The Future of Women and Heart Disease in a Pandemic Era: Let's Learn from the Past.

When the pandemic started in February, about 5 million women were running businesses. Just 2 months later, 25% of those businesses closed. Approximately 2.

Discrepancy between Knowledge and Perceptions of Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake Compared with the Omega-3 Index.

Little is known about the relationship between perceptions of nutrient adequacy and biomarkers of nutrition status. This cross-sectional study of U.S.

Perceptions of a Healthy Diet: Insights From a 3-Country Survey.

Limited data exist on consumer beliefs and practices on the role of omega-3 fatty acid and vitamin D dietary supplements and health. For this reason, the Global Health and Nutrition Alliance conducted an online survey in 3 countries (n = 3030; United States = 1022, Germany = 1002, United Kingdom = 1006) of a convenience sample of adults (aged 18-66 years) who represented the age, gender, and geographic composition within each country. More than half of the sample (52%) believed they consume all the key nutrients needed for optimal nutrition through food sources alone; fewer women (48%) than men (57%), and fewer middle-aged adults (48%) than younger (18-34 years [56%]) and older (≥55 years [54%]) adults agreed an optimal diet could be achieved through diet alone.

The metabolic syndrome: an emerging health epidemic in women.

The metabolic syndrome is a compilation of factors characterized by insulin resistance and the identification of 3 of the 5 criteria of abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level, elevated blood pressure, and elevated fasting plasma glucose. According to census data from 2000, these criteria have lead to the diagnosis of approximately 47 million Americans with the metabolic syndrome, correlating with the 61% increase in the incidence of obesity between 1991 and 2000. Insulin resistance occurs when target tissues cannot respond properly to normal concentrations of insulin.