A study done by the Center for Science in the Public Interest looked into America’s top ice cream parlors to determine the calorie and saturated fat content of the sweet treat. One popular sundae contained 1,270 calories and 38 grams of saturated fat, which is the equivalent of eating a ...
We developed a brief, inexpensive, culturally sensitive 24-hour food checklist to identify middle school students enrolled in the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH), whose food choices over the previous day were high in total fat, saturated fat, or sodium. Food checklist...
Administration procedures for the food checklist were then pretested on 71 schoolchildren in grades 6 through 8. Regression results indicated that consumption of 10 items on the checklist had a positive effect on fat intake; 13, on saturated fat; and 11, on sodium intake. Some foods were ...
You may be wondering how to avoid trans fats entirely, but they are present in small amounts in virtually every fat source, including vegetable and seed oils. So, while it’s recommended to avoid artificial trans-fats entirely, by selecting a wholefood and unprocessed...
Sodium, saturated fat and sugar intake is high in hypertensives and diabetics.Main sources of sodium are bread, sausages and soup.Main sources of saturated fat are dairy, bakery, and processed meat and sausages.Main sources of added sugars are bakery and soft drinks.Intake of these nutrients ca...
Determination of total fat, saturated fat, monounsaturated fat and trans fat content in food samples is necessary for complying with applicable food labeling requirements. A typical procedure for saponification of the sample involves refluxing with sodium methoxide in methanol, followed by a second refl...
A patient's best defense against consumingtransfats is to read food labels carefully, starting with the ingredients list. The wordshydrogenatedorpartially hydrogenated, when referring to fats (e.g., safflower, sunflower, corn oils), indicates that a food containstransfat. As a result of the Ja...
INTRODUCTION: Intakes of sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat remain high despite recommendations to limit these nutrients for cardiometabolic risk reduction. A major contributor to intake of these nutrients is foods prepared outside the home, particularly from fast-food restaurants. METHODS: We analyz...
The Dutch governments asked the food industry to contribute to a lower intake by decreasing the sodium and saturated fat content of processed foods. This report, performed by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Dutch Nutrition Centre (VCN), shows that the...
For saturated fat and sugar, we observed or, no major differences between food compositions in 2014 compared with 2011.These results are shown in this RIVM report on sodium, saturated fat and sugar content of foods ordered by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. In January 2014,...