impact than legumes. The higher intake of fruits and vegetables that is assumed with vegetarianism helps to protect against CVD as well because they provide phytochemicals, antioxidants and fiber to the diet. Nuts also protect against CVD by shielding against inflammation and the oxidation of lipids while providing various vita...

            During this study, 308 female students were tested, with the ages ranging from 18-35 years old, which were of childbearing age or menstruating women, this group had a mean age of 22 years old. This study did not include any pregnant women, breastfeeding women, women with eating disorders or who are an elite athlete. The participants were also not allowed to be taking a supplement or vitamin. The mean BMI of the group was 21.5, with 78% of the individuals being at a healthy weight for their age and height and about 20% of the individuals being either overweight or underweight while a small percentage of them were obese. The females that participated were recruited through internet advertisements, flyers and through word of mouth. They study collected data from the women that included their anthropometrics, behaviors, and basic characteristics. They also took blood to be analyzed for many biomarkers, including iron, B...

The hypothesis of this study was that men who ate a meat-free diet will have a different metabolic profile then the men who ate meat. This study looks at amino acid intake, metabolites, fat, protein and carbohydrates in males who ate a meat-based diet, fish-based diet, vegetarian diet and a vegan diet. They tested 379 men through a food frequency questionnaire, lifestyle questions, body size questions, previous diseases and blood samples. Through these questions it was found that these men ate between 800-4000 calories a day and none of the men disclosed any diseases through their questionnaires. It was also found that vegan men had the most differences, metabolically, when looking at all other men in this study. Each diet group had over 90 men in it: there were 95 men who included meat in their diet, 97 who ate a fish-based diet, 91 who were vegetarians and 96 who were vegans. Each questionnaire had 130 food and drink based questions, while 113 of these questions were vegan o...