Snacking, Satiety, and Weight: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Purpose: To compare the effects of nut-based snack bars (NBSB) vs. prepackaged 200-kcal portions of typical conventional snack foods, when consumed over a 12-week period by a group of overweight adults.

Design: Randomized, single-blind parallel design with two treatment groups.

Effects of egg ingestion on endothelial function in adults with coronary artery disease: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial.

Background: Prevailing recommendations call for restricting intake of dietary cholesterol and eggs for those at risk of heart disease, despite accumulating evidence challenging this association. Our prior studies showed no short-term adverse effects of daily egg intake on cardiac risk factors in at-risk adults.

Objective: We conducted this study to determine effects of daily egg consumption in adults with established coronary artery disease (CAD).

Testing the effectiveness of an abbreviated version of the Nutrition Detectives program.

Introduction: Obese or overweight children have an increased risk for chronic diseases. Targeting diet and exercise in schools could help prevent childhood obesity. We have previously shown the effectiveness of a 90-minute nutrition program in improving elementary school students' food-label literacy.

Effects of walnuts on endothelial function in overweight adults with visceral obesity: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial.

Objectives: Metabolic syndrome is a precursor of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Walnut ingestion has been shown to reduce CVD risk indices in diabetes. This randomized controlled crossover trial was performed to investigate the effects of daily walnut consumption on endothelial function and other biomarkers of cardiac risk in a population of overweight individuals with visceral adiposity.