Aged garlic extract as a potential prophylactic to reduce the progression of endometriosis and associated pain burden.

Endometriosis is a complex and potentially debilitating condition that has major impact on quality of life. There is emerging evidence that biological compounds found in garlic () may be effective for attenuating endometrial pain. Suggested mechanisms for efficacy include modulation of inflammation and potent antioxidant effects.

Gratitude, resignation and the desire for dignity: lived experience of food charity recipients and their recommendations for improvement, Perth, Western Australia.

Objective: The present study explored recipients' perceptions of food charity and their suggested improvements in inner-city Perth, Western Australia.

Design: In-depth interviews were conducted with charitable food service (CFS) recipients. Transcripts were thematically analysed using a phenomenological approach.

Consumer attitudes and misperceptions associated with trends in self-reported cereal foods consumption: cross-sectional study of Western Australian adults, 1995 to 2012.

Background: The reasons for low adherence to cereal dietary guidelines are not well understood but may be related to knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and perceived barriers. This study aims to assess trends in cereal foods consumption, intention to change and factors associated with intake among Western Australian (WA) adults 18 to 64 years.

Method: Cross-sectional data from the 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2009, and 2012 Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series involving 7044 adults were pooled.

Preferred Tone of Nutrition Text Messages for Young Adults: Focus Group Testing.

Background: Young adults are a particularly hard to reach group using conventional health promotion practices as they do not see nutrition messages as personally relevant to them. Text messaging (short message service, SMS) offers an innovative approach to reaching young adults to support and promote dietary behavior change.

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and test tonal preferences for nutrition text messages among young adults using focus groups.

Who Uses the Internet as a Source of Nutrition and Dietary Information? An Australian Population Perspective.

Background: The Internet contains a plethora of nutrition information. Health organizations are increasingly using the Internet to deliver population-wide health information and interventions. Effective interventions identify their target population and their needs; however, little is known about use of the Internet as a source of nutrition information.

How willing are adolescents to record their dietary intake? The mobile food record.

Background: Accurately assessing the diets of children and adolescents can be problematic. Use of technologies, such as mobile apps designed to capture food and beverages consumed at eating occasions with images taken using device-embedded cameras, may address many of the barriers to gathering accurate dietary intake data from adolescents.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to assess the willingness of adolescents to take images of food and beverages at their eating occasions using a novel mobile food record (mFR) and to evaluate the usability of the user confirmation component of the mFR app, referred to as the "review process.

Geographic factors as determinants of food security: a Western Australian food pricing and quality study.

Food affordability and quality can influence food choice. This research explores the impact of geographic factors on food pricing and quality in Western Australia (WA). A Healthy Food Access Basket (HFAB) was cost and a visual and descriptive quality assessment of 13 commonly consumed fresh produce items was conducted in-store on a representative sample of 144 food grocery stores.

Comparison of self-reported, measured, metabolizable energy intake with total energy expenditure in overweight teens.

Background: The accuracy of dietary energy assessment tools is critical to understanding the role of diet in the increasing rate of obesity.

Objectives: The purposes of our study in overweight adolescent boys and girls were 1) to assess the energy reporting bias of diet records against the referent of total energy expenditure (TEE) and 2) to compare the methods of determining energy needs by using measured metabolizable energy intake (MEI) and TEE.

Design: Twenty girls [12-15 y, body mass index (in kg/m2) = 33.

Bone mass in young women is dependent on lean body mass.

Relationships between bone mineral density (BMD) and body mass, height, fat mass, and lean mass have been reported. This study examined the relationship between body size and composition on bone density in young premenopausal women. In this study, a cross-sectional design was used.