A healthful plant-based diet can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer: case-control study.

Introduction: The benefit of adherence to a plant-based diet concerning colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been investigated among Middle Eastern population. This study aimed to investigate how adherence to a plant-based diet influences the risk of CRC in this understudied population.

Methods: This case-control study was conducted in the CRC surgery departments of general hospitals in Tehran, Iran.

The association between diet quality indices and oxidative stress biomarkers in male footballers and healthy active controls.

Objective: The aim of the present study was the association between the relationship between Dietary Quality Index-International (DQI-I) and Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and the urinary levels of F-isoprostane (F-IP) and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) was investigated as indicators of oxidative stress.

Results: Based on HEI (low, moderate, and good), the diet quality of both groups was classified as moderate. In all participants, HEI (β=-0.

The association of dietary carbohydrate quality and quantity with obesity among Iranian adolescents: a case-control study.

Background: Adolescent obesity is considered as a major health concern worldwide which is closely linked to the quality of diet. The purpose of the present study was to assess the carbohydrate quality and quantity in relation to odds of overweight and obesity in adolescents.

Methods: This case-control study with a 1:1 ratio was conducted on 406 adolescents (14 to 18 years old) matched for age and gender.

A longitudinal study on the relationship between mother's personality trait and eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight.

Background: Many factors such as social and behavioral are related to appropriate weight gain during pregnancy, and there is much of importance to find them. The aim of the study was to explore the association of personality traits, with eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy as well as the neonatal birth weight.

Methods: This is a longitudinal and cross-sectional study.

The relationship between maternal vitamin D status during third trimester of pregnancy and maternal and neonatal outcomes: A longitudinal study.

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a common nutritional concern and leads to several problems among some population groups.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the relationship between maternal vitamin D status and gestational weight gain, maternal biochemical parameters, mode of delivery, and infants' growth indices at birth.

Materials And Methods: A longitudinal study between March and June 2017 was carried on 82 mothers in Ahvaz.