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The western dietary pattern is prospectively associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescenceIn centrally obese adolescents with NAFLD, a healthy dietary pattern may be protective, whereas a Western dietary pattern may increase the risk.
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Prospective associations between sugar-sweetened beverage intakes and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescentsWe tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age.
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Dietary fructose in relation to blood pressure and serum uric acid in adolescent boys and girlsEvidence that fructose intake may modify blood pressure is generally limited to adult populations.
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No dose-dependent increase in fracture risk after long-term exposure to high doses of retinol or beta-caroteneThis intervention study found no increase in fracture risk among 2,322 adults who took a controlled, high-dose retinol supplement (25,000 IU retinyl...
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Early Onset Binge Eating and Purging Eating Disorders: Course and Outcome in a Population-Based Study of AdolescentsPurging at age 17 and externalising behaviour problems at age 14 were the strongest predictors of eating disorder persistence to age 20.
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Baseline investigations of folate status in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal West Australians prior to the introduction of mandatory fortificationOur study aimed to establish baseline folate status data in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.
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Neural tube defects in Australia and food fortification with folic acidPromotion of periconceptional folic acid supplement use began in Australia following publication of randomised trials showing effectiveness.
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Transforming growth factor-Beta in milkFindings suggest that TGF-Beta in milk may influence the development of immunological outcomes in offspring.
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Fructose intake and food sources in West Australian adolescentsThis research aimed to cross-sectionally quantify fructose consumption and identify major food sources of fructose in adolescents...
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Low intake of B-vitamins is associated with poor adolescent mental health and behaviourThe current prevalence of mental health problems in Western populations is approximately 20% and half of all adult mental health disorders are estimated to...