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Indices for the assessment of diet quality

Aim: Indices are composite tools aiming to measure and quantify a variety of clinical conditions, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that are difficult to be measured quantitatively and accurately.

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Bioactive lipids in atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a low-grade systemic inflammatory condition and a dynamic process.

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Nutrition and exercise: The safest way to health

Hippocrates’ wisdom still resonates, while finding “the right amount” continues to elude us.

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Use of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of diarrhea in children

Functional foods consist one of the faster developing sectors of food industry. Apart of their nutritional value they have beneficial effect in human health.

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Dieting, weight & exercise. Finding a healthy balance

We’ve all heard (and may have offered) the advice: If you want to lose weight, simply eat a little less and exercise a little more.

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Correlation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet with health and disease

During the last decade, scientific interest has notably focused on the impact of the Mediterranean diet on health and disease.

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Mediterranean diet, ω-3 fatty acids and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Aim: Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease constitute a high priority field in nutrition research.

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Behavioral treatment of obesity

Behavioral modification in the context of obesity treatment refers not to a single intervention scheme, but rather to a set of principles, which can be combined with other therapeutic approaches.

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