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Dietary Intake of Americans Reporting Adherence to a Low Cholesterol Diet (NHANES II).
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Schectman, Gordon; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Compares the diets of 296 persons on a "low cholesterol" diet with those of 10,052 nondieters. Utilizes statistical data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II). Findings include a reduced intake of calories, saturated fat, and cholesterol, and no significant difference in vitamin intake for dieters. (FMW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dietetics, Eating Habits, National Surveys
Nutrition and Learning: The Breakfast Role.
Stein, Annette; And Others – 1984
A pilot study examined the effects of improved breakfast nutrition on students' academic achievement. Participants were 142 intermediate school children who usually ate breakfast in school. All children were given the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, Form 1, Levels A-D, and were ranked according to their total reading scores. The experimental and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Breakfast Programs, Dietetics
The Intuitive Eating Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation
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Hawks, Steven; Merrill, Ray M.; Madanat, Hala N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This article describes the development and validation of an instrument designed to measure the concept of intuitive eating. To ensure face and content validity for items used in the Likert-type Intuitive Eating Scale (IES), content domain was clearly specified and a panel of experts assessed the validity of each item. Based on responses from 391…
Descriptors: College Students, Obesity, Eating Disorders, Content Validity