ObjectiveTo describe how urbanisation influences the nutrition and health transition in South
Africa by using data from the THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South …

This Opinion of the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition, and Allergies (NDA) deals
with the setting of Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for fats. A lower bound of the reference …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is multifactorial with a complex etiology. Conventional risk
factors including serum lipids account for less than one half of future IHD events. In the past …

Background: Dietary factors and very-long-chain n− 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n− 3
PUFAs) may influence the atherothrombotic process. Elevated concentrations of circulating …

Approximately 12 million US citizens consider themselves vegetarians, and 13.5 percent of
all US households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of …

In this chapter, we have emphasized that the standards given by regulatory institutions, such
as the ASTM or the ISO norm committee, describe only minimum requirements for studying …

The increment of platelet aggregation factors has been considered a key phenomenon in
atherosclerosis. Studies have shown that garlic (Allium sativum) is associated with a …

To investigate the possible regulating role of ω-6 and of ω-3 fatty acids on platelet
adhesiveness, we randomised 60 volunteers into three groups to take 20 ml (equivalent to …

South Africa is experiencing a rapid urbanization of its African population characterized by a
demographic, nutrition, lifestyle, and health transition. The resultant high prevalence of high …

Nutritional status and risk factors for chronic diseases, including plasma fibrinogen and its
determinants, of Africans in the Northwest Province of South Africa, have been studied in a …