Is the an Association between Takeaway Food & Body Weight?

Research Paper Title Associations between Exposure to Takeaway Food Outlets, Takeaway Food Consumption, and Body Weight in Cambridgeshire, UK: Population Based, Cross Sectional Study. Objectives To examine the association between environmental exposure to takeaway food outlets, takeaway food consumption, and body weight, while accounting for home, work place, and commuting route environments. Design Population based,… Read More

How to Invite Participants to Medical Studies!

Research Paper Title Determinants of Non- response to a Second Assessment of Lifestyle Factors and Body Weight in the EPIC-PANACEA Study. Background This paper discusses whether baseline demographic, socio-economic, health variables, length of follow-up and method of contacting the participants predict non-response to the invitation for a second assessment of lifestyle factors and body weight… Read More

Research Paper: Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies.

Study Question: Does altering the intake of dietary sugars influence body weight in free living people consuming ad libitum (that is, with no strict control of food intake)?   Summary Answer: Altering intake of sugars or sugar sweetened beverages is associated with changes in bodyweight, which seem to be mediated via changes in energy intake… Read More

Research Paper: Effect of reducing total fat intake on body weight: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies.

Study Question: Does lower total fat intake lead to lower body weight in adults and children? Summary Answer: High quality, consistent evidence shows that a reduction in total fat intake leads to a small but statistically significant and clin…ically meaningful reductions in body weight in adults, with supporting evidence for a simialr effect in children… Read More